NATO Agreement on Safeguarding Defence-Related Inventions

NATO Agreement on Safeguarding Defence-Related Inventions

Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made
Signed	September 21, 1960 (1960-09-21)
Location	Paris
Effective	January 12, 1961
Signatories	12
Parties	27
Depositary	United States
Languages	French, English

The NATO Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made was signed in Paris on September 21, 1960. It entered into force on January 12, 1961 following deposit of the instruments of ratification by the first two countries, namely the United States and Norway.

Countries

Iceland, a founder of NATO with no standing army, did not participate in the convention. The following countries are parties the agreement:

Country	Ratified or Approved or Acceded
Albania	2010/10/23
Belgium	1961/11/19
Bulgaria	2004/10/22
Canada	1972/09/01
Croatia	2010/05/05
Czech Republic	2000/10/11
Denmark	1961/12/15
Estonia	2009/10/20
France	1965/02/17
Germany	1964/01/06
Greece	1963/08/15
Italy	1974/07/25
Latvia	2005/02/17
Lithuania	2004/09/22
Luxembourg	1967/03/03
Netherlands	1971/10/08
Norway	1961/01/12
Poland	1999/09/21
Portugal	1965/06/10
Romania	2005/08/04
Slovakia	2004/09/13
Slovenia	2004/09/28
Spain	1987/08/10
Turkey	1962/03/22
United Kingdom	1961/11/12
United States	1961/01/12

External links

• Text of the Agreement (also here, and here, with an introduction and the Implementing Procedures, but with pages missing)
• Implementing Procedures (first revision) (also here)
• Status of ratification and accession (depositary)