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 3, 1991, of the notification of the Government of the United States of America, dated December 12, 1990, stating a change in the fees charged by the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), 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 Notification No. 11 of December 3, 1980). The text of that notification is attached.
The fees set forth in the said notification will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (February 28, 1991) of the publication of the said fees in the February 1991 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle, that is, as from March 30, 1991 (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said fees will replace the fees as published in the April 1989 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 77 of March 6, 1989).
January 18, 1991
Text of the Notification of the Government of the United States of America, dated December 12, 1990, stating a change in the fees charged by the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
NOTIFICATION
We have received a notification from the American Type Culture Collection regarding a new schedule of fees and the kinds of microorganisms and material accepted by that organization. In accordance with Rule 12.2(a) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty, I am pleased to notify you of the following changes in the fees:
Fees to Distribute Cultures
| ATCC Cultures | Per Item | ||
| Algae, bacteria, bacteriophages, fungi, plant tissue cultures, plasmids, protozoa, vectors and yeasts (except Preceptrol and Uniplus) | |||
| U.S. Non-Profit Institutions | $49.00 | ||
| Foreign Non-Profit Institutions | $49.001 | ||
| Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions | $75.00 | ||
| ATCC Preceptrol and Uniplus Cultures | |||
| All Institutions | $15.00 | ||
| ATCC Cell Lines and Oncogenes | |||
| U.S. Non-Profit Institutions | $59.00 | ||
| Foreign Non-Profit Institutions | $59.002 | ||
| Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions | $90.00 | ||
| ATCC Viruses, Animal and Plant, Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae | |||
| U.S. Non-Profit Institutions | $45.00 | ||
| Foreign Non-Profit Institutions | $45.003 | ||
| Other U.S. and Foreign Institutions | $70.00 | ||
| Fees to Maintain and Notification of Requestors of Cultures for Patent Purposes | |||
| Maintenance of culture for 30 years | $600.004 | ||
| Notification of name and address of requestors of cultures for 30 years | $330.00 | ||
Minimum invoicing is $45.00. Orders received for lesser amounts will be invoiced at the minimum.
1 There is an additional $26.00 handling and processing charge per culture.
2 There is an additional $31.00 handling and processing charge per culture.
3 There is an additional $25.00 handling and processing charge per culture.
4 There is a freight charge made to depositors for returning samples for verification of properties if a culture is provided to ATCC as a test tube or flask culture.