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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-8

The Minister responsible for defence is authorised to take cognisance of patent applications at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle on a confidential basis.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-14

…the art. If the state of the art includes documents mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 611-11, they are not taken into consideration when assessing inventive step.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-1

This section relates to the application of: 1° of the Convention signed in Munich on 5 October 1973, hereinafter referred to as the "Munich Convention"; 2° the Agreement on a Unified Patent Jurisdicti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-24

…pplication. The provisions of this Article shall apply to limitations made pursuant to Articles L. 613-25 and L. 614-12.A decree in Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-23-4

…l de la propriété industrielle grants the opposition on one of the grounds mentioned in Article L. 613-23-1 raised by the opponent, the patent may be: 1° revoked in whole or in part; 2° Maintained in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-20

The State may, at any time, by decree, expropriate, in whole or in part, for the needs of national defence, inventions, which are the subject of patent applications or patents. Failing amicable agreem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-19

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence for the exploitation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, whether such ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-23

…e of the art that may be taken into consideration to assess, within the meaning of the articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, the patentability of the invention.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16-1

An applicant who has not complied with the priority period instituted by Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-15

An invention is considered industrially applicable if its subject matter can be made or used in any kind of industry, including agriculture.

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