A decision to revoke a patent has absolute effect subject to third party opposition. In respect of patents applied for before 1 January 1969, the revocation shall apply to the parts of the patent determined by the operative part of the decision.
Decisions which have become res judicata shall be notified to the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property for entry in the National Patent Register.
When the decision partially invalidates a claim, it refers the patent owner to the National Institute of Industrial Property in order to submit a draft of the claim amended in accordance with the operative part of the judgment. The director of the institute has the power to reject the amended claim for failure to comply with the judgment, subject to appeal to one of the appeal courts designated in accordance with Article L. 411-4 of the Code.