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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-58-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 613-58-1, the application is deemed to have been accepted.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-28

The issue of the plant variety certificate is published in the Official Bulletin of the national plant variety authority within three months of the date of notification of issue made to the owner of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-26

…iorities in the event that any are claimed. Where, by application of the provisions of Articles R. 623-4, R. 623-7and R. 623-22, the variety is designated by one or more other denominations with the d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-25

On expiry of the time limit laid down in the preceding article, the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority shall decide on the application. He m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-9

…s, certified as true by the administration which will have received it accompanied by a translation;2. Within two years of the expiry of the priority period, he shall provide the additional documents…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R622-5

The deposit is unenforceable against third parties if the wording of the declaration supplemented by the publicly accessible representation does not enable the protected topography to be identified.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R622-3

The benefit of the filing date is acquired by the applicant on the date of submission of the documents provided for in the preceding article. This benefit shall accrue to him even if the documents are…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Supplementary protection certificate

Article R617-2

The articles R. 611-18 to R. 611-20, R. 612-1, R. 612-2, R. 612-5 (1°), R. 612-6, R. 612-7, R. 612-36, R. 612-38, R. 612-52, R. 612-71 (paragraphs 1 and 2), R. 612-72, R. 613-45 to R. 613-59 and R. 61…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-27

Where the invention concerns national defence, the conciliation proposal shall not contain any analysis of the invention likely to result in its disclosure.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-26

In the event of a request from the party who has not referred the matter to the commission or of the consolidation of several requests relating to the same invention, the six-month period within which…

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