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Budapest Notification No. 169
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

Communication of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Relating to the Change in Fees Charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd. (NCIMB)

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 September 2, 1998, of a written communication, dated August 28, 1998, from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland informing him of the change in fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd. (NCIMB), 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, and amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notification No. 24 of February 2, 1982).

The text of the communication is attached. The fees set forth in the said communication will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (September 30, 1998) of the publication of the said fees in the September 1998 issue of the new WIPO periodical Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties, that is, as from October 30, 1998 (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty) and will replace the fees published in the February 1991 issue of Industrial Property and Copyright (see Budapest Notification No. 96 of January 21, 1991).

September 23, 1998


Text of the Communication of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dated August 28, 1998, Relating to a Change in the Fees Charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd. (NCIMB)

COMMUNICATION

I have the honour to refer to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, opened for signature at Budapest from 28 April to 31 December 1977 and to the communication dated 31 March 1982 from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominating the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) as an International Depository Authority.

In accordance with Rule 12.2 of the Regulations under the Treaty, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby notify you that the fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd. will be as follows, from the earliest date:

      £ 
  (a) Storage of the Microorganism 495.00
  (b) Issuance 75.00
  (c) Furnishing of a sample in accordance with Rule 11.2 and 11.3 50.00
(plus carriage)

Fees are payable to NCIMB Ltd. Where applicable fees are subject to Value Added Tax at the current rate.

Organisms accepted for deposit by NCIMB are bacteria (including actinomycetes), yeasts, bacteriophages, plasmids (either cloned into a bacterial host or purified DNA preparations), including recombinants are not greater than ACDP Group 2 or ACGM level 3 as the case may be, and provided that they can be preserved by freeze-drying or liquid nitrogen freezing without significant change to their properties.

NCIMB also accepts orthodox seeds, i.e. those that can be dried to a low moisture content and stored at temperatures lower than -20°C without damage. All arable crops and many small seeded tree species produce orthodox seeds.

Recalcitrant seeds, such as those of cocoa, rubber, some tropical fruits and large seeded woody species, which cannot be dried without damage, are not accepted.

I have the honour to request that you circulate this notification to all the Contracting States and inter-governmental industrial property organisations.