Furnishing of samples
Requests for samples
The CBS advises third parties of the correct procedures to follow in order to make
a valid request. In the case of requests requiring proof of entitlement, the CBS
will provide requesting parties with copies of model request form BP/11 and/or request
forms used by individual industrial property offices (where it has been supplied
with such forms).
Samples are only released to private persons engaged in a relevant profession. When
responding to requests from abroad, the CBS assumes that the requesting party has
met the import requirements of its own country.
Samples of yeasts and bacteria furnished by the CBS are usually from batches of
its own preparations, but samples of other micro-organisms are usually from preparations
supplied by the depositor.
Notification of the depositor
Unless the right to be so notified has been waived, the CBS notifies the depositor
by letter when samples of its micro-organisms have been furnished to third parties.
Cataloguing of Budapest Treaty Deposits
The CBS does not list Budapest Treaty deposits in its " List of Cultures" , nor
in its on-line database.
Deposits made outside the provisions of the Budapest Treaty may be converted by
the original depositor to Budapest Treaty deposits, whether or not they were originally
deposited for patent purposes. Strains that are already available without restriction
cannot be withdrawn from the public collection. In such cases the converted deposit
will be given a new accession number. All converted deposits are subject to the
storage fee normally levied for Budapest Treaty deposits, with the exception of
deposits previously made under the European Patent Convention. Depending on the
applicable national patent law, the date recognized for the purposes of the Treaty
as the date of deposit, is either the date on which the CBS received the micro-organism
or the date on which the CBS received the request for conversion. The administrative
requirements for conversion are the same as those to be met in respect of an original
deposit made under the Treaty, except that requirements relating to import and/or quarantine procedures do not apply.
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