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Article R612-18 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-4, a patent application may contain several independent claims falling within the same category (product, process, device or use) if the subject matter of the application cannot be adequately covered by a single claim.

A claim setting out the essential features of the invention may be followed by one or more claims relating to particular embodiments of that invention.

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Article R612-18

Sous réserve des dispositions du premier alinéa de l’article L. 612-4, une demande de brevet peut contenir plusieurs revendications indépendantes et relevant d’une même catégorie (produit, procédé, dispositif ou utilisation) si l’objet de la demande ne peut être couvert de façon appropriée par une seule revendication.

Toute revendication énonçant les caractéristiques essentielles de l’invention peut être suivie d’une ou de plusieurs revendications concernant des modes particuliers de réalisation de cette invention.

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