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Article 8 The present Accord shall remain open for signature in London on behalf of any Government represented at the Conference in London until the 31st December, 1946. The Government of the United Kingdom shall notify to all other Governments represented at the Conference the names of the Governments on whose behalf the Accord has been signed. Article 9 The Government of any other member of the United Nations, or of any country which remained neutral during the second World War, may become a party to this Accord by notifying the Government of the United Kingdom of its acceptance thereof before the Ist January, 1947. The Government of the United Kingdom shall inform all Governments represented at the Conference in London on German-owned patents, or which have accepted this Accord under this Article, of all acceptances so notified. Article 10 Any Government, party to this Accord, may extend the Accord to any of its colonies, overseas territories, or to any territories under its protection or jurisdiction or which it administers under mandate, by a notification addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom. The Government of the United Kingdom shall inform all other Governments, party to this Accord, of any notification which it receives under this Article. Article 11 This Accord shall come into force as soon as it has been signed or accepted by the Government of the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and of four other countries. In witness whereof the undersigned duly authorized thereto have signed the present Accord. Done in London this 27th day of July, 1946, in English and French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom. The Government of the United Kingdom shall transmit certified copies of this Accord to all Governments represented at the Conference