Main Advantages of the Treaty 
14. The Treaty is primarily advantageous to the depositor who is an applicant 
for patents in several countries; the deposit of a microorganism under the pro- 
cedures provided for in the Treaty will save him money and strengthen his security. 
It will save him money because, instead of depositing the microorganism in each 
and every country in which he files a patent application referring to that micro- 
organism, he will have to deposit it only once, with one depositary, with the 
consequence that in all but one of the countries in which he seeks protection he 
will save the fees and costs that deposits would otherwise entail. In most cases, 
there will be at least one international depositary authority in the country of 
the depositor, which means that he will deal with an authority which is close to 
him, with which he can deal in his own language, to which he can pay the fees in 
his own currency and which he may even know from personal experience; in other 
words, he will be able to avoid dealing with distant authorities, in foreign 
currencies and in foreign languages. He will probably have a natural trust in 
that the authority will carefully preserve the viability of the deposited micro- 
organism and that it will furnish samples only to those to whom it is supposed 
to fqrnish them. 
15. The security of the depositor is increased by the fact that, for an institu- 
tion to become an international depositary authority, solemn assurances as to 
the seriousness and continued existence of that institution must be given; ' such 
assurances must be given by a State or by an intergovernmental organization and 
they are addressed to all the member States of the Budapest Union. Consequently, 
it may be expected that the assurances will be strictly respected, all the more 
so since, if they are not so respected, the member States may take away from the 
defaulting institution the status of international depositary authority. 
16. Finally, it is to be noted, as indicated in paragraph 12, above, that adherence 
to the Treaty entails no financial burden or obligations for any Government. In 
some countries, this may mean that ratification of the Treaty does not require a 
decision by the legislative authority but that a decision by the Government (the 
executive authority) suffices. 
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