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 January 18, 1994, of the notification of the Government of Japan dated January 13, 1994, stating a change in fees charged by the National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology (NIBH), 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, as amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notifications No. 15 of March 31, 1981, and No. 111 of January 18, 1993). The amended schedule of fees is attached.
The fees set forth in the said notification will apply as from April 1, 1994, the date indicated in the above-mentioned notification (see Rule 12.2(a) and (c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said fees will replace the fees as published in the May 1989 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 79 of April 17, 1989).
February 7, 1994
Notification of the Government of Japan dated January 13, 1994, stating a change in fees charged by the National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology (NIBH)
SCHEDULE OF FEES
Pursuant to Rule 12.2 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, the new schedule of fees of NIBH is as follows:
| (a) | Storage: | Yen | |
| - original deposit | 220 000 | ||
| - new deposit | 16 000 | ||
| (b) | Attestation referred to in Rule 8.2: | 2 000 | |
| (c) | Issuance of a viability statement: | ||
| - if the depositor, when requesting the issuance of a viability statement, also requests a viability test | 10 000 | ||
| - other cases | 2 000 | ||
| (d) | Furnishing of a sample: | 11 000* | |
| (e) | Communication of information under Rule 7.6: | 2 000 |
* When furnishing a sample to a foreign institution:
- additional 39 000 yen per one package, as cost of a special container, is payable for animal cell cultures;
- additional 800 yen per one package, as cost of a special container, is payable for other microorganisms.
Fees are expressed net of Value Added Tax according to Japanese provisions currently in force.
Effective date of modification of fees: April 1, 1994