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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article D623-58-1

The composition and operation of the joint conciliation commission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-39

Applications for plant variety certificates are entered in the register of applications in chronological order, immediately after the application is filed. For each application, the entry includes in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-13

…tent application or of the claims of the European patent mentioned in Articles R. 614-11 and R. 614-12.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance or revocation of title

Article R613-46

The annual fee for maintaining patent applications or patents in force, provided for in Article L. 612-19, is due for each year of the term of the patents. The filing fee covers the first annual insta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Procedure

Article R618-6

All correspondence or documents relating to proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property provided for in this Book shall be filed at the registered office of the Institute or shall…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Procedure

Article R618-1

…the National Institute of Industrial Property or, after the publication provided for in Article R. 612-39, to the last owner of the patent application or of the patent entered in the National Patent R…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-24

A receipt, showing at least the number assigned to the international application, the nature and number of the application documents, and their receipt, shall be issued to the applicant.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-7

If the variety has already been the subject of an application for protection in another State with a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and if a denominati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-28

The conciliation proposal is signed by the chairman and the secretary. The latter notifies it to the parties.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-25

With the exception of Article R. 612-31, the provisions set out in articles R. 612-26 to R. 612-32 are, taking into account the provisions of Articles L. 614-20 to L. 614-22, applicable to internation…

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