French Intellectual Property Code
In forceThe patent is granted in the applicant's name by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle. This decision is notified to the applicant, together with a certified copy of the patent.
In the event of assignment of the application, the patent shall be granted in the name of the last assignee entered in the National Patent Register until payment of the fee for granting and printing the specification. However, the name of the applicant shall be mentioned.
The search report inserted in the patent shall, where appropriate, include a statement to the effect that the claims on the basis of which the search was carried out have been amended or that observations have been submitted by the applicant or by third parties during the procedure for drawing up the search report.
The patent shall include, in particular, indications relating to the filing date of the application, the date of publication of the application, the date of the grant decision and the date of publication of the grant of the patent in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property as well as, where applicable, indications relating to the priorities claimed, the fact that it results from a division, or that at the time of filing the description or claims were drafted in a foreign language under the conditions laid down in
article R. 612-21.
