Requirements of designated and elected Offices

Only Offices whose applicable national law contains provisions concerning the deposits of microorganisms and other biological material are listed in this table. Unless otherwise indicated in the table, deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before these Offices with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and are notified from time to time in Industrial Property and Copyright, a publication of WIPO).

Designated (or elected) Office:   China Intellectual Property Office

Time (if any) earlier than 16 months from priority date by which applicant must furnish:
Additional indications (if any) which must be given besides those prescribed in the indications prescribed in Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii):   None
any additional matter specified in the adjacent right-hand column:   None

Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii) pursuant to notifications from the Offices concerned:
The scientific name (with its Latin name) of the microorganism, relevant information on the characteristics of the microorganism, a receipt of deposit and the viability proof from the depositary institution of a sample of the microorganism

Deposits may be made for the purposes of the patent procedure before the China Intellectual Property Office with CGMCC or CCTCC (see further in this Annex), or with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of the Patent Procedure. Deposits shall be made for the purposes of the patent procedure before, or at the latest on, the date of filing (or the priority date where priority is claimed).

(20 November 2003)

List of depositary institutions

Note: This table does not indicate in relation to depositary institutions the kinds of microorganisms or other biological material which may be deposited with and the fees charged by them. This information may be obtained directly from the institutions. As regards depositary institutions which have acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, such information is published at the time of the acquisition of the status of international depositary authority in the WIPO monthly review Industrial Property and Copyright. Furthermore, the January issue of the said review indicates, for each international depositary authority, the kinds of microorganisms and other biological material that it accepts and the fees charged by it.

For more detailed information, see the Guide to the Deposit of Microorganisms under the Budapest Treaty.

　　China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC)1
　　Wuhan University
　　Wuhan 430072
　　China

　　China General Microbiological Culture Collection　Center (CGMCC)1
　　China Committee for Culture Collection of
　　Microorganisms
　　P.O. Box 2714
　　Beijing 100080
　　China
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1 Depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

(12 August 2004)