Conditions necessary in India to deposit biological material in the international depository authority

If the invention, for which application for patent is filed, uses a new biological material it is essential to deposit the same in the International Depository Authority (IDA) in order to supplement the description. In India, the following three institutes have acquired the status of an international depositary authority:

1. The Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), Sector 39-A, Chandigarh – 160 036
2. Microbial Culture Collection (MCC), National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007, Maharashtra.
3. ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms Kushmaur Maunath Bhanjan 275 103, Uttar Pradesh, India.