French Intellectual Property Code

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 613-55, may be produced with the application: 1° In the event of a transfer by death, a copy of any deed establishing the transfer, at the request of the heirs or legatees; 2° In the event of a transfer following a merger, demerger or takeover: the unique identification number or, for operators located outside France, a copy of a document equivalent…

Changes of name, legal form, address and corrections of material errors shall be entered at the request of the proprietor of the patent application or patent, who must be the proprietor entered in the National Patent Register. However, where such changes and rectifications relate to a deed previously recorded, the request may be made by any party to the deed. The request shall include: 1° A registration request form; 2°…

In the event of non-compliance with an application for registration, the applicant will be notified and given reasons. The applicant is given a period in which to regularise the application or submit observations. In the absence of regularisation or observations allowing the objection to be removed, the application is rejected by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The notification may be accompanied by a…

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 613-58-1, the application is deemed to have been accepted.

Any entry made in the National Patent Register shall be mentioned in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle. Any interested person may obtain from the Institute: 1° A reproduction of the entries made in the National Patent Register; 2° A certificate stating that no entry exists.