Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (as amended on September 26, 1980).
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (as amended on September 26, 1980).
The main feature of the Treaty is that a Contracting State which allows or requires the deposit of microorganisms for the purposes of patent procedure must recognize, for such purposes, the deposit of a microorganism with any "international depositary authority," irrespective of whether such authority is on or outside the territory of the said State.
Formatted Contents Note
Establishment of a Union Definitions Recognition and effect of the deposit of microorganisms New deposit Export and import restrictions Status of international depositary authority Acquisition of the status of international depositary authority Termination and limitation of the status of international depositary authority Intergovernmental industrial property organizations Assembly International Bureau Regulations Revision of the treaty Amendment of certain provisions of the treaty Becoming party to the treaty Entry into force of the treaty Denunciation of the treaty Signature and languages of the treaty Deposit of the treaty; transmittal of copies; registration of the treaty Notifications.