The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall decide on the opposition in the light of all the written and oral observations submitted by the parties and the latest proposals for amendment of the patent submitted by the patent proprietor. The Director General of the Institute may base his decision on facts put forward or documents produced after the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles R. 613-44, R. 613-44-1 and R. 613-44-6, provided that the parties have been able to discuss them in adversarial proceedings.
The parties are notified of the decision ruling on the opposition. It shall be entered in the National Patent Register.