In accordance with PCT Rule 13bis.7(a)(ii), the Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom), in its capacity as designated (or elected) Office, has notified the International Bureau of changes to its requirements concerning the deposit of microorganisms and other biological material, which are now as follows:
Time (if any) earlier than 16 months from priority date by which applicant must furnish:
— the indications prescribed in Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii):
Where the applicant requests publication earlier than 16 months from the priority date, not later than that request
— any additional indications:
At the time of filing
Additional indications (if any) which must be given besides those prescribed in Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii) pursuant to notifications from the Office:
The specification of the application as filed must contain such relevant information as is available to the applicant on the characteristics of the biological material.
Additional information
Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom) with any depositary institution anywhere in the world. It is the responsibility of the applicant to select the depositary institution with which they wish to make their deposit and to ensure that samples of the biological material deposited will be made available in accordance with Rule 13(1) and Schedule 1 of the UK Patents Rules 2007. The applicant may give notice in writing to the International Bureau before technical preparations for publication of the international application are completed that a sample should be made available only to an expert (preferably by using Form PCT/RO/134).
WARNING: Where the invention involves the use of or concerns biological material which is not available to the public at the date of filing the application and which has been deposited by a person other than the applicant, the applicant must supply the following within 16 months from the priority date (or, if earlier, not later than a request for early publication):
(i) the name and address of the depositor; and
(ii) a statement by the depositor authorising the applicant to refer to the deposited material in the application and giving the depositor’s irrevocable authorisation for the deposited material to be made available to the public in accordance with Schedule 1 to the UK Patents Rules 2007.
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