Budapest Treaty

Budapest Treaty

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is an international intellectual property treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It was adopted in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977, and came into force on August 19, 1980.

The primary purpose of the Budapest Treaty is to simplify and reduce the cost of obtaining patent protection for inventions that involve microorganisms or other biological material.

The most significant feature of the Budapest Treaty is that a single deposit of a microorganism with an "International Depositary Authority" (IDA) is recognized for patent purposes by all contracting states. This eliminates the need for multiple deposits in different countries.

Contracting Parties: 

Albania - Antigua and Barbuda - Armenia -  Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan-Bahamas - Bahrain - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Brunei Darussalam - Bulgaria - Canada - Chile - China - Colombia - Costa Rica - Croatia - Cuba - Czech Republic - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Denmark-Dominican Republic - El Salvador - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia- Germany-Greece - Guatemala - Honduras - Hungary - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Japan - Jordan - Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan - Latvia - Liechtenstein -Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - Monaco - Montenegro - Morocco-Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua - North Macedonia - Norway - Oman-Panama - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Qatar - Republic of Korea - Republic of Moldova - Romania - Russian Federation - Rwanda - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Serbia - Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - South Africa - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Tajikistan - Trinidad and Tobago - Tunisia - Türkiye -Ukraine - United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States of America-Uruguay - Uzbekistan - VietNam.