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Armenia - The Eurasian Patent Organization
Australia - Intellectual Property Australia
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Azerbaijan - The Eurasian Patent Organization
Belarus - The Eurasian Patent Organization
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Macedonia - Industrial Property Protection Office of the Republic of Macedonia
Malaysia - Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia
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Moldova - State Agency of Industrial Property Protection
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Morocco - Moroccan Office for Industrial and Commercial Property
Netherlands - Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands Patent Office
New Zealand - The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
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Peru - Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual
Philippines - Intellectual Property Office - Philippines
Poland - Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Portugal - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial
Romania - State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
Russia - Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT)
Singapore - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
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Slovenia - Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
Spain - Oficina Espanola de Patentes y Marcas
Sweden - PRV - the Swedish Patent and Registration Office
Switzerland - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Taiwan - Chinese Taipei Intellectual Property Office
Tajikistan - The Eurasian Patent Organization
Thailand - Department of Intellectual Property
Turkey - Turkish Patent Institute
Turkmenistan - The Eurasian Patent Organization
Ukraine - State Department of Intellectual Property
United States of America - United States Patent and Trademark Office
Uzbekistan - State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan


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