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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-31

…of filing, the application may not be made public under the conditions provided for in Article R. 612-39 only after the expiry of a period of six months from the end of the application of the prohibi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-20

…he scope of the protection applied for or for the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 611-11. The final content of the abstract is, if necessary, formatted by the National Institute of In…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-10

The application for grant shall be signed by the applicant or his representative. It shall contain: 1° The nature of the industrial property title applied for; 2° The title of the invention showing cl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-3

…rector General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and to which shall be annexed: 1° A description of the invention, accompanied, where appropriate, by drawings; 2° One or more claim…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-6

…industrielle and to the cases of suspension or closure of the procedure referred to in Articles R. 613-44-10 and R. 613-44-12 respectively, the opposition proceedings shall take place in the following…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-29

The application for an operating licence provided for in Article L. 613-18 (paragraph 4) is sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property. It states: 1° The surname, first name and professi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-70-2

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 612-70-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.

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

Article R612-69

…t do not need to be taken into consideration in order to assess, within the meaning of articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, the patentability of the invention, which is the subject of the application, be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-51

If the patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (7° and 9°), reasoned notification is given to the applicant. The notification contains a form…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-50

…event of partial non-compliance of the description or drawings with the provisions of articles L. 611-17, L. 611-18, L. 611-19 (4°) or L. 612-1, notification shall be given to the applicant. The noti…

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