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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-13

Mandatory licences and ex-officio licences are non-exclusive. The rights attached to these licences may only be transferred together with the goodwill, business or part of the business to which they a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-22

1. Any owner of a patent application or patent who has not paid the annual fee provided for in Article L. 612-19 within the period prescribed by the said article. The forfeiture takes effect on the du…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-1

…the contents of the application as filed or, where the patent has been granted on the basis of a divisional application, the subject matter extends beyond the contents of the original application as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-25

…the contents of the application as filed or, where the patent has been granted on the basis of a divisional application, if its subject matter extends beyond the contents of the original application…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-18

…e Council of State. The Minister in charge of industrial property may extend the one-year period provided for above when the patent owner justifies legitimate reasons that are compatible with the requ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-21

…on the owner of the patent, on the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and on persons having rights in the patent; it shall render unenforceable against the seizing creditor any subsequent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-11

…t quantity to satisfy the needs of the French market.The same shall apply where the exploitation provided for in a above or the marketing provided for in b above has been abandoned for more than three…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-15

…t the earlier patent to the extent necessary for the exploitation of the patent owned by him and provided that such invention constitutes, in relation to the earlier patent, a significant technical ad…

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

Article L612-18

When the normal functioning of communications is interrupted, a decree that will take effect from the day of the interruption may suspend the time limits with regard to the National Institute of Indus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-16

…sible for public health, subject by order to the ex officio licence system, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 613-17, any patent granted for: a) A medicinal product, a medical device, an…

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