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Budapest Notification No. 138
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

Notification by the United States of America Regarding a New Schedule of Fees and the Kinds of Microorganisms and Material Accepted by the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the receipt, on March 21 and on April 7, 1995, of the notifications of the Government of the United States of America, dated, respectively, March 10 and March 28, 1995, regarding a new schedule of fees and the kinds of microorganisms and material accepted by the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), an international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, as amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notification No. 11 of December 3, 1980). The texts of those notifications are attached.

The fees set forth in the said notifications will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (May 31, 1995) of the publication of the said fees in the May 1995 issue of Industrial Property and Copyright/La Propriété industrielle et le Droit d'auteur, that is, as from June 30, 1995, (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said fees will replace the fees as published in the February 1992 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 102 of January 22, 1992).

April 28, 1995


Texts of the Notifications of the Government of the United States of America of March 10 and March 28, 1995, regarding a new schedule of fees and the kinds of microorganisms and material accepted by the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)

NOTIFICATION

Fees to Distribute Cultures

ATCC Algae, Seeds, Protozoa, and Plant Tissues   Per Item
  U.S. Non-Profit Institutions   U.S. $ 76.00
  Foreign Non-Profit Institutions   $ 76.002
  Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions   $ 120.00
ATCC Bacteria, Bacteriophage, Fungi and Yeasts 1    
  U.S. Non-Profit Institutions U.S. $ 76.00 $ 97.00
  Foreign Non-Profit Institutions $ 76.002 $ 97.003
  Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions $ 120.00 $ 132.00
ATCC Cell Lines and Biomedical Material    
  U.S. Non-Profit Institutions   U.S. $ 92.00
  Foreign Non-Profit Institutions   $ 92.004
  Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions   $ 145.00
ATCC Plasmids, Vectors and All other rDNA Material 1    
  U.S. Non-Profit Institutions U.S. $ 76.00 $ 92.00
  Foreign Non-Profit Institutions $ 76.002 $ 92.004
  Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions $ 120.00 $ 145.00

1 The two price levels indicated reflect the difference in difficulty of producing certain cultures due to complicated media and growth requirements.

2 There is an additional $34 handling and processing charge per culture.

3 There is an additional $35 handling and processing charge per culture.

4 There is an additional $53 handling and processing charge per culture.


Fees for the Issue of Viability Statements

Microorganisms, cells, hybridomas and seeds U.S. $ 100.00
Fungi and Yeasts $ 100.00
Plant Tissue Cultures $ 100.001
Plasmid and Phage DNA $ 150.001
Animal Embryos and Algae $ 200.00
Protozoa (standard)
(cultivation in animals)
$ 200.00
Quoted price 2
Animal viruses (depositor supplies test cells)
(ATCC supplies test cells)
(animals or special equipment needed)
$ 300.00
$ 400.00
Quoted price 2
Plant Viruses (depositor supplies antibodies)
(ATCC supplies antibodies)
Quoted price 2
Quoted price 2

1 In some cases the cost to perform a viability test may be higher than the stated price due to the need for special equipment or other additional expenses. In such cases, the depositor will be requested to authorize the performance of the viability test at a quoted price.

2 Due to the unpredictability of the costs involved to conduct viability tests in these cases, no standard price can be established. The depositor will be quoted a price and requested to authorize the performance of the viability test.