1. Any owner of a patent application or patent who has not paid the annual fee provided for in Article L. 612-19 within the period prescribed by the said article.
The forfeiture takes effect on the due date of the unpaid annual fee.
It shall be established by a decision of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property or, at the request of the patentee or a third party, under the conditions laid down by regulation.
The decision is published and notified to the patentee.
2. Repealed.