# The Patents Rules 1990, Paragraph 5: Interpretation of Schedule


(1) In this Schedule—
“the Budapest Treaty” means the Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the purposes of Patent Procedure done at Budapest in 1977;
and “international depository authority” means a depository institution which has acquired the status of international depository authority as provided in Article 7 of the Budapest Treaty.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule a “depositary institution” is an institution which, at all relevant times,—
(a) carries out the functions of receiving, accepting and storing micro-organisms and the furnishing of samples thereof; and
(b) conducts its affairs in so far as they relate to the carrying out of those functions in an objective and impartial manner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2384/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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