Certificate for a Layout Design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits

  1. An order letter with an information sheet containing:
    • applicant's name, citizenship and address/domicile;
    • inventor's name, citizenship and address/domicile;
    • convention priority data.
  2. Documents identifying a layout design
  3. In case of non use of a layout design before the date of filing an application, a full set od documents depicting every layer of a layout design (masks, drawings of an arranged integrated circuit, or drawings of each layer of a layout design, photographs of each layer of a layout design embodied in an integrated circuit)
  4. In case of use of a layout design prior to the date of filing an application, specimens of an integrated circuit which is an embodiment of a layout design as it was exploited for the commercial purposes (four pieces)
  5. Abstract
  6. Document confirming the date of the first commercial exploitation of a layout design
  7. Power of attorney

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