The applicant shall have a period of three months from the date of receipt of the notification of the observations of third parties to file, in writing, his observations in response or a new drafting of the claims. This period may be renewed once at the request of the applicant.
The preliminary research report may be completed at any time before the research report is drawn up. In this case, the articles R. 612-57 to R. 612-64.
If the patent application is withdrawn or converted into an application for a utility certificate, the procedure for drawing up the search report shall be terminated.
The search report shall be drawn up in the light of the preliminary search report, taking into account, where appropriate, the claims last filed, any observations of the applicant filed in support of the maintained claims and any observations of third parties. It shall be established upon expiry of the time limits set in the articles R. 612-59, R. 612-61, R. 612-63 or R. 612-64, whichever expires later.
Notwithstanding the entry in the National Patent Register of rights in rem, pledges or licences in respect of a patent application, the applicant may amend the claims relating to that application without the consent of the holders of those rights.
If the applicant considers that one or more of the cited elements of the state of the art do not need to be taken into consideration in order to assess, within the meaning of articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, the patentability of the invention, which is the subject of the application, because their disclosure results from a characterised abuse with regard to it within the meaning of Article L….
At the end of the examination of the patent application, the applicant is requested to pay, within the time limit set by the National Institute of Industrial Property, the fee for the issue and printing of the specification.
A decision on the patent application shall be taken within four months of payment of the fee for granting and printing the specification referred to in Article R. 612-70.
Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 612-70-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.
The patent is granted in the applicant’s name by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle. This decision is notified to the applicant, together with a certified copy of the patent. In the event of assignment of the application, the patent shall be granted in the name of the last assignee entered in the National Patent Register until payment of the fee for granting…
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