That is, prior to the filing date (including the priority date), it was not known to the public in any form, but within six months prior to the filing date (including the priority date), it was made public for exhibition in international exhibitions due to obvious abuse of the relationship with the applicant, or according to the provisions of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, without affecting novelty.
In order to avoid raising objections or unnecessary disputes to the application, the applicant should search the existing patents before submitting the application. The available retrieval methods include:
● French patent database (Base Brevets): you can search the patent applications published in France since 1902, the patent applications in the European Patent Office and the PCT patent applications in the World Intellectual Property Office since 1978, and the applications for supplementary protection certificates since 1993.
● Bulletins officiels de la PI: you can retrieve the latest French patent applications and registered patent changes.
● European Patent Office Database (Espacenet): It can retrieve more than 95 million patent documents from more than 95 countries since19th century.
2. Creativity (Article L61-14 of the Intellectual Property Law)
An invention arising from the prior art is creative if it is not obvious to those skilled in the art..
3. practicality (article l61-15 of the intellectual property law)
An invention is considered practical if it can be made or used in industry or agriculture.
4. It belongs to technical invention.