The PCT Newsletter is a monthly publication of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It contains "up-to-date news about the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)",[ 1] which provides a system for filing international (patent ) applications . The PCT Newsletter is published in English only. Important changes to the PCT are mentioned and explained in the PCT Newsletter .
The first issue of the PCT Newsletter was published in March 1994 on a subscription basis.[ 2] [ 3] Since January 1997, the issues are published online, free of charge.[ 3] Since January 2008, the PCT Newsletter is available only online , and no longer as a paper publication.[ 4]
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^ PCT Applicant's Guide, Volume I, Chapter I, item 7 , Retrieved March 25, 2006.
^ World Intellectual Property Organization, The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1994 , WIPO Press Release PCT/89, Geneva, January 31, 1995, page 8.
^ a b PCT Newsletter: Fifteen Years of Topical Updates for PCT Users , PCT Newsletter, June 2009, p. 1.
^ Important Change in the Publication of the PCT Newsletter , PCT Newsletter, November 2007, p. 1.
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