Regulatory part

Until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid, the applicant may request the rectification of errors of expression or transcription as well as material errors found in the documents filed. The Institute may require justification of the reality of the material error to be corrected and, where appropriate, of the meaning of the correction requested. If the request relates to the description, claims or drawings,…

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 612-13, if the examination provided for in Article L. 612-11 has revealed irregularities, the description, claims or drawings may only be amended to the extent necessary to remedy the irregularities found.

Amendments to the patent application must not extend its subject matter beyond the content of the application as filed.

The patent application may be withdrawn at any time, by a written declaration, until the fee for granting and printing the patent specification has been paid. This declaration may relate to only one application. It shall be made by the applicant or by an agent, who, unless he is an industrial property attorney or a lawyer, must attach to the declaration a special power of withdrawal. If the patent application…

At the expiry of the eighteen-month period provided for in Article L. 612-21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle that the patent application has been made public. From the day of the publication provided for in the preceding paragraph, any person may inspect the documents in…