I. UNIVERSAL TREATIES

(See: WIPO-Administered Treaties)

1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883 (situation on 1 March 2013)

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2. Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on 19 June 1970

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3. Patent Law Treaty (PLT) of 1 June 2000

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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 

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5. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969

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6. Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) of 15 April 1994 

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II. EUROPEAN CONVENTIONS

1. Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973 (European Patent Convention)

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       1.1 Agreements on co-operation in the field of patents/extension agreements

       1.2 International exhibitions as referred to in Article 55 EPC

       1.3 London Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 EPC

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       1.4 Biological material depositary institutions recognised for the purposes of Rules 31 and 34 EPC

       1.5 Microbiological experts recognised by the President of the EPO in accordance with Rule 32, paragraph 2(b), EPC

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 

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