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INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

General

Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2008)

I. UNIVERSAL TREATIES

1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, of 20 March 1883, revised at Brussels on 14 December 1900, at Washington on 2 June 1911, at The Hague on 6 November 1925, at London on 2 June 1934, at Lisbon on 31 October 1958, at Stockholm on 14 July 1967, and amended in 19791

Albania, Stockholm

Algeria, Stockholm

Andorra, Stockholm

Angola, Stockholm

Antigua and Barbuda, Stockholm

Argentina, Lisbon2

    Stockholm3

Armenia, Stockholm

Australia, Stockholm

Austria, Stockholm

Azerbaijan, Stockholm

Bahamas, Lisbon²

    Stockholm³

Bahrain, Stockholm

Bangladesh, Stockholm

Barbados, Stockholm

Belarus, Stockholm

Belgium, Stockholm

Belize, Stockholm

Benin, Stockholm

Bhutan, Stockholm

Bolivia, Stockholm

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stockholm

Botswana, Stockholm

Brazil, Stockholm

Bulgaria, Stockholm

Burkina Faso, Stockholm

Burundi, Stockholm

Cambodia, Stockholm

Cameroon, Stockholm

Canada, Stockholm

Central African Republic, Stockholm

Chad, Stockholm

Chile, Stockholm

China, Stockholm

Colombia, Stockholm

Comoros, Stockholm

Congo, Stockholm

Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Stockholm

Costa Rica, Stockholm

Côte d'Ivoire, Stockholm

Croatia, Stockholm

Cuba, Stockholm

Cyprus, Stockholm

Czech Republic, Stockholm

Denmark, Stockholm

Djibouti, Stockholm

Dominica, Stockholm

Dominican Republic, The Hague

Ecuador, Stockholm

Egypt, Stockholm

El Salvador, Stockholm

Equatorial Guinea, Stockholm

Estonia, Stockholm

Finland, Stockholm

France, Stockholm

Gabon, Stockholm

Gambia, Stockholm

Georgia, Stockholm

Germany, Stockholm

Ghana, Stockholm

Greece, Stockholm

Grenada, Stockholm

Guatemala, Stockholm

Guinea, Stockholm

Guinea-Bissau, Stockholm

Guyana, Stockholm

Haiti, Stockholm

Holy See, Stockholm

Honduras, Stockholm

Hungary, Stockholm

Iceland, Stockholm

India, Stockholm

Indonesia, Stockholm

Iran, Islamic Republic of, Stockholm

Iraq, Stockholm

Ireland, Stockholm

Israel, Stockholm

Italy, Stockholm

Jamaica, Stockholm

Japan, Stockholm

Jordan, Stockholm

Kazakhstan, Stockholm

Kenya, Stockholm

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Stockholm

Korea, Republic of, Stockholm

Kyrgyzstan, Stockholm

Lao People's Democratic Republic, Stockholm

Latvia, Stockholm

Lebanon, London²

    Stockholm³

Lesotho, Stockholm

Liberia, Stockholm

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Stockholm

Liechtenstein, Stockholm

Lithuania, Stockholm

Luxembourg, Stockholm

Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of, Stockholm

Madagascar, Stockholm

Malawi, Stockholm

Malaysia, Stockholm

Mali, Stockholm

Malta, Lisbon²

    Stockholm³

Mauritania, Stockholm

Mauritius, Stockholm

Mexico, Stockholm

Moldova, Republic of, Stockholm

Monaco, Stockholm

Mongolia, Stockholm

Montenegro, Stockholm

Morocco, Stockholm

Mozambique, Stockholm

Namibia, Stockholm

Nepal, Stockholm

Netherlands, Stockholm

New Zealand, London²

    Stockholm³

Nicaragua, Stockholm

Niger, Stockholm

Nigeria, Lisbon

Norway, Stockholm

Oman, Stockholm

Pakistan, Stockholm

Panama, Stockholm

Papua New Guinea, Stockholm

Paraguay, Stockholm

Peru, Stockholm

Philippines, Lisbon²

    Stockholm³

Poland, Stockholm

Portugal, Stockholm

Qatar, Stockholm

Romania, Stockholm

Russian Federation, Stockholm

Rwanda, Stockholm

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Stockholm

Saint Lucia, Stockholm

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

    Stockholm

San Marino, Stockholm

Sao Tome and Principe, Stockholm

Saudi Arabia, Stockholm

Senegal, Stockholm

Serbia, Stockholm

Seychelles, Stockholm

Sierra Leone, Stockholm

Singapore, Stockholm

Slovakia, Stockholm

Slovenia, Stockholm

South Africa, Stockholm

Spain, Stockholm

Sri Lanka, London²

    Stockholm³

Sudan, Stockholm

Suriname, Stockholm

Swaziland, Stockholm

Sweden, Stockholm

Switzerland, Stockholm

Syrian Arab Republic, Stockholm

Tajikistan, Stockholm

Tanzania, United Republic of, Lisbon²

    Stockholm³

Togo, Stockholm

Tonga, Stockholm

Trinidad and Tobago, Stockholm

Tunisia, Stockholm

Turkey, Stockholm

Turkmenistan, Stockholm

Uganda, Stockholm

Ukraine, Stockholm

United Arab Emirates, Stockholm

United Kingdom, Stockholm

United States of America, Stockholm

Uruguay, Stockholm

Uzbekistan, Stockholm

Venezuela, Stockholm

Viet Nam, Stockholm

Yemen, Stockholm

Zambia, Lisbon²

    Stockholm³

Zimbabwe, Stockholm

(Total: 172 states)

2. Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on 19 June 1970 (PCT)

(Total: 138 states)

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¹  Is also a contracting state to the EPC.

²  Any designation of this state in an international application is treated in the same way as an indication of the wish to obtain a regional patent designating such state (Art. 45(2) PCT).

³  The PCT applies also to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with effect from 1 July 1997; it is, however, not applicable to the Macau Special Administrative Region.

⁴  Has made the reservation provided for in Art. 64(2)(a)(ii) PCT.

⁵  Has made the reservation provided for in Art. 64(5) PCT.

⁶  Including all Overseas Departments and Territories.

⁷  Any designation of this state in an international application is treated in the same way as a joint designation of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (Art. 45(2) PCT in conjunction with Art. 3 of the Patent Treaty between Switzerland and Liechtenstein; see OJ EPO 1980, 407).

⁸  Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba; see however, footnote 4 to II.1. European Patent Convention.

⁹  The Treaty extends to the Isle of Man with effect from 29 October 1983.

¹⁰  Has made the reservation provided for in Art. 64(3)(a) and 64(4)(a) PCT.

¹¹  Extends to all areas for which the United States of America has international responsibility.

¹²  Date of ratification of the Soviet Union, continued by the Russian Federation as from 25 December 1991.

3. Patent Law Treaty (PLT) of 1 June 2000

(Total: 17 states)

4. Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on 28 April 1977

(Total: 68 states)

4.1 Declarations filed under Article 9(1)(a) of the Budapest Treaty by Intergovernmental Industrial Property Organizations²

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²  In accordance with the declaration the Organisation recognises, pursuant to Article 3(1)(a) of the Treaty, the fact and date of the deposit of a micro-organism made with an international depositary authority as well as the fact that what is furnished as a sample is a sample of the deposited micro-organism.

³  Date of effect: see OJ EPO 1980, 380.

4.2 International Depositary Authorities under Article 7 of the Budapest Treaty

International Depositary Authority7

Advanced Biotechnology Center (ABC)

Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC)

S.S. Banca Cellule e Colture in GMP

Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10

16132 Genova, Italy

Tel. (+39-010) 5737 474/289

Fax (+39-010) 5737 293

iclc@istge.it

http://www.iclc.it/iclceng.html

Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL)

1815 North University Street

Peoria, Illinois 61604

United States of America

Tel. (+1-309) 685 40 11

http://nrrl.ncaur.usda.gov

All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM)

G. K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and

Physiology of Microorganisms

Russian Academy of Sciences

Prospekt Nauki No. 5

Pushchino 142290 (Moscow Region)

Russian Federation

Tel. (+7-095) 9257 448

Fax (+7-095) 9563 370

vkm@ibpm.pushchino.ru

http://www.vkm.ru

American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)

10801 University Boulevard

Manassas, Virginia 20110-2209

United States of America

Tel. (+1-703) 365 27 00

Fax (+1-703) 365 27 45

PatentDeposit@atcc.org

http://www.atcc.org

Banco Nacional de Algas (BNA)

Marine Biotechnology Center

University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

Muelle de Tailiarte s/n

35214 Telde

Las Palmas, Spain

Tel. (+34) 928 13 32 90

Fax (+34) 928 13 28 30

bna@ulpgc.es

http://www.ulpgc.es/webs/cbm/

Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms (BCCM)

Federal Public Planning Service

Science Policy

8, rue de la Science

1000 Brussels, Belgium

Tel. (+32-2) 238 34 11

Fax (+32-2) 230 59 12

bosc@belspo.be

http://www.belspo.be/bccm

CABI BIOSCIENCE, UK Centre (IMI)

Bakeham Lane

Englefield Green

Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-1784) 47 01 11

Fax (+44-1784) 47 09 09

microbiologicalservices@cabi.org

http://www.cabi-bioscience.org

Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)

Uppsalalaan 8

3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands

or

P.O. Box 85167

3508 AD Utrecht, Netherlands

Tel. (+31-30) 212 26 00

Fax (+31-30) 251 20 97

http://cbs.knaw.nl

China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC)

Wuhan University

Wuhan, 430072, China

Tel. (+86-27) 782 21 57, 782 27 12, 782 23 19

Fax (+86-27) 788 38 33

http://www.im.ac.cn/imcas/junbao.html

http://www.im.ac.cn/en/index.html

China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC)

China Committee for Culture Collection of Microorganisms

P.O. Box 2714

Beijing, 100080, China

Tel. (+86-10) 62 54 27 58

Fax (+86-10) 62 53 77 96

cgmcc@sun.im.ac.cn

http://www.cgmcc.cn

Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT)

University of Valencia

Edificio de Investigación

Campus de Burjasot

46100 Burjasot (Valencia), Spain

Tel. (+34-96) 354 46 12

Fax (+34-96) 354 31 87

cect@uv.es

http://www.cect.org

Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM)

Institut Pasteur

28, rue du Dr. Roux

75724 Paris Cédex 15, France

Tél. (+33-1) 45 68 82 50

Fax (+33-1) 45 68 82 36

http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/cncm

Collection of Industrial Yeasts DBVPG

Department of Plant Biology

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Perugia

Borgo 20 Giugno, 74

06122 Perugia, Italy

Tel. (+39-075) 585 64 79/64 55

Fax (+39-075) 585 64 70

dbvpg@unipg.it

http://www.agr.unipg.it/dbvpg

Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP)

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory

Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-1631) 55 90 00 or 55 92 68 (direct line)

Fax (+44-1631) 55 90 01

ccap@sams.ac.uk

http://www.ccap.ac.uk

Culture Collection of Yeasts (CCY)

Institute of Chemistry

Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9

845 38 Bratislava, Slovakia

Tel. (+421-2) 59 41 02 62

Fax (+421-2) 59 41 02 22

chemslav@savba.sk

http://www.chem.sk/activities/yeast/ccy

Czech Collection of Microorganisms (CCM)

Tvrdého 14

602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Tel. (+420) 549 49 14 30

Fax (+420) 543 24 73 39

ccm@sci.muni.cz

http://www.sci.muni.cz/ccm

Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ)

Inhoffenstr. 7B

38124 Braunschweig, Germany

Tel. (+49-531) 261 62 54

Fax (+49-531) 261 64 18, 261 62 25

vew@dsmz.de

http://www.dsmz.de

European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC)

Health Protection Agency - Porton Down

Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-1980) 61 25 12

Fax (+44-1980) 61 13 15

ecacc@hpa.org.uk

http://www.ecacc.org.uk

IAFB – Collection of Industrial Microorganisms

Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology

Ul. Rakowiecka 36

02-532 Warsaw, Poland

Tel. (+48-22) 606 36 91, 606 36 00

Fax (+48-22) 849 04 28

kolekcja@ibprs.pl, misiewicz@ibprs.pl

International Patent Organism Depositary (IPOD)

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science

and Technology (AIST)

AIST Tsukuba Central 6

1–1, Higashi 1-chome

Tsukuba-shi

Ibaraki-Ken 305-8566, Japan

Tel. (+81-29) 861 60 29

Fax (+81-29) 861 60 78

ipod-staff@m.aist.go.jp

http://unit.aist.go.jp/ipod/index_e.html

Korean Cell Line Research Foundation (KCLRF)

Cancer Research Institute

Seoul National University

College of Medicine

28 Yungon-dong, Chongno-gu

Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea

Tel. (+82-2) 742 00 20

Fax (+82-2) 742 00 21

http://cellbank.snu.ac.kr

Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC)

52, Oun-dong

Yusong-Ku

Taejon 305-333, Republic of Korea

Tel. (+82-42) 829 41 44

Fax (+82-42) 861 17 59

http://kctc.kribb.re.kr/

Korean Culture Center of Microorganisms (KCCM)

361-221, Yurim B/D

Honje 1, Sodaemun

Seoul, 120-091, Republic of Korea

Tel. (+82-42) 392 09 50

Fax (+82-42) 392 28 59

http://www.kccm.or.kr/

Microbial Strain Collection of Latvia (MSCL)

Blvd. Kronvalda 4

1586 Riga, Latvia

Tel. (+371) 6703 48 68

Fax (+371) 6703 48 62

collect@lanet.lv

Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC)

Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH)

Sector 39-A

Chandigarh 160 036

(Union Territory), India

Tel. (+91-172) 269 05 62, 269 52 15

Fax (+91-172) 269 05 85, 269 06 32

idamtcc@imtech.res.in , curator@imtech.res.in

http://mtcc.imtech.res.in

National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (NBIMCC)

125, Tsarigradsko chaussee Blvd., Block 2

1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel. (+359-2) 72 08 65

nbimcc@cablebg.net

http://www.nbimcc.hit.bg

http://www.nbimcc.cablebg.net

National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM)

Faculty of Food Sciences

Corvinus University of Budapest

Somlói út 14-16

1118 Budapest, Hungary

Tel. (+36-1) 372 63 22

Fax (+36-1) 372 63 22

judit.tornai@uni-corvinus.hu

http://ncaim.uni-corvinus.hu

National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC)

HPA Centre for Infections

61 Colindale Avenue

London NW9 5HT, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-020) 8200 4400

Fax (+44-020) 8205 7483

nctc@hpa.org.uk

http://www.hpa.org.uk/nctc/

National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC)

Institute of Food Research

Norwich Research Park

Colney

Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-1603) 25 52 74

Fax (+44-1603) 45 84 14

ncyc@bbsrc.ac.uk

http://www.ncyc.co.uk

National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB)

NCIMB Ltd

Ferguson Building

Craibstone Estate

Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9YA, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-1224) 71 11 00 or 71 11 11 (direct dial)

Fax (+44-1224) 71 12 99

t.dando@ncimb.com

http://www.ncimb.com

National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC)

Blanche Lane

South Mimms

Potters Bar, Herts., EN6 3QG, United Kingdom

Tel. (+44-1223) 17 01 64 10 00

Fax (+44-1223) 17 01 64 67 30

enquiries@nibsc.ac.uk

http://www.nibsc.ac.uk

National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Patent Microorganisms Depositary (NPMD)

2-5-8 Kazusakamatari

Kisarazu-city

Chiba 292-0818, Japan

Tel. (+81-438) 20 55 80

Fax (+81-438) 20 55 81

npmd@nite.go.jp

http://www.nbrc.nite.go.jp/npmd/

National Measurement Institute (NMI)

1, Suakin Street

Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia

Tel. (+61-2) 94 49 01 11

Fax (+61-2) 94 49 16 53

customerservice@measurement.gov.au

http://www.measurement.gov.au

National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada (NMLHC)

Canadian Science Centre for Human

and Animal Health

1015 Arlington Street

Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3R2, Canada

Tel. (+1-204) 789 20 70

Fax (+1-204) 789 20 97

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/bmb/index.html

National Research Centre of Antibiotics (NRCA)

Nagatinskaya Street 3-a

Moscow 113105, Russian Federation

Tel. (+7-095) 111 42 38

Fax (+7-095) 111 42 38

Polish Collection of Microorganisms (PCM)

Institute of Immunology and Experimental

Therapy

Polish Academy of Sciences

Ul. Weigla 12

53-114 Wroclaw, Poland

Tel. (+48-71) 337 11 72

Fax (+48-71) 337 13 82

gamian@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl

http://immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl

Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM)

FGUP GosNII Genetika

Dorozhny proezd, 1

Moscow 117545, Russian Federation

Tel. (+7-095) 315 12 10

Fax (+7-095) 315 12 10 or 315 05 01

vkpm@genetica.ru

(Total: 37 International Depositary Authorities)

5. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969

The EPC contracting states also parties to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties are thus now as follows:

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

(Total: 27 states)

6. Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) of 15 April 1994

(Total: 151 states)

II. EUROPEAN CONVENTIONS

1. Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973 (European Patent Convention)

(Total: 34 states)

¹  Is also a contracting state to the PCT.

²  The EPC is also applicable to the French territorial entity of Mayotte and the overseas territories.

³  Any designation of this state is treated in the same way as a joint designation of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (Art. 142(1) EPC in conjunction with Art. 2 of the Patent Treaty between Switzerland and Liechtenstein, see OJ EPO 1980, 407).

⁴  The EPC is also applicable to the territory of the Netherlands Antilles, but not to Aruba.

⁵  The EPC is also applicable to the Isle of Man. For further information on the registration of European patents (UK) in overseas states and territories, see OJ EPO 2004, 179.

⁶  The EPC does not apply to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

1.1 Agreements on co-operation in the field of patents / Extension Agreements

(Total: 4 states)

¹  Is also a contracting state to the PCT.

1.2 International exhibitions as referred to in Article 55 EPC

1. The following list enumerates, for purposes of the application of Article 55(1)(b) EPC, those international exhibitions falling within the terms of the Convention relating to International Exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928 and last revised on 30 November 1972 which have been registered so far by the International Exhibitions Bureau.

2. The disclosure of an invention at one of these exhibitions by the applicant or his legal predecessor is not prejudicial to a European patent application if it occurred no earlier than six months preceding the filing of the application and provided the applicant states, when filing the application, that the invention has been so displayed and submits, within four months of the filing of the application, the certificate of exhibition referred to in Rule 25 EPC.

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¹  Only the French version of the exhibition themes is the official version.

²  Recognised exhibition

³  Registered exhibition

1.3 London Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 EPC11

Croatia

Denmark

France

Germany

Iceland

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Monaco

Netherlands

Slovenia

Switzerland

United Kingdom

(Total: 13 states)

1.4 Biological material depositary institutions recognised for the purposes of Rules 31 and 34 EPC

(a) International depositary authorities under the Budapest Treaty, indicated in I.4.2 above.

(b) The following depositary institution, recognised under an agreement with the EPO:

1.5 Microbiological experts recognised by the President of the EPO in accordance with Rule 32, paragraph 2(b), EPC

The list of microbiological experts recognised by the President of the EPO in accordance with Rule 32(2)(b) EPC, with an indication of their fields of activity, was published in OJ EPO 1992, 470.

2. Agreement relating to Community patents of 15 December 1989

Signatory states12

Belgium

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

United Kingdom

(Total: 12 states)

3. Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention, of 27 November 1963

(Total: 13 states)