13 April 2020
1st April 2020: Post grant opposition introduced in France
For all patents granted as from April, 1st 2020 any third party has now the possibility to file before the French patent office, an opposition against a granted French patent, within a time period of 9 months after grant.
The main features of the opposition
1. The grounds for opposition include: * The disclosure of the claimed invention is insufficient
* The scope of the patent extends over (...)