Where an invention involves the use of or concerns biological material which is not available to the public and which cannot be described in a patent application in such a manner as to enable the invention to be reproduced by a person skilled in the art, the description shall be considered inadequate for the purposes of patent law unless: (a) the biological material has been deposited no later than the date on which the patent application was filed with a recognised depositary institution.
Lorsqu’une invention porte sur de la matiere biolo` gique non accessible au public et ne pouvant etre decrite ˆ ´ dans la demande de brevet pour permettre à une personne du metier de realiser l’invention, ou implique ´ ´ l’utilisation d’une telle matiere, la description n’est repu` ´ tee suffisante pour l’application du droit des brevets que ´ si: a) la matiere biologique a ete deposee au plus tard le ` ´ ´ ´ ´ jour du depôt de la demande de brevet aupres d’une ´ ` institution de depôt reconnue.