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Country code information in the journal

The country of convention priority is identified by a two-letter code conforming to the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) Standard ST.3 "Recommended Standard on Two-Letter Codes for the Representation of States, Other Entities and Intergovernmental Organizations".

The code for convention countries is as follows:

Code Country
AD Andorra
AE United Arab Emirates
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AO Angola
AP African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO)
AR Argentina
AT Austria
AU Australia
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB Barbados
BD Bangladesh
BE Belgium
BF Burkina Faso
BG Bulgaria
BH Bahrain
BI Burundi
BJ Benin
BN Brunei Darussalam
BO Bolivia
BR Brazil
BS Bahamas
BT Bhutan
BW Botswana
BQ Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
BX Benelux Office
BY Belarus
BZ Belize
CA Canada
CD Democratic Republic of Congo
CF Central African Republic
CG Congo
CH Switzerland
CI Cote d'Ivoire
CL Chile
CM Cameroon
CN China
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
CW Curacao
CY Cyprus
CZ Czechia
DE Germany
DJ Djibouti
DK Denmark
DM Dominica
DO Dominican Republic
DZ Algeria
EA Eurasian Patent Organisation (EAPO)
EC Ecuador
EE Estonia
EG Egypt
EM European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
EP European Patent Office
ES Spain
EU European Union
FI Finland
FJ Fiji
FR France
GA Gabon
GB United Kingdom
GC Patent Office for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GC)
GD Grenada
GE Georgia
GH Ghana
GM Gambia
GN Guinea
GQ Equatorial Guinea
GR Greece
GT Guatemala
GW Guinea-Bissau
GY Guyana
HK Hong Kong, China
HN Honduras
HR Croatia
HT Haiti
HU Hungary
ID Indonesia
IE Ireland
IL Israel
IN India
IQ Iraq
IR Islamic Republic of Iran
IS Iceland
IT Italy
JM Jamaica
JO Jordan
JP Japan
KE Kenya
KG Kyrgyz Republic
KH Cambodia
KM Comoros
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP Democratic People's Republic Korea
KR Republic of Korea
KW Kuwait
KZ Kazakhstan
LA Lao People's Democratic Republic
LB Lebanon
LC Saint Lucia
LI Liechtenstein
LK Sri Lanka
LR Liberia
LS Lesotho
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MA Morocco
MC Monaco
MD Republic of Moldova
ME Montenegro
MG Madagascar
MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
ML Mali
MM Myanmar
MN Mongolia
MO Macau, China
MR Mauritania
MT Malta
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia
NE Niger
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NP Nepal
NZ New Zealand
OA African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)
OM Oman
PA Panama
PE Peru
PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines
PK Pakistan
PL Poland
PT Portugal
PY Paraguay
QA Qatar
QZ Community Plant Variety Office (European Union) (CPVO)
RO Romania
RS Serbia
RU Russian Federation
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SD Sudan
SE Sweden
SG Singapore
SI Slovenia
SK Slovak Republic
SL Sierra Leone
SM San Marino
SN Senegal
SR Suriname
SS South Sudan
ST Sao Tome and Principe
SV El Salvador
SX Saint Maarten
SY Syrian Arab Republic
SZ Eswatini
TD Chad
TG Togo
TH Thailand
TJ Tajikistan
TM Turkmenistan
TN Tunisia
TO Tonga
TR Turkey
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TW Taiwan
TZ Tanzania, United Republic of
UA Ukraine
UG Uganda
US United States of America
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
VA Holy See (Vatican City)
VC Saint Vincent and Grenadines
VE Venezuela
VN Vietnam
WS Samoa
XN Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)
XU International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
XV Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI)
XX Unknown
YE Yemen
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZW Zimbabwe