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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-62

…he Disciplinary Board sits as a select committee. The decision shall be notified by the Secretariat to the industrial property attorney being prosecuted, to the author of the complaint or referral, to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-65

…ers a date certain on its receipt in accordance with the conditions defined by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The Director General of the National I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-60

In the event of the filing of new claims, the changes made to the claims shall be indicated. Upon request, the applicant may, in this case, be authorised to eliminate from the description and drawings…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-65

…completed at any time before the research report is drawn up. In this case, the articles R. 612-57 to R. 612-64.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-6

A receipt noting the date of submission of the documents shall be issued to the applicant by the National Institute of Industrial Property.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-66

If the patent application is withdrawn or converted into an application for a utility certificate, the procedure for drawing up the search report shall be terminated.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-62

…same time as the patent application or, if it has not yet been drawn up, as soon as it is notified to the applicant. Its availability to the public shall be mentioned in the Official Industrial Prope…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-61

…red by the claims on the basis of which the search was carried out, the applicant shall be notified to pay the prescribed fee for the drawing up of a supplementary preliminary search report. If the pe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-64

…d of three months from the date of receipt of the notification of the observations of third parties to file, in writing, his observations in response or a new drafting of the claims. This period may b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-67

The search report shall be drawn up in the light of the preliminary search report, taking into account, where appropriate, the claims last filed, any observations of the applicant filed in support of…

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