Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15 and if it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements of the state of the art which may be taken into consideration to assess, within the meaning of the articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, the patentability of the invention.
This report is drawn up under conditions laid down by decree.