Cross-cutting issues
Patent law is highly complex, and certain cross-cutting issues should not be overlooked: priority, third-party observations, and the principle of unity of invention.
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Priorité
Priority allows protection against any disclosure occurring between the priority filing and your own filing. But…
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Observation de tiers
Legal basis Third-party observations are provided for in Article L612-13 CPI, paragraph 3. Identification of the…
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Unité d'invention
To prevent abuse, the INPI requires that each patent application cover only one invention: this is…