Each state has its proper law administred by the Intellectual or Industrial Property Offices. The following list is the one of the abbreviated names and the two letter codes accepted to designate the countries and territories, such as it is presented in the ST. 3 Standard of WIPO.

AD ANDORRA; AE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; AF AFGHANISTAN; AG ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; AI ANGUILLA; AL ALBANIA; AM ARMENIA; AN NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; AO ANGOLA; AR ARGENTINA; AT AUSTRIA; AU AUSTRALIA; AW ARUBA; AZ AZERBAIJAN;

BA BOSNIA & HERZEGOWINA; BB BARBADOS; BD BANGLADESH; BE BELGIUM; BF BURKINA FASO; BG BULGARIA; BH BARHAIN; BI BURUNDI; BJ BENIN; BM BERMUDA; BN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; BO BOLIVIA; BR BRAZIL; BS BAHAMAS; BT BHUTAN; BV BOUVET ISLAND; BW BOTSWANA; BY BELARUS; BZ BELIZE;

CA CANADA; CD CONGO, Democratic Republic of; CF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CG CONGO; CH SWITZERLAND; CI IVORY COAST; CK COOK ISLANDS; CL CHILE; CM CAMEROON; CN CHINA; CO COLOMBIA; CR COSTA RICA; CU CUBA; CV CAPE VERDE; 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; ER ERITREA; ES SPAIN; ET ETHIOPIA;

FI FINLAND; FJ FIJI; FK FALKLAND ISLANDS; FO FAROE ISLANDS; FR FRANCE;

GA GABON; GB UNITED KINGDOM; GD GRENADA; GE GEORGIA; GG GUERNSEY; GH GHANA; GI GIBRALTAR; GL GREENLAND; GM GAMBIA; GN GUINEA; GQ EQUATORIAL GUINEAN REPUBLIC; GR GREECE; GS SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; GT GUATEMALA; GW GUINEA-BISSAU; GY GUYANA;

HK HONG KONG; HN HONDURAS; HR CROATIA; HT HAITI; HU HUNGARY;

ID INDONESIA; IE IRELAND; IL ISRAEL; IM ISLE OF MAN; IN INDIA; IQ IRAQ; IR IRAN; IS ICELAND; IT ITALY;

JE JERSEY; JM JAMAICA; JO JORDAN, HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF THE; 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, REPUBLIC OF THE; LC SAINT LUCIA; LI LIECHTENSTEIN; LK SRI LANKA; LR LIBERIA; LS LESOTHO; LT LITHUANIA; LU LUXEMBOURG; LV LATVIA; LY LIBYA, REPUBLIC OF THE;

MA MOROCCO; MC MONACO; MD Republic of MOLDOVA; MG MADAGASCAR; MK The former Yugoslav Republic of MACEDONIA; ML MALI; MM MYANMAR, REPUBLIC OF; MN MONGOLIA; MO MACAO; MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; MR MAURITANIA; MS MONTSERRAT; MT MALTA; MU MAURITIUS; MV MALDIVES ; MW MALAWI; MX MEXICO; MY MALAYSIA; MZ MOZAMBIQUE;

NA NAMIBIA; NE NIGER; NG NIGERIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF; NI NICARAGUA; NL NETHERLANDS; NO NORWAY; NP NEPAL; NR NAURU; NZ NEW ZEALAND;

OM OMAN;

PA PANAMA; PE PERU; PG PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PH PHILIPPINES; PK PAKISTAN; PL POLAND; PT PORTUGAL; PW PALAU ; PY PARAGUAY;

QA QATAR;

RO ROMANIA; RS SERBIA; RU RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RW RWANDA;

SA SAUDI ARABIA; SB SOLOMON ISLANDS; SC SEYCHELLES; SD SUDAN; SE SWEDEN; SG SINGAPORE; SH ST. HELENA; SI SLOVENIA; SK SLOVAKIA; SL SIERRA LEONE; SM SAN MARINO; SN SENEGAL; SO SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; SR SURINAME; ST ST. THOMAS AND PRINCIPE'S ISLAND; SV EL SALVADOR; SY SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; SZ SWAZILAND;

TC TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS; TD CHAD; TG TOGO; TH THAILAND; TJ TAJIKISTAN; TL TIMOR LESTE; TM TURKMENISTAN; TN TUNISIA; TO TONGA; TR TURKEY; TT TRINIDAD and TOBAGO; TL TUVALU; TW TAIWAN; TZ TANZANIA;

UA UKRAINE; UG UGANDA; US USA; UY URUGUAY; UZ UZBEKISTAN;

VA HOLY SEE; VC SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; VE VENEZUELA; VG VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH); VN VIET NAM; VU VANUATU, REPUBLIC OF;

WS SAMOA;

YE YEMEN;

ZA SOUTH AFRICA; ZM ZAMBIA; ZW ZIMBABWE.

This list is completed by PS PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (The West Bank and Gaza District).