Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made

Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made
NATO Agreement for the secrecy of inventions relating to defence
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
Ratifiers Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
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

Three member states of NATOGreece, Italy, West Germany—signed but did not ratify the agreement.[1] Iceland, a founder of NATO with no standing army, did not participate. The following countries ratified the agreement:[1]

Country Ratified or
Approved
Belgium 1961/11/19
Canada 1972/09/01
Denmark 1961/12/15
France 1965/02/17
Luxembourg 1967/03/03
Netherlands 1971/10/08
Norway 1961/01/12
Portugal 1965/06/10
Turkey 1962/03/22
United Kingdom 1961/11/12
United States 1961/01/12

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