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Article L612-14 of the French Intellectual Property Code

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.

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Article L612-14

Sous réserve des dispositions prévues au premier alinéa de l’article L. 612-15 et si elle a reçu une date de dépôt, la demande de brevet donne lieu à l’établissement d’un rapport de recherche sur les éléments de l’état de la technique qui peuvent être pris en considération pour apprécier, au sens des articles L. 611-11 et L. 611-14, la brevetabilité de l’invention.

Ce rapport est établi dans des conditions fixées par décret.

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