failure to comply with the formalities prescribed by this Article, but such consequences
shall in no case go beyond the loss of the right of priority.
(5) Subsequently, further proof may be required.
Any person who avails himself of the priority of a previous application shall be required
to specify the number of that application; this number shall be published as provided for
by paragraph (2), above.
E. (1) Where an industrial design is filed in a country by virtue of a right of priority based
on the filing of a utility model, the period of priority shall be the same as that fixed for
industrial designs.
(2) Furthermore, it is permissible to file a utility model in a country by virtue of a right of
priority based on the filing of a patent application, and vice versa.
F. No country of the Union may refuse a priority or a patent application on the ground
that the applicant claims multiple priorities, even if they originate in different countries,
or on the ground that an application claiming one or more priorities contains one or more
elements that were not included in the application or applications whose priority is
claimed, provided that, in both cases, there is unity of invention within the meaning of the
law of the country.
With respect to the elements not included in the application or applications whose
priority is claimed, the filing of the subsequent application shall give rise to a right of
priority under ordinary conditions.
G. (1) If the examination reveals that an application for a patent contains more than one
invention, the applicant may divide the application into a certain number of divisional
applications and preserve as the date of each the date of the initial application and the
benefit of the right of priority, if any.
(2) The applicant may also, on his own initiative, divide a patent application and preserve
as the date of each divisional application the date of the initial application and the benefit
of the right of priority, if any. Each country of the Union shall have the right to determine
the conditions under which such division shall be authorized.
H. Priority may not be refused on the ground that certain elements of the invention for
which priority is claimed do not appear among the claims formulated in the application in
the country of origin, provided that the application documents as a whole specifically
disclose such elements.
I. (1) Applications for inventors’ certificates filed in a country in which applicants have
the right to apply at their own option either for a patent or for an inventor's certificate
shall give rise to the right of priority provided for by this Article, under the same
conditions and with the same effects as applications for patents.