Patent-related Treaties administered by WIPO

General standards of protection

• Paris Convention (The first major international agreement relating to the protection of industrial property rights, including patents, providing, in particular, national treatment, the right of priority and a number of common rules in the field of substantive patent law, such as the independence of patents.)
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• Patent Law Treaty (A treaty providing common and, as a general rule, maximum requirements for many of the formality matters involved in the procedures before national/regional patent offices. (Further information on the Patent Law Treaty))
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International systems for filing and deposits

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (A treaty establishing an international patent filing system. (Further information on the Patent Cooperation Treaty is available.))
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•  Budapest Treaty (A treaty prescribing deposits of microorganisms at any international depositary authority under the Treaty to be recognized for the purposes of patent procedure.)
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International Classification

•  Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (A regularly updated international system for classifying inventions in patent applications in all fields of technology, allowing more efficient searching and retrieval of patent information. (Further information on the International Patent Classification (IPC) established by the Strasbourg Agreement is available.))
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Other related information

• WIPO Gold
• National/Regional Laws
• Guidelines and Manuals of National/Regional Offices
• Legislative and Policy Advice