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Article L612-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The invention must be set out in the patent application in a sufficiently clear and complete manner to enable a person skilled in the art to carry it out.

Where an invention involving biological material to which the public does not have access cannot be described in such a way as to enable a person skilled in the art to carry out that invention, its description shall not be deemed sufficient unless the biological material has been the subject of a deposit with an authorised body. The conditions of public access to this deposit are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L612-5

L’invention doit être exposée dans la demande de brevet de façon suffisamment claire et complète pour qu’un homme du métier puisse l’exécuter.

Lorsqu’une invention impliquant une matière biologique à laquelle le public n’a pas accès ne peut être décrite de manière à permettre à l’homme du métier d’exécuter cette invention, sa description n’est jugée suffisante que si la matière biologique a fait l’objet d’un dépôt auprès d’un organisme habilité. Les conditions d’accès du public à ce dépôt sont fixées par décret en Conseil d’Etat.

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