Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties: OJ 2015, A43
I. UNIVERSAL TREATIES (See: WIPO-Administered Treaties)
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1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883 (situation on 1 March 2013) | |
2. Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on 19 June 1970 | |
3. Patent Law Treaty (PLT) of 1 June 2000 | |
4. Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on 28 April 1977 | |
5. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969 | |
6. Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) of 15 April 1994 | |
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II. EUROPEAN CONVENTIONS
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1. Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973 (European Patent Convention) | |
1.1 Agreements on co-operation in the field of patents/extension agreements |
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1.2 International exhibitions as referred to in Article 55 EPC |
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1.3 London Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 EPC | |
1.4 Biological material depositary institutions recognised for the purposes of Rules 31 and 34 EPC |
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1.5 Microbiological experts recognised by the President of the EPO in accordance with Rule 32, paragraph 2(b), EPC |
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2. Agreement on a Unified Patent Court of 19 February 2013 | |
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3. Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention, of 27 November 1963 |