For the purposes of this paragraph, interested party means any State which is party to the Treaty, or is eligible to become party to the Treaty under Article 20(1), whose official language, or one of whose official languages, is involved, and the European Patent Organisation, the Eurasian Patent Organization and the African Regional Industrial Property Organization and any other intergovernmental organization that is party to the Treaty, or may become party to the Treaty, if one of its official languages is involved.
Za namene tega odstavka se za zainteresirano stranko štejejo vsaka država, ki je pogodbenica te pogodbe ali ki po prvem odstavku 20. člena izpolnjuje pogoje, da postane pogodbenica te pogodbe, za katere uradni jezik ali enega od uradnih jezikov gre, in Evropska patentna organizacija, Evrazijska patentna organizacija in Afriška regionalna organizacija za industrijsko lastnino ter vsaka druga medvladna organizacija, ki je pogodbenica te pogodbe ali to lahko postane, če gre za enega od njenih uradnih jezikov.