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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-15

…is no longer able to supply samples, no account shall be taken of this interruption, provided that: 1° A new deposit of the micro-organism is made within a period of three months from the date on whic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-4

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall observe and observe itself the principle of contradiction. It may not base its decision on pleas, explanations or documents put forward or prod…

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

Article R613-41

When the civil action provided for in Article L. 615-10 is brought on the basis of a patent application that is subject to the prohibitions set out in articles L. 612-9 or L. 612-10 (first and second…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory licences for patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems

Article R613-25-3

…der to be able to supply additional quantities of products, under the conditions set out in Article 16-4 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006.

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

Article R613-16

The Commission shall give its decision within two months of the date on which the decision referred to it is received by its secretariat.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory licences

Article R613-4

Applications for a compulsory licence pursuant to articles L. 613-11 to L. 613-15 shall be submitted to the courts designated in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 615-17. They shall be lodg…

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

Article R612-73

…request to amend the patent after partial revocation or invalidation as referred to in Articles L. 613-23-6 and L. 613-27 respectively shall be submitted in writing. Where the amendment to the patent…

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

Article R612-62

The preliminary search report is made public at the 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…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-36

Until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid, the applicant may request the rectification of errors of expression or transcription as well as material errors found in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Division of the application

Article R612-34

Until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid, the applicant may, on his own initiative, proceed to file divisional applications of his initial patent application.

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