UPC Member States
There are 24 EU Member States that have signed the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA).
Currently, the UPCA is in force in the 17 States that have ratified the UPCA.
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Sweden
The remaining seven EU Member States that have signed but not yet ratified the UPCA may ratify it at any time.
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Romania
- Slovakia
The EU Member States that have not signed the UPCA may still accede to it at any time.
- Croatia
- Poland
- Spain