c) Where the application refers to drawings that in fact are not included in the application, the Director General shall notify the applicant inviting him to furnish the missing drawings within two months from the date of the notification. If the applicant complies with the said invitation, the filing date shall be the date of receipt of the missing drawings. Otherwise, the filing date shall be the date of receipt of the application and any reference to the said drawings shall be treated as non­ existent. d) Upon payment of the prescribed fee, the applicant or any interested party may request the Director General, within 36 (thirty six) months counted from the date of filing, the examination of the application. An application for which such request has not been filed will be deemed abandoned. If that request is duly filed, the Director General shall cause the application to be examined for compliance with the requirements of Section 13.4, Subsections (a) and (b) of this Act and the Regulations pertaining thereto, and to determine whether any information required under Section 13.7 has been provided. e) The application is found to comply with the requirements mentioned in subsection (c); the Director General shall verify compliance with the requirements of Sections 13.1, 13.2, and 13.4, subsections (d), (e) and (f). f) For the purposes of subsection (e) of this Section, and to decide on the grant or refusal of the application, the Director General may take into account, the following: i. the results of any international search report and any international preliminary examination report established under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in relation to the application; ii. any document submitted under Section 13.7; iii. a search and examination report carried out by an external search and examination authority or by a specialized agency within Liberia or abroad, iv. any information and evaluation provided in accordance with subsection (g) g) Immediately after eighteen months from the filing date, the Director General shall lay open the patent application for public inspection and publish in the prescribed manner an announcement containing the following: i. the number and the filing date of the application; ii. the title of the invention; iii. the name of the applicant(s) and of the inventor(s); iv. the priority date(s); 72