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name="3"></a><sup><a href="#note3">3</a>,</sup> <a name="5"></a><sup><a href="#note5">5</a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174045/http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/oa.pdf">OA    OAPI patent</a></strong></td> <td>BF    Burkina Faso<br/> BJ    Benin<br/> CF   Central African Republic<br/> CG   Congo<br/> CI    Côte d’Ivoire<br/> CM   Cameroon<br/> GA   Gabon<br/> GN   Guinea<br/> GQ   Equatorial Guinea<br/> GW   Guinea-Bissau<br/> KM   Comoros<br/> ML    Mali<br/> MR   Mauritania<br/> NE    Niger<br/> SN   Senegal <br/> TD   Chad<br/> TG   Togo</td> <td>Not applicable</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <ol class="footnotes"> <li><a name="note1"></a>For information about requesting the extension of a European patent to this State, see: <a 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