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class="content"> <div class="main"> <div> <div> <p class="lead">The Budapest System provides a practical business solution when pursuing patents involving biological material in some 80 countries through the recognition of one international recognized deposit with an international depositary authority (IDA).</p> <span><p>Adopted in 1977, the Budapest Treaty concerns a specific topic in the international patent process: inventions involving microorganisms. 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In practice this means that the requirement to submit microorganisms to each and every national authority in which patent protection is sought no longer exists.</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Read more about <a href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2015/04/article_0001.html">How the Budapest Treaty facilitates the disclosure of biotech inventions</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=7">Budapest Treaty Contracting Parties</a></li> </ul></span> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/https://www3.wipo.int/contact/en/area.jsp?area=budapest"><button class="btn btn-info">Contact us</button></a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="complementary"> <div> <div> <figure> <img src="/web/20180721022647im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2015_04_art_1_1.jpg" alt=""/> <figcaption>The Budapest Treaty offers applicants an efficient and cost-effective means of meeting the disclosure requirements associated with patenting microorganisms. (Photo: DMSZ) </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div> <div> <span></span> <div> <div class="nav-expanding"><h2 class="nav-expanding__header">News</h2> <ul class="nav-expanding__list"><li><a href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/news/2018/news_0001.html">First International Depositary Authority Established in Africa</a> <time>Feb 22, 2018</time></li> <li><a href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/news/2017/news_0005.html">2016 Budapest Statistics on Microorganism Deposits now available</a> <time>Sep 18, 2017</time></li> </ul><a class="a-all" href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/news/"><button class="btn btn-info">All news</button></a> </div></div> </div> </div></div> <div id="dbase" class="content line"> <div> <div> <h2>Find an International Depositary Authority</h2> <span><div class="tabbable"> <ul class="nav nav-tabs"> <li class="active"><a href="#tab1" 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<div> <div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/guide/">The Budapest Guide</a></h3> <span><p>The Guide contains information on the procedures and requirements concerning the deposit of microorganisms provided for under the Budapest Treaty. It provides practical advice for both persons depositing microorganisms for patent purposes and for anyone wishing to obtain samples of such microorganisms The Guide is regularly updated.</p></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="col"> <div> <div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/">Legal Texts</a></h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=12244">The Budapest Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=12246">Regulations under the Budapest Treaty </a></li> </ul> <span></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="col"> <div> <div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/index.html#data">Statistics</a></h3> <span><p>Number of deposits/samples furnished under Rule 11 of the regulations of the Budapest Treaty - based on information requested by WIPO from international depositary authorities in annual surveys. <a href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/micros/wipo_microorganisms_deposits_and_samples_since_2001_table.xlsx" target="_self"><img src="/web/20180721022647im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/xls.gif" alt="XLS"/></a> | <a href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/micros/wipo_microorganisms_deposits_and_samples_since_2001_list.csv" target="_self">CSV</a></p></span> </div> </div></div> </section></div> <div class="content line"> <h2>Related links</h2> <section class="cols cols--three"> <div class="col"> <div> <div> <h3>Patents</h3> <span><ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/patents/en/">Patents</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022647/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/">Budapest Treaty</a></li> </ul></span> </div> </div></div> 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