Subsection 2: Waiver or limitation

The request for renunciation or limitation shall be made by a written declaration. Subject to its admissibility, it may be presented by the proprietor of the patent at any time, even when the effects of the patent have ceased. The request must, in order to be admissible: 1° Emanate from the proprietor of the patent entered, on the day of the request, in the National Patent Register, or from his…

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 613-45-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

When a limitation procedure is closed pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 613-24, the Institute shall refund the limitation request fee. The decision to close the limitation procedure is notified to the patent proprietor.