Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

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international treaty

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is an international agreement that standardizes how deposits of microorganisms are recognized for patent applications, allowing a single deposit at an approved authority to be accepted by all member states.

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Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ
abbreviation	Budapest Treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
appliesTo	contracting states of the treaty ⓘ disclosure of inventions involving microorganisms ⓘ patent applications involving microorganisms ⓘ
benefit	avoidance of multiple deposits in different countries ⓘ simplification of patent procedures for biological inventions ⓘ
category	patent treaty ⓘ treaty on intellectual property ⓘ
concerns	access to deposited microorganisms by entitled persons ⓘ disclosure requirements for inventions involving microorganisms ⓘ
concludedAt	Budapest ⓘ
defines	conditions for viability testing of deposits ⓘ requirements for international depositary authorities ⓘ rules for furnishing samples of deposited microorganisms ⓘ
depositTypeRecognized	biological material ⓘ microorganisms ⓘ
establishes	international depositary authority system ⓘ
feature	recognition of deposits made before and after filing date under certain conditions ⓘ single deposit recognized by all contracting states ⓘ
field	intellectual property law ⓘ patent law ⓘ
implementedBy	national patent offices of contracting states ⓘ regional patent offices such as the European Patent Office ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalEffect	obligatory recognition of deposits by contracting states ⓘ
legalNature	binding on contracting states under international law ⓘ
mechanism	deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority ⓘ
objective	facilitate patent protection for biotechnological inventions ⓘ harmonize international practice on microorganism deposits ⓘ
purpose	international recognition of deposit of microorganisms for patent procedure ⓘ
recognizes	culture collections as international depositary authorities if they meet treaty criteria ⓘ
relatedTo	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ⓘ Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ
requires	confidentiality of deposited material before patent publication ⓘ contracting states to recognize deposits with any international depositary authority ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
shortName	Budapest Treaty ⓘ
subject	microorganism deposit ⓘ patent procedure ⓘ
typeOf	multilateral treaty ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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World Intellectual Property Organization → administersTreaty → Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure ⓘ

Budapest Treaty → fullName → Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure ⓘ

WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure ⓘ