# The Patents Rules 2007, Paragraph 1: Introductory


In this Schedule—
“authorisation certificate” means a certificate issued by the comptroller authorising a depositary institution to make available a sample of biological material;
“Budapest Treaty” means the Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the purposes of Patent Procedure signed at Budapest on 28thApril 1977, as amended on 26th September 1980, and includes references to the regulations made under that Treaty;
“depositary institution” means an institution which—
(a)carries out the functions of receiving, accepting and storing biological material and the furnishing of samples of such biological material (whether generally or of a specific type); and
(b)conducts its affairs, in so far as they relate to the carrying out of those functions, in an objective and impartial manner;
“expert” means independent expert;
“first requirement” means the first requirement in paragraph 3;
“international depositary authority” means a depositary institution which has acquired the status of international depositary authority as provided in the Budapest Treaty; and
“second requirement” means the second requirement in paragraph 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3291/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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