Malaysia acceded to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on August 16 2006. Thereafter, all PCT patent applications filed on or after that date automatically designated Malaysia. In order to enter the national phase in Malaysia, the time limits under PCT Chapters I and II are before the expiration of 30 months from the priority date under Section 780 of Malaysian Patents Act 1983. However, some of these PCT applications have often missed the 30 months deadline to file a request to enter national phase in Malaysia due to the applicant's failure to file the said request on time.