Third, the PCT was intended to encourage technology transfer, particularly to developing countries. However, the weak effect of a country’s PCT membership on attracting foreign applicants to file patent applications in that country's patent office and, hence, to reveal information on the invention, raises some doubts as to its effectiveness for technology transfer between countries. As already pointed out (Schneiderman 2007), the infrastructure and instruments created for this purpose are still not sufficient and the recently proposed recommendations for improvement confirm that, so far, the PCT has not lived up to its promise of making technology available to developing countries. The parties involved in the design of the harmonization of IP protection should therefore be required address this point in their work.