Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)RegulationsPatent Regulations, 1978SchedulesSchedule 4Part II : International Abbreviations of Convention Countries |
AL |
Albania |
LA |
Laos |
DZ |
Algeria |
LV |
Latvia |
AR |
Argentina |
LB |
Lebanon |
AM |
Armenia |
LS |
Lesotho |
AU |
Australia |
LR |
Liberia |
AT |
Austria |
LY |
Libya |
AZ |
Azerbaijan |
LI |
Liechtenstein |
BS |
Bahamas |
LT |
Lithuania |
BH |
Bahrain |
LU |
Luxembourg |
BD |
Bangladesh |
MK |
Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) |
BB |
Barbados |
MG |
Madagascar |
BY |
Belarus |
MW |
Malawi |
BE |
Belgium |
MY |
Malaysia |
BJ |
Benin |
ML |
Mali |
BO |
Bolivia |
MT |
Malta |
BA |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
MR |
Mauritania |
BW |
Botswana |
MU |
Mauritius |
BR |
Brazil |
MX |
Mexico |
BG |
Bulgaria |
MD |
Moldova (Republic of) |
BF |
Burkina Faso |
MC |
Monaco |
BI |
Burundi |
MN |
Mongolia |
KH |
Cambodia |
MA |
Morocco |
CM |
Cameroon |
MZ |
Mozambique |
CA |
Canada |
NL |
Netherlands |
CF |
Central African Empire |
NZ |
New Zealand |
TD |
Chad |
NI |
Nicaragua |
CL |
Chile |
NE |
Niger |
CN |
China |
NG |
Nigeria |
CO |
Columbia |
NO |
Norway |
CG |
Congo |
PA |
Panama |
CD |
Congo (Democratic Republic of) |
PY |
Paraguay |
CR |
Costa Rica |
PE |
Peru |
CI |
Côte d'Ivoire |
PH |
Philippines |
HR |
Croatia |
PL |
Poland |
CU |
Cuba |
PT |
Portugal |
CY |
Cyprus |
RO |
Romania |
CZ |
Czech Republic |
RU |
Russian Federation |
DK |
Denmark |
RW |
Rwanda |
D0 |
Dominican Republic |
KN |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
EG |
Egypt |
LC |
Saint Lucia |
SV |
El Salvador |
VC |
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
GQ |
Equatorial Guinea |
SM |
San Marino |
EE |
Estonia |
ST |
Sao Tome and Principe |
FI |
Finland |
SN |
Senegal |
FR |
France |
SL |
Sierra Leone |
GA |
Gabon |
SG |
Singapore |
GM |
Gambia |
SK |
Slovakia |
GE |
Georgia |
SI |
Slovenia |
DE |
Germany |
ZA |
South Africa |
GH |
Ghana |
ES |
Spain |
GR |
Greece |
LK |
Sri Lanka |
GD |
Grenada |
SD |
Sudan |
GT |
Guatemala |
SR |
Surinam |
GN |
Guinea |
SZ |
Swaziland |
GW |
Guinea-Bissau |
SE |
Sweden |
GY |
Guyana |
CH |
Switzerland |
HT |
Haiti |
SY |
Syria |
VA |
Holy See |
TJ |
Tajikistan |
HN |
Honduras |
TZ |
Tansania |
HU |
Hungary |
TG |
Togo |
IS |
Iceland |
TT |
Trinidad and Tobago |
IN |
India |
TN |
Tunisia |
ID |
Indonesia |
TR |
Turkey |
TM |
Turkmenistan |
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IR |
Iran |
UG |
Uganda |
IQ |
Iraq |
UK |
Ukraine |
IE |
Ireland |
AE |
United Arab Emirates |
IL |
Israel |
GB |
United Kingdom |
IT |
Italy |
US |
United States of America |
JP |
Japan |
UY |
Uruguay |
JO |
Jordan |
UZ |
Uzbekistan |
KZ |
Kazakhstan |
VE |
Venezuela |
KE |
Kenya |
VN |
Vietnam |
KP |
Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) |
YU |
Yugoslavia |
KR |
Korea (Republic of) |
ZM |
Zambia |
KG |
Kyrgystan |
ZW |
Zimbabwe |