The patent application may be filed in the form of a provisional application allowing the submission of the documents referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article R. 612-3 to be deferred.
The request for grant shall mention, by means of an indication filled in by the applicant, the filing in provisional form. The submission of the documents mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article R. 612-3 is optional when filing the provisional application.
The patent application in provisional form is submitted when the patent application is filed.