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 application 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 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 investors' certificates filed in a country in which applicants have the right to apply
at their own option either for a patent or for an inventors' 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.
(2) 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, an applicant for an inventor's certificate shall, in accordance with the provisions
of this Article relating to patent applications, enjoy a right of priority based on an application for a
patent, a utility model, or an inventor's certificate.
Article 4bis