The period during which third parties may submit observations expires three months after the publication provided for in Article R. 612-62.
Under penalty of inadmissibility, observations from third parties are submitted, in duplicate, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 612-57 and shall be accompanied by the documents cited or a reproduction thereof and all necessary information or evidence. This latter provision does not apply to patents; however, at the express request of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, foreign patents shall be supplied within two months of the date of receipt of this request.