Book VI: Protection of inventions and technical knowledge

The following shall be entered in the National Patent Register, free of charge, at the request of the clerk of the court or at the request of one of the parties to the proceedings, judicial decisions which have become res judicata taken pursuant to articles L. 614-12 and L. 615-17.

The annual fees provided for in Article L. 612-19 for the patent application resulting from the conversion of a European patent application carried out under the conditions provided for by the articles R. 614-5 to R. 614-7 are only due for the years following the year in which the European patent application is deemed to be converted. The annual fee to be paid shall be counted from the filing date…

The annual fees provided for in Article L. 612-19 which are due for the European patent must be paid under the conditions provided for in Article 141 of the European Patent Convention. These fees are deducted from the filing date of the European patent application. Where the proprietor of a European patent has filed an application for unitary effect, he may pay within a period of three months from the…

The fees payable referred to in the third paragraph of Article R. 614-5 are the filing fee and, where applicable, the fee for drawing up the search report provided for in article R. 612-5. In the case provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 614-6, the royalty provided for in article R. 612-5, 2°, is not payable.

The publication of each of the translations and revised translations referred to in Articles R. 614-11 and R. 614-12 shall give rise to the payment of a fee payable when the translation is submitted.

Fees shall be charged for the preparation and transmission of the copies of the European patent application referred to in Article 136(2) of the European Patent Convention.

The provisions of articles R. 411-19 to R. 411-26 and R. 618-1 to R. 618-3 are applicable to the decisions, notification and time limits provided for in articles R. 614-1 to R. 614-19.