Monday, September 25 2023   \  Published by Spoor & Fisher.

Rwanda Accedes to the Budapest Treaty

Rwanda Accedes to the Budapest Treaty

On 4 September 2023, Rwanda deposited its instrument of accession to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure - Budapest Notification No. 360. 

For patent applications involving a microorganism, it is extremely difficult to provide an enabling disclosure in the patent description to enable third parties to carry out the invention. This is why for inventions involving microorganisms, a deposit of microorganisms is required to satisfy this requirement. Read more

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