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,Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy... from the United Nations Treaty Collection website did not participate in the convention. The following countries are parties the agreement:
CountryRatified orApprovedor AccededAlbania 2010/10/23Belgium 1961/11/19Bulgaria 2004/10/22Canada 1972/09/01Croatia 2010/05/05Czech Republic 2000/10/11Denmark 1961/12/15Estonia 2009/10/20France1965/02/17Germany 1964/01/06Greece 1963/08/15Italy 1974/07/25Latvia 2005/02/17Lithuania 2004/09/22Luxembourg1967/03/03Netherlands1971/10/08Norway1961/01/12Poland 1999/09/21Portugal1965/06/10Romania 2005/08/04Slovakia 2004/09/13Slovenia 2004/09/28Spain 1987/08/10Turkey1962/03/22United Kingdom 1961/11/12United States1961/01/12
References
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)