Subsection 1: Opposition

The prosecution phase or the time limit laid down in the first paragraph of Article R. 613-44-8 shall be suspended: 1° At the written request of any person establishing that an action to claim ownership of the patent has been brought, or that, on the date on which the request for opposition is filed in accordance with Article R. 613-44-1, an application for invalidity of the same patent has been…

Where opposition proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of 1° of Article R. 613-44-10, they shall be resumed at the request of one of the parties forwarding to the National Institute of Industrial Property the decision ruling on the ownership claim or invalidity that has become res judicata. Where opposition proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article R. 613-44-10, they shall be resumed…

The opposition procedure is closed: 1° When all opponents have withdrawn their opposition; 2° If the patent has been declared invalid by a final and binding court decision; > 3° If the proprietor of the patent renounces the claims to which the opposition relates; 4° When the effects of the patent against which the opposition was filed have ceased, unless the opponent can show a legitimate interest in obtaining a…