The request to amend the patent after partial revocation or invalidation as referred to in Articles L. 613-23-6 and L. 613-27 respectively shall be submitted in writing.
Where the amendment to the patent complies with the decision of partial revocation or invalidation, the National Institute of Industrial Property shall publish a new specification of the patent.
Where the amendment does not comply with the partial revocation decision or the operative part of the partial revocation judgment, the patent proprietor is notified. This notification shall specify the changes to be made to the application for amendment of the patent and the time limit set for the proprietor to make the changes.
The application for amendment shall be rejected within one month.
The request for amendment is rejected in the following two cases:
1° If the proprietor of the patent does not respond to the above-mentioned notification within the time limit set or does not submit observations contesting its validity within the same time limit;
> If the observations submitted are not in accordance with the patent proprietor’s wishes.
2° If the observations submitted are not accepted and the proprietor does not respond to the notification referred to in the third paragraph within the new time limit set by the Institute.