These new opposition proceedings will enter into force as from April 1st, 2020, for patents whose mention of grant is published in official patent bulletin (<link https: www.inpi.fr fr services-et-prestations bulletins-officiels-de-la-pi-bopi external-link-new-window internal link in current>BOPI) as from April 1st, 2020.
Opposition can be filed up to 9 months after publication of the mention of grant in the BOPI.
Grounds for opposition are:
1° The invention is not patentable according to articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11 et L. 611-13 to L. 611-19 ;
2° The patent does not disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art;
3° The subject-matter of the patent extends beyond the content of the application as filed, or, if the patent was granted on a divisional application, beyond the content of the earlier application as filed.
Conditions and proceedings are to be indicated in a Decree to be published soon.
Order <link https: www.legifrance.gouv.fr external-link-new-window internal link in current>2020-116