(2) Any filing of an international patent application that includes the designation of at
least one member State shall be equivalent to a national filing in each member State that is
also party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
(3) Any international trademark registration effected under the provisions of the
Trademark Registration Treaty and including the designation of at least one member State
shall have the effect of a national filing in each member State that is also party to the said
Treaty.
(4) Any international deposit of an industrial design effected under the provisions of
the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs shall have
the effect of a national deposit in each member State that is also party to the said Agreement.
Article 8
Grant, Publication and Maintenance of Patents,
Registration of Utility Models,
and the Effects Thereof
(1) The Organization shall undertake the examination of patent and utility model
applications according to the common procedure provided for in this Agreement and its
Annexes I and II.
(2) It shall grant patents and register utility models and ensure their publication.
(3) The procedure before the Organization with regard to international applications
filed in accordance with the rules of the Patent Cooperation Treaty shall be subject to the
provisions of the said Treaty, complemented by those of this Agreement and its Annex I.
(4) In each Member State, utility models and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (5)
below, patents shall produce the effects provided for in this Agreement and its Annexes.
(5) Patents granted in response to international applications filed in accordance with the
provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty shall produce their effects in those member States
that are also party to the said Treaty.
Article 9
Registration and Publication of Trademarks and Service Marks,
and the Effects Thereof
(1) The Organization shall undertake the examination, registration and publication of
trademarks and service marks according to the common procedure provided for in this
Agreement and its Annex III.
(2) In each of the member States, registered and published marks shall produce their
effects in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and its Annex III subject to the
provisions of paragraph (3) below.
(3) The international registration of a mark effected under the provisions of the
Trademark Registration Treaty and having effect in at least one member State shall produce
the same effects in each of the States party to this Agreement and to the Trademark
Registration Treaty as if the trademark had been registered with the Organization.