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2408 Term of Deposit

MPEP SECTION SUMMARY A deposit shall be made for a term of at least 30-years and at least 5 years after the most recent request for furnishing of a sample. Samples must be stored under agreements that would make them available beyond the enforceable life of the patent.

A specific statement that the deposit would be stored under agreements that would make them available beyond the enforceable life of the patent for which the deposit was made is required only where the 30-year term of deposit would terminate within the enforceable life of the patent.

 

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