Chapter VI: The utility certificate

From the day of publication, provided for in Article R. 612-39, the application for the utility certificate mentioned in Article L. 611-2, and until payment of the fee for issuing and printing the fascicle of this certificate, any person may send observations on the patentability of the invention to the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, in the form provided for patent applications to article R. 612-63, paragraph 2. The…

The search report which must be produced in any infringement proceedings brought pursuant to an application for a utility certificate or a utility certificate shall be drawn up at the written request of the applicant. The request shall be admissible only if it is accompanied by proof of payment of the prescribed fee.

The provisions of Chapters I, II, III, V, VI and VIII of this Title shall apply to utility certificate applications and utility certificates, with the exception of Articles R. 612-56-1 to R. 612-69, the third paragraph of article R. 612-71 and articles R. 613-60 to R. 613-62.