Industrial designs are compositions or forms providing special appearances and serving as patterns for industrial products.
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Integrated circuits are products with integrated active elements designed to perform specific electronic functions.
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Layout-designs are three-dimensional dispositions of active elements and interconnections within an integrated circuit structure.
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Industrial designs must be new or ornamental to be protected, excluding purely functional or immoral designs.
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Layout-designs are protected if they are original results of intellectual effort and not commonplace when created.
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Applications for design registration must include applicant info, article indications, visual representations, and creator details.
Multiple industrial designs may share one application if they belong to the same classification or article set.
The filing date is the day identity info and article representations are received by the Office.
The Office examines applications against legal definitions and substantive conditions before ordering registration and issuing certificates.
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Anyone is permitted to inspect the Register and files of registered designs, including cancellation proceeding records.
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