Budapest Treaty

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The Budapest Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines patent procedures by allowing a single deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority to be recognized for patent purposes by all member countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intellectual property treaty
international treaty
administeredBy World Intellectual Property Organization
surface form: WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization
affects biotechnology patenting practices worldwide
appliesIn contracting states of the Budapest Treaty
appliesTo biological material used in inventions
microorganisms
areaOfApplicability international patent procedure
category WIPO-administered treaty
concludedAt Budapest
dateAdopted 1977-04-28
dateConcluded 1977-04-28
dateEnteredIntoForce 1980-08-19
defines legal effects of deposit of microorganisms for patent procedures
requirements for international depositary authorities
depository World Intellectual Property Organization
surface form: WIPO
effectiveFrom 1980-08-19
establishes system of international depositary authorities
field international law
science and technology law
fullName Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
hasPartyType sovereign state
hasProvision access to deposited material for patent offices and third parties under specified conditions
obligations of international depositary authorities
recognition of deposits for the purposes of disclosure requirement in patent law
rights of depositors
rules on storage and viability of deposited microorganisms
language English
French
legalEffect harmonization of procedures for microorganism deposits in patent systems
mechanism single deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority
namedAfter Budapest
openTo any state member of WIPO
intergovernmental organizations meeting specified conditions
providesFor recognition of a single deposit of microorganisms by all contracting states for patent purposes
purpose to avoid the need for multiple deposits of the same microorganism in different countries
to provide international recognition of the deposit of microorganisms for patent procedure
to simplify patent procedures involving microorganisms
relatedTo Patent Cooperation Treaty
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
surface form: TRIPS Agreement
requires contracting states to recognize deposits made with any international depositary authority
shortName Budapest Treaty self-link
signedIn Budapest
status in force
subject biotechnology
intellectual property
patent law

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