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Article R612-53 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 612-31, the request for conversion of the utility certificate application into a patent application shall be made in writing at any time during the period of eighteen months from the filing of the utility certificate application or from the priority date if priority has been claimed and, in any event, before the start of the technical preparations, provided for in Article R. 612-39, undertaken with a view to publication of the utility certificate application.

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Article R612-53

Sous réserve des dispositions de l’article R. 612-31, la requête en transformation de la demande de certificat d’utilité en demande de brevet est formulée par écrit à tout moment pendant le délai de dix-huit mois à compter du dépôt de la demande de certificat d’utilité ou de la date de priorité si une priorité a été revendiquée et, en tout état de cause, avant le début des préparatifs techniques, prévus à l’article R. 612-39, entrepris en vue de la publication de la demande de certificat d’utilité.

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