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Article R612-31 of the French Intellectual Property Code

If the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation end more than one year after the date of filing, the application may not be made public under the conditions provided for in Article R. 612-39 only after the expiry of a period of six months from the end of the application of the prohibition measures, unless within this period the applicant has submitted the request provided for in Article R. 612-39.

The applicant has a period of six months from the end of the prohibition measures to request the drawing up of the search report or the conversion of his patent application into a utility certificate application or the conversion of his utility certificate application into a patent application.

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Article R612-31

Si les interdictions de divulgation et de libre exploitation prennent fin plus d’une année après la date du dépôt, la demande ne peut être rendue publique dans les conditions prévues à l’article R. 612-39 qu’après l’expiration d’un délai de six mois à compter du terme de l’application des mesures d’interdiction, sauf si dans ce délai le demandeur a présenté la requête prévue à l’article R. 612-39.

Le demandeur dispose d’un délai de six mois à compter du terme des mesures d’interdiction pour requérir l’établissement du rapport de recherche ou la transformation de sa demande de brevet en demande de certificat d’utilité ou la transformation de sa demande de certificat d’utilité en demande de brevet.

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