Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle does not check the accuracy of the designation of the inventor provided for in article R. 612-10.

The designated inventor shall be mentioned as such in the publications of the patent application and in the patent specifications. If this cannot be done, he shall be mentioned in the copies of the publications of the patent application or the fascicles of the patent not yet circulated. This mention shall be made at the request of the applicant or proprietor of the patent. The provisions of the preceding paragraph…

The designation of the inventor may be rectified only on request accompanied by the consent of the person wrongly designated, and, if the request is not made by the applicant or the proprietor of the patent, by the consent of either. The provisions of Article R. 612-10 are applicable. If an erroneous designation of the inventor has been entered in the National Patent Register or published in the Bulletin officiel…

An action to claim ownership of a patent application or patent shall be entered in the National Patent Register at the request of the person who brought the action. If the court decision is in favour of the person who brought the action, the copies of the patent application or patent available to the National Institute of Industrial Property for public consultation and for sale shall be marked with a…

Proceedings for the grant of the patent shall be suspended at the written request of any person who furnishes proof that he has instituted before the judicial court an action claiming ownership of the patent application. The suspension of proceedings shall take effect from the day on which the justification is provided; however, it shall not prevent the application of Article R. 612-39. Proceedings for the grant of the patent…

From the day on which a person has furnished proof that he has brought an action, the proprietor of the patent application or patent may not withdraw the application or renounce the patent in its entirety or one or more of the claims therein, except with the written consent of the person who has brought the action to claim ownership.