Download or read book Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure written by and published by WIPO. This book was released on 1997 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main feature of the Treaty is that a Contracting State which allows or requires the deposit of microorganisms for the purposes of patent procedure must recognize, for such purposes, the deposit of a microorganism with any "international depositary authority," irrespective of whether such authority is on or outside the territory of the said State.