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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-3

Inadmissible, rejected, lapsed, non-extended deposits, as well as those whose protection has expired, may be returned to their owner, at the owner's request and expense. If they have not been claimed,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Probationary measures

Article R521-3

Where the judge has made the seizure subject to the provision of guarantees by the claimant, these must be provided before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailif…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-33

Amendments to the terms of the exploitation licence requested either by the patent holder or by the holder of this licence shall be decided and published in accordance with the procedure prescribed fo…

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

Article R613-39

The decree pronouncing, under the conditions provided for by article L. 613-20, the expropriation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, shall be notified by the Mini…

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

Article R612-30

The court seised pursuant to Article L. 612-10 rules both on the merits and before the court by decisions that do not contain any analysis of the invention of such a nature as to lead to its disclosur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-30

…riod of two months from receipt of the notification to submit their observations to the said Minister.

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

Article R613-36

…e expiry of a period of four months from the date of receipt of the above-mentioned registered letter.

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

Article R612-33

If the patent application does not satisfy the provisions of Article L. 612-4, a time limit is given to the applicant to divide his application or limit his claims.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-32

Proceedings to set the fees provided for in Article L. 613-18 shall be brought before the Paris judicial court. In these proceedings, the summons shall be served on a fixed date.

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