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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-9

All acts transmitting or modifying the rights attached to a patent application or patent must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in a register, known as the National Patent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-19-1

If the subject matter of the patent is an invention in the field of semiconductor technology, a compulsory or ex officio licence may only be granted for use for public non-commercial purposes or to re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-2

…nstitut shall have the effect of a judgment within the meaning of Article L. 111-3 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures. The decision of the Director General of the Institute has the effect of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-16-1

…ial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial Property may lodge an appeal with a view to having his right restored if he proves a legitimate excuse. The patent application, filed mo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-19

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence for the exploitation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, whether such ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-20

The State may, at any time, by decree, expropriate, in whole or in part, for the needs of national defence, inventions, which are the subject of patent applications or patents. Failing amicable agreem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-4

When the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle grants the opposition on one of the grounds mentioned in Article L. 613-23-1 raised by the opponent, the patent may be:…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-24

…Institute of Industrial Property shall examine the compliance of the request with the regulatory provisions mentioned in the preceding paragraph.However, a request for limitation of a patent submitted…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-8

The Minister responsible for defence is authorised to take cognisance of patent applications at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle on a confidential basis.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-14

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15 and if it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements…

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