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Article R612-25 of the French Intellectual Property Code

A request for the benefit of the filing date of one or more earlier applications shall not be admissible where:

1° It is not made at the time of filing of the patent application;

2° The filing date of the earlier application or applications, the benefit of which is requested, is more than twelve months earlier;

3° The filing of the application or applications, the benefit of the filing date of which is requested, was made under conditions which do not allow publication thereof.

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Article R612-25

La requête du bénéfice de la date de dépôt d’une ou plusieurs demandes antérieures n’est pas recevable lorsque :

1° Elle n’est pas effectuée au moment du dépôt de la demande de brevet ;

2° La date de dépôt de la ou des demandes antérieures dont le bénéfice est requis est antérieure de plus de douze mois ;

3° Le dépôt de la ou des demandes, dont le bénéfice de la date de dépôt a été requis, a été effectué dans des conditions qui n’en permettent pas la publication.

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