Any patent application shall be rejected, in whole or in part:
1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ;
2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 612-4 ;
3° Which relates to a divisional application whose subject matter extends beyond the content of the description of the initial application;
4° Which relates to an invention that is not patentable under articles L. 611-16 to L. 611-19 ;
5° Whose subject matter cannot be considered an invention within the meaning of 2 of Article L. 611-10 ;
6° Whose description or claims do not allow the application of the provisions of Article L. 612-14 ;
7° Whose subject matter is not patentable within the meaning of 1 of Article L. 611-10;
8° Whose claims are not based on the description;
9° Where the applicant has not, where applicable, submitted observations or filed new claims during the procedure for drawing up the search report provided for in Article L. 612-14.
If the grounds for rejection affect the patent application only in part, only the corresponding claims shall be rejected.
In the event of partial non-compliance of the application with the provisions of Articles L. 611-17, L. 611-18, L. 611-19 (4° of I) or L. 612-1, the corresponding parts of the description and drawings shall be deleted automatically.