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Guide to the Deposit of Microorganisms under the Budapest Treaty

Section E: Requirements of Industrial Property Offices of States Party to the Budapest Treaty and of Intergovernmental Industrial Property Organizations

This section describes the statutory requirements and the practices of the industrial property offices of the States party to the Budapest Treaty and of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), the European Patent Organisation (EPO) and the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) as regards the deposit of microorganisms for the purposes of patent procedure.



Requirements of Industrial Property Offices

A

  • Albania PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Albania
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Armenia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Armenia
  • Australia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Australia
  • Austria PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Austria
  • Azerbaijan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Azerbaijan

B

  • Bahrain PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Bahrain
  • Belarus PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Belarus
  • Belgium PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brunei Darussalam PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Bulgaria

C

  • Canada PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Canada
  • Chile PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Chile
  • China PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, China
  • Colombia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Colombia
  • Costa Rica PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Costa Rica
  • Croatia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Croatia
  • Cuba PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Cuba
  • Czech Republic PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Czech Republic

D

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Denmark PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Denmark
  • Dominican Republic PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Dominican Republic

E

  • El Salvador PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, El Salvador
  • Estonia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Estonia

F

  • Finland PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Finland
  • France PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, France

G

  • Georgia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Georgia
  • Germany PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Germany
  • Greece PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Greece
  • Guatemala PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Guatemala

H

  • Honduras PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Honduras
  • Hungary PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Hungary

I

  • Iceland PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Iceland
  • India PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Ireland
  • Israel PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Israel
  • Italy PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Italy

J

  • Japan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Japan
  • Jordan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Jordan

K

  • Kazakhstan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Kyrgyzstan

L

  • Latvia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Latvia
  • Liechtenstein PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Lithuania
  • Luxembourg PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Luxembourg

M

  • Malaysia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Mexico
  • Mexico PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Mexico
  • Monaco PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Monaco
  • Montenegro PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Montenegro
  • Morocco PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Morocco

N

  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the) PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Netherlands
  • New Zealand PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, New Zealand
  • Nicaragua PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Nicaragua
  • North Macedonia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, North Macedonia
  • Norway PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Norway

O

  • Oman PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Oman

P

  • Panama PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Peru
  • Philippines PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Philippines
  • Poland PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Poland
  • Portugal PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Portugal

Q

  • Qatar PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Qatar

R

  • Republic of Korea PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Republic of Korea
  • Republic of Moldova PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Republic of Moldova
  • Romania PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Romania
  • Russian Federation PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Russian Federation
  • Rwanda

S

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Serbia
  • Singapore PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Singapore
  • Slovakia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Slovakia
  • Slovenia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Slovenia
  • South Africa PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, South Africa
  • Spain PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Spain
  • Sweden PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Sweden
  • Switzerland PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Switzerland

T

  • Tajikistan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Tajikistan
  • Trinidad and Tobago PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Tunisia
  • Türkiye PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Turkey

U

  • Ukraine PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, United Kingdom
  • United States of America PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, United States of America
  • Uzbekistan PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Uzbekistan

V

  • Viet Nam PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, Viet Nam

Requirements of Intergovernmental Industrial Property Organizations 

  • African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, OAPI
  • African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, ARIPO
  • Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, EAPO
  • European Patent Organisation (EPO) PDF, Section E, Budapest Treaty, EPO
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