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

Article R613-40

Following the notification provided for in the previous article, the expropriation compensation shall be determined in the same way as is provided for the remuneration of the ex officio licence by the…

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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
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 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-44

Subject to any impediments resulting from the application of the provisions of articles R. 612-27 and R. 612-28, the applicant may at any time obtain, at his own expense, an official copy of the docum…

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

Article R612-40

The duration of the technical preparations provided for in Article R. 612-39 is set by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle. This decision is publishe…

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

Article R612-41

Excluded from communication to the public are: - draft decisions and opinions, as well as documents not communicated to the applicant used in the preparation of these decisions and opinions; - documen…

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

Article R613-42

Where an appeal is lodged against a decision or order made pursuant to Article L. 612-10 (first and second paragraphs) or against an order or decree made pursuant to

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

Article R612-42

…of the patent application, request access to the culture filed in accordance with Articles R. 612-14 and R. 612-15. The request is made in writing to the National Institute of Industrial Property. It…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-41

The registration of additional particulars for judicial decisions is made at the request of the clerk of the court that handed down the decision, and for other particulars at the request of any intere…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-42

Reproductions of additional entries in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates or certificates stating that no entry exists shall be issued to any applicant against payment of the fee due.…

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