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 shall apply where a third party produces to the National Institute of Industrial Property a decision which has become res judicata recognising his right to be designated. Within the framework provided for in the second sentence of this paragraph, the third party may also request to be mentioned in the copies of the publications of the patent application or of the fascicles of the patent not yet distributed.
The provisions of the first paragraph shall not apply where the inventor designated by the applicant or proprietor of the patent renounces his designation in a writing addressed to the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.