The abstract shall be drawn up exclusively for the purposes of technical information. It may not be taken into consideration for any other purpose, in particular to assess the scope of the protection applied for or for the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 611-11.
The final content of the abstract is, if necessary, formatted by the National Institute of Industrial Property. It is published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle at the same time as the mention provided for in article R. 612-39 or, after this mention, immediately after it has been formatted.