Amendment to the Treaty of 28 April 1977
| Coming into Force | 24 May 1984 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | World Intellectual Property Organization,Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, acting on behalf of the Parties |
| Citation | UNTS v. 1861 |
| Registration Date | 28 March 1995 |
| Registration Number | 31699 |
| Date of Conclusion | 26 September 1980 |
| Subject Terms | Sciences,Budapest Treaty,Patents |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization |
| Participants | Bulgaria,France,Hungria,None,España,Suiza,United States |
No.
31699
MULTILATERAL
Budapest
Treaty
on
the
international
recognition
of
the
de
posit
of
microorganisms
for
the
purposes
of
patent
pro
cedure
(with regulations).
Concluded
at
Budapest
on
28
April
1977
Amendments
of
the
Regulations
to
the
above-mentioned
Treaty
Amendment
to
the
above-mentioned
Treaty
Authentic
texts:
English
and
French.
The
Treaty
and
the
certified
statements
were
registered
by
the
Director-
General
of
the
World
Intellectual
Property
Organization,
acting
on
behalf
of
the
Parties,
on
28
March
1995.
MULTILATERAL
Traité
de
Budapest
sur
la
reconnaissance
internationale
du
dépôt
des
micro-organismes
aux
fins
de
la
procédure
en
matière
de
brevets
(avec
règlement
d'exécution).
Conclu
à
Budapest
le
28 avril
1977
Amendements
du
Règlement
d'exécution
au
Traité
susmen
tionné
Amendement
au
Traité
susmentionné
Textes
authentiques
:
anglais
et
français.
Le
Traité
et
les
déclarations certifiées
ont
été
enregistrés
par
le
Directeur
général
de
l'Organisation
mondiale
de
la
propriété
intellectuelle,
agis
sant
au
nom
des
Parties,
le
28
mars
1995.
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1861,
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362
United
Nations
—
Treaty
Series
Nations
Unies
—
Recueil
des
Traités
1995
BUDAPEST
TREATY
1
ON
THE
INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION
OF
THE
DEPOSIT
OF
MICROORGANISMS
FOR
THE
PUR
POSES
OF
PATENT
PROCEDURE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
*
Introductory
Provisions
Article
1
:
Establishment
of
a
Union
Article 2:
Definitions
Chapter
I:
Substantive
Provisions
Article
3
:
Recognition
and
Effect
of
the
Deposit
of
Microorganisms
Article
4
:
New
Deposit
Article
5
:
Export
and
Import
Restrictions
Article
6
:
Status
of
International
Depositary
Authority
Article
7
:
Acquisition
of
the
Status
of
International
Depositary
Authority
Article
8:
Termination
and
Limitation
of
the
Status
of
International
Depositary
Authority
Article
9:
Intergovernmental
Industrial
Property
Organizations
Chapter
II:
Administrative
Provisions
Article
10:
Assembly
Article
11
:
International
Bureau
Article
12:
Regulations
Chapter
III:
Revision
and
Amendment
Article
13
:
Revision
of
the
Treaty
Article
14
:
Amendment
of
Certain
Provisions
of
the
Treaty
Chapter
IV:
Final
Provisions
Article
15
:
Becoming
Party
to
the
Treaty
Article
16
:
Entry
Into
Force
of
the
Treaty
Article
17:
Denunciation
of
the
Treaty
Article
18
:
Signature
and
Languages
of
the
Treaty
Article
19:
Deposit
of
the
Treaty;
Transmittal
of
Copies;
Registration of the Treaty
Article
20:
Notifications
*
This
Table
of
Contents
does
not
appear
in
the
original
text.
1
Came into
force
on
19
August
1980,
i.e.,
three
months
after
the
date
of
deposit
with
the
Director-General
of
the
World
Intellectual
Property
Organization
of
the
fifth
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession
by
a
member
State
of
the
International
(Paris)
Union
for
the
Protection
of
Industrial
Property,
in
accordance
with
article
16(1):
Participant
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
or accession
(a)
....................
19July
1978
....................
21
February
1980
....................
11
July
1978
Participant
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
or accession
(a)
.......
19May
1980,3
.......
24September
1979
(Continued
on
page
363)
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Nations
—
Treaty
Series
•
Nations
Unies
—
Recueil
des
Traités
363
(Footnote
I
continued
from
page
362)
Subsequently,
the
Treaty
came
into
force
for
the
following
States
three
months
after
the
date
of
deposit with
the
Director-General
of
the
World
Intellectual
Property
Organization
of
their
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession,
in
accordance
with
article
16
(2):
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
Participant or accession
(a)
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland...................
29
September
1980
(With
effect
from
29
December
1980.)
Germany,
Federal
Republic
of........
20
October
1980
(With
effect
from
20
January
1981.
With
a declaration
of
application
to
Berlin
(West).)
Spain..................................................
19December
1980
(With
effect
from
19
March
1981.)
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics*....................................
22January
1981
(With
effect
from
22
April
1981.)
Switzerland.......................................
19May
1981
(With
effect
from
19
August
1981.)
Liechtenstein....................................
19May
1981
a
(With
effect
from
19
August
1981.)
Philippines........................................
21
July
1981
a
(With
effect
from
21
October
1981.)
Sweden..............................................
23
June
1983
(With
effect
from
1
October
1983.)
Belgium.............................................
15
September
1983
a
(With
effect
from
15
December
1983.)
Austria
..............................................
26
January
1984
(With
effect
from
26
April
1984.)
Denmark...........................................
lApril
1985
(Witheffect
from
1
July
1985.)
Finland..............................................
1
June
1985
(With
effect
from
1
September
1985.)
Norway.............................................
1
October
1985
(With
effect
from
1
January
1986.)
Italy...................................................
23December
1985
(Witheffect
from
23
March
1986.)
Participant
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession
(a)
1987
Netherlands......................................
2
April
(For the
Kingdom
in
Europe,
the
Netherlands
Antilles
and
Aruba.
With
effect
from
2
July
1987.)
Australia...........................................
7April
1987
a
(With
effect
from
7
July
1987.)
Republic
of
Korea............................
28December
1987a
(With
effect
from
28
March
1988.)
German
Democratic
Republic
**....
27
April
1989
a
(With
effect
from
27
July
1989.)
Czechoslovakia................................
5May
1989a
(With
effect
from
5
August
1989.)
Poland
...............................................
22
June
1993a
(With
effect
from
22
September
1993.)
Greece...............................................
30July
1993a
(With
effect
from
30
October
1993.)
Cuba..................................................
19
November
1993
a
(With
effect
from
19February
1994.)
Yugoslavia.........................................
25November
1993a
(With
effect
from
25
February
1994.)
Trinidad
and
Tobago........................
lODecember
1993a
(Witheffect
from
lOMarch
1994.)
Latvia................................................
29September
1994a
(With
effect
from
29
December
1994.)
Singapore..........................................
23November
1994
a
(With
effect
from
23
February
1995.)
Iceland...............................................
23December
1994a
(Witheffectfrom23March
1995.)
*
Continued
by
the Russian
Federation
as
from
25
December
1991.
**
Through
the
accession
of
the
German
Democratic
Republic
to
the
Federal
Republic
of
Germany
effective
3
October
1990,
the
German
Democratic
Republic
ceased
to
be
a
Party
to
the
above-mentioned
Treaty.
In
addition,
the
following
notifications
of
succession
were effected
with
the
Director-General
of
the
World
Intel
lectual
Property
Organization on
the
dates
indicated
hereafter:
18
December
1992
Czech
Republic
(With
effect
from
1
January
1993.)
30
December
1992
Slovakia
(With
effect
from
1
January
1993.)
14
February
1994
Republic
of
Moldova
Tajikistan
(With
effect
from
25
December
1991.)
Furthermore,
the
following
declaration
of
acceptance
under
article
9(1)
(a)
was
received
by
the
Director-General
of
the
World
Intellectual
Property
Organization
on
the
date
indicated
hereafter:
26
August
1980
European
Patent
Organization
(With
effect
from
26
November
1980.)
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