What rights are granted on the patent?
What rights does a patent confer?

Independently of the rights conferred on the invention by the patent, the title itself constitutes an object of ownership.

Indeed, the legal nature of patent rights is a form of ownership conferring on its holder exclusive power over a thing – the claimed invention – and consisting of two prerogatives ( article 544 du Code civil ):

• the right to exploit it and reap the rewards (subject to the remarks set out in the section entitled "A monopoly of exploitation is not the freedom to exploit");

• the right to transfer it.

In this context, the patent holder enjoys considerable freedom.