INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
Two-letter country codes
The comprehensive list of two-letter country codes according to WIPO Standard ST.3 and International Standard ISO 3166 for states, other entities and international organizations*, used by the EPO in its publications and registers, has lately been considerably extended and changed. The up-to-date list (as of 1 April 1994) is reproduced below.
AD | Andorra |
AE | United Arab Emirates |
AF | Afghanistan |
AG | Antigua and Barbuda |
AI | Anguilla |
AL | Albania |
AM | Armenia |
AN | Netherlands Antilles |
AO | Angola |
AP | African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) |
AQ | Antarctica |
AR | Argentina |
AS | American Samoa |
AT | Austria |
AU | Australia |
AW | Aruba |
AZ | Azerbaijan |
BB | Barbados |
BD | Bangladesh |
BE | Belgium |
BF | Burkina Faso |
BG | Bulgaria |
BH | Bahrain |
BI | Burundi |
BJ | Benin |
BM | Bermuda |
BN | Brunei Darussalam |
BO | Bolivia |
BR | Brazil |
BS | Bahamas |
BT | Bhutan |
BV | Bouvet Island |
BW | Botswana |
BX | Benelux Trademark Office and Benelux Designs Office |
BY | Belarus |
BZ | Belize |
CA | Canada |
CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
CF | Central African Republic |
CG | Congo |
CH | Switzerland |
CI | Côte d'Ivoire |
CK | Cook Islands |
CL | Chile |
CM | Cameroon |
CN | China |
CO | Colombia |
CR | Costa Rica |
CU | Cuba |
CV | Cape Verde |
CX | Christmas Island |
CY | Cyprus |
CZ | Czech Republic |
DE | Germany |
DJ | Djibouti |
DK | Denmark |
DM | Dominica |
DO | Dominican Republic |
DZ | Algeria |
EC | Ecuador |
EE | Estonia |
EG | Egypt |
EH | Western Sahara |
EP | European Patent Office (EPO) |
ES | Spain |
ET | Ethiopia |
FI | Finland |
FJ | Fiji |
FK | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
FM | Micronesia |
FO | Faroe Islands |
FR | France |
GA | Gabon |
GB | United Kingdom |
GD | Grenada |
GE | Georgia |
GF | French Guiana |
GH | Ghana |
GI | Gibraltar |
GL | Greenland |
GM | Gambia |
GN | Guinea |
GP | Guadeloupe |
GQ | Equatorial Guinea |
GR | Greece |
GT | Guatemala |
GU | Guam |
GW | Guinea-Bissau |
GY | Guyana |
HK | Hong Kong |
HM | Heard and McDonald Islands |
HN | Honduras |
HR | Croatia |
HT | Haiti |
HU | Hungary |
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | |
ID | Indonesia |
IE | Ireland |
IL | Israel |
IN | India |
IO | British Indian Ocean Territory |
IQ | Iraq |
IR | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
IS | Iceland |
IT | Italy |
JM | Jamaica |
JO | Jordan |
JP | Japan |
KE | Kenya |
KG | Kyrgyzstan |
KH | Cambodia |
KI | Kiribati |
KM | Comoros |
KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
KP | Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
KR | Republic of Korea |
KW | Kuwait |
KY | Cayman Islands |
KZ | Kazakhstan |
LA | Laos |
LB | Lebanon |
LC | Saint Lucia |
LI | Liechtenstein |
LK | Sri Lanka |
LR | Liberia |
LS | Lesotho |
LT | Lithuania |
LU | Luxembourg |
LV | Latvia |
LY | Libya |
MA | Morocco |
MC | Monaco |
MD | Republic of Moldova |
MG | Madagascar |
MH | Marshall Islands |
ML | Mali |
MM | Myanmar1 |
MN | Mongolia |
MO | Macau |
MP | Northern Mariana Islands |
MQ | Martinique |
MR | Mauritania |
MS | Montserrat |
MT | Malta |
MU | Mauritius |
MV | Maldives |
MW | Malawi |
MX | Mexico |
MY | Malaysia |
MZ | Mozambique |
NA | Namibia |
NC | New Caledonia |
NE | Niger |
NF | Norfolk Island |
NG | Nigeria |
NI | Nicaragua |
NL | Netherlands |
NO | Norway |
NP | Nepal |
NR | Nauru |
NT | Neutral Zone |
NU | Niue |
NZ | New Zealand |
OA | African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) |
OM | Oman |
PA | Panama |
PE | Peru |
PF | French Polynesia |
PG | Papua New Guinea |
PH | Philippines |
PK | Pakistan |
PL | Poland |
PM | St. Pierre and Miquelon |
PN | Pitcairn |
PR | Puerto Rico |
PT | Portugal |
PW | Palau |
PY | Paraguay |
QA | Qatar |
RE | Reunion |
RO | Romania |
RU | Russian Federation |
RW | Rwanda |
SA | Saudi Arabia |
SB | Solomon Islands |
SC | Seychelles |
SD | Sudan |
SE | Sweden |
SG | Singapore |
SH | St. Helena |
SI | Slovenia |
SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
SK | Slovakia |
SL | Sierra Leone |
SM | San Marino |
SN | Senegal |
SO | Somalia |
SR | Suriname |
ST | Sao Tome and Principe |
SV | El Salvador |
SY | Syria |
SZ | Swaziland |
TC | Turks and Caicos Islands |
TD | Chad |
TF | French Southern Territories |
TG | Togo |
TH | Thailand |
TJ | Tajikistan |
TK | Tokelau |
TM | Turkmenistan |
TN | Tunisia |
TO | Tonga |
TP | East Timor |
TR | Turkey |
TT | Trinidad and Tobago |
TV | Tuvalu |
TW | Taiwan, Province of China |
TZ | United Republic of Tanzania |
UA | Ukraine |
UG | Uganda |
UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
US | United States of America |
UY | Uruguay |
UZ | Uzbekistan |
VA | Vatican City (Holy See) |
VC | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
VE | Venezuela |
VG | Virgin Islands (British) |
VI | Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
VN | Viet Nam |
VU | Vanuatu |
WF | Wallis and Futuna Islands |
WO | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (see also IB) |
WS | Samoa |
YE | Yemen |
YU | Yugoslavia |
ZA | South Africa |
ZM | Zambia |
ZR | Zaire |
ZW | Zimbabwe |
The following countries no longer exist: |
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SY/YD | Democratic Yemen |
DL/DD | German Democratic Republic |
SU | Soviet Union |
CS | Czechoslovakia |
* This list also includes such states and territories which have not (yet) started issuing or registering industrial property titles.
** "IB" used in relation to international applications under the PCT filed with the International Bureau.
*** "WO" used in relation to the international publication under the PCT of international applications.
1 previously BU Burma.