Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Any notification shall be deemed to be in order if it is made: – either to the last owner of the patent application declared to the National Institute of Industrial Property or, after the publication provided for in Article R. 612-39, to the last owner of the patent application or of the patent entered in the National Patent Register; – or to the agent. If the proprietor is not domiciled…

The notifications provided for in Article L. 613-22 and in articles R. 612-3-2, R. 612-8, R. 612-9, R. 612-11, R. 612-46 to R. 612-49, R. 612-56, R. 612-73, R. 613-44 to R. 613-45, R. 613-45-3, R. 613-52 and R. 613-58 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Registered mail may be replaced by delivery of the letter to the addressee against a receipt, on the premises of…

Where a period is expressed in days, the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes it to run shall not count. Where a period is expressed in months or years, the period shall expire on the day of the last month or year that bears the same number as the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes the period to run. If there is…

The time limits set by the National Institute of Industrial Property in accordance with this Title shall be neither less than two months nor more than four months.

The terms of application of articles R. 612-1 to R. 612-25 and R. 613-53 to R. 613-59 are set by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

All correspondence or documents relating to proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property provided for in this Book shall be filed at the registered office of the Institute or shall be sent there by post or by any means of teletransmission under the conditions defined by decision of its Director General. The date of filing shall be the date of receipt at the registered office of the Institute. The…