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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-15

…he court hearing an action for infringement of a French patent which covers the same invention as a European patent applied for by the same inventor or granted to him or his successor in title with th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-14

I.-A French patent application or a French patent and a European patent application or a European patent which has not been the subject of a waiver of the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-14

…e court or at the request of one of the parties to the proceedings, judicial decisions which have become res judicata taken pursuant to articles L. 614-12 and L. 615-17.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-6

If, within the period provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 614-5, one of the conditions required by the said paragraph is not met, the patent application shall be rejected by reasoned dec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-7

The provisions of articles R. 614-5 and R. 614-6 are applicable to utility certificate applications.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-17

…aph of Article R. 614-5 are the filing fee and, where applicable, the fee for drawing up the search report provided for in article R. 612-5. In the case provided for in the third paragraph of article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-19

Fees shall be charged for the preparation and transmission of the copies of the European patent application referred to in Article 136(2) of the European Patent Convention.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-18

The publication of each of the translations and revised translations referred to in Articles R. 614-11 and R. 614-12 shall give rise to the payment of a fee payable when the translation is submitted.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-20

The provisions of articles R. 411-19 to R. 411-26 and R. 618-1 to R. 618-3 are applicable to the decisions, notification and time limits provided for in articles R. 614-1 to R. 614-19.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-1

The European patent application may be filed at the headquarters of the National Institute of Industrial Property or sent there by post or by any means of teletransmission under the conditions defined…

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