Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property and Minister responsible for industrial property by the Minister of Defence, shall inspect on the premises of the National Institute of Industrial Property the patent applications filed, including where these are filed in the form of a provisional application, and where applicable any additional documents submitted as long as the authorisation provided for in Article L. 612-9 n’est pas acquise.
These shall be presented to them within a period of fifteen days from the date of their receipt at the National Institute of Industrial Property.