information defining the electronic function which the integrated circuit is intended to carry out. However, the applicant may exclude from the copy or the diagram the parts which relate to the manner in which the integrated circuit is manufactured, provided that the parts included are sufficient so as to identify the layout design. For each layout-design, a separate application should be filed. Any application for protection of a layout-design diagram shall give rise to the payment of the prescribed fee. SECTION 4: EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION Article 112: Assignment of filing date The empowered authority shall assign as the filing date the date of receipt of the application, provided that, on the day of receipt, the application contains the following: 1° an explicit or implicit statement that the registration of a layout-design is requested; 2° information establishing the applicant’s identity; 3° a copy or a diagram of the layout-design. When the empowered authority finds that, at the time of receipt of the application, the requirements of paragraph one of this article have not been satisfied, it shall invite the applicant to file the required correction within a period of seven (7) days. When the applicant complies with the invitation referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, the date on which the corresponding notification is received shall be regarded as the application filing date. Where the application refers to drawings which are not included in the application, the empowered authority shall accord, as the filing date, the date of receipt of the application and shall treat any reference back to the said drawings as non-existent. Article 113: Examination The empowered authority shall examine whether the application satisfies the requirements contained in article 111 of this Law. If it observes the irregularities, it shall notify them to the applicant and invite him or her to correct them within a period of thirty (30) days. If the irregularities are not corrected by a prescribed deadline, the application shall be deemed withdrawn. Article 114: Registration patent Where the application satisfies the requirements under article 113 of this Law, the empowered authority shall: