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Request for authority to file application abroad.
Unity of inventions.
Amendment
Declaration claiming priority.
Waiver of fees.
Withdrawal of application.
Filing date and examination of the form of an application.
Filing date
Confidentiality of application before publication
Publication of application.
International-type search.
Examination as to substance.
Notification of refusal to grant patent
Notification of grant of patent
Grant of patent.
Publication of grant of patent
International applications

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Filing requirements for international or regional application
Entry of international application to national phase.
Conversion of refused international application.
Conversion of refused regional application.
Publication of certain international applications

Rights and obligations of the applicant or the owner of the invention
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Parallel importation
Annual fees.
Lapse of patent for nonpayment of annual fees.
Restoration of application or patent.
Change in ownership

38. Change of ownership of application or patent.
Contractual licences
39. Petition to register licence contracts.
40. Registration of contracts.
41. Licences as of right.

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