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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-10

The orders of the Minister responsible for industrial property provided for in Articles L. 613-16and L. 613-17 shall be made following the reasoned opinion of a commission composed as follows: 1° A Co…

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

Article R612-63

…ties may submit observations expires three months after the publication provided for in Article R. 612-62. Under penalty of inadmissibility, observations from third parties are submitted, in duplicate…

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

Article R612-54

…ty certificate application in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 612-15, the search report fee must be paid within one month of the date of receipt of the conversion…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-13

…he description shall be presented under the conditions and in the order provided for in Article R. 612-12 unless the nature of the invention allows for a different, more intelligible and concise prese…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-4

The patent application must not contain:1° Elements or drawings the publication or implementation of which would be contrary to public policy or morality;2° Denigrating statements concerning the produ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44

The opposition referred to in Article L. 613-23 shall be filed within a period of nine months following publication in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the mention of the grant of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-40

…d in the same way as is provided for the remuneration of the ex officio licence by the articles R. 613-36 and R. 613-37.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-19

…maximum period of two months from receipt of the request, the committee referred to in Article R. 613-10 gives its opinion on the conditions for granting the exploitation licence, particularly as reg…

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

Article R612-45

The patent application shall be rejected if: 1° It has not been completed within the time limits laid down in Articles R. 612-8 (fifth paragraph), R. 612-11 (sixth paragraph), R. 612-21 and R. 612-35…

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

Article R612-27

…ubject of a patent application, before the end of the five-month period provided for in article L. 612-9, shall be filed with the Institut national de la propriété industrielle; it may be filed as soo…

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