From the day on which the application is filed and until the day on which the documentary search prior to the report provided for in Article L. 612-14 has been commenced, the applicant may file new claims.
The option of filing new claims is open to the applicant for a utility certificate until the day on which that title is granted.
From the day of publication of the patent application pursuant to 1° of Article L. 612-21 and within a period set by regulation, any third party may send written observations on patentability, within the meaning of Articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, of the invention that is the subject of the said application. The Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle shall notify these observations to the applicant who, within a period set by regulation, may submit observations in response and file new claims.
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