Industrial Design [No. 22 of 2016 529 (f) was made to the public for the purpose of providing the result of a research undertaken by a higher education institution, research institution or development institution, within six months preceding the date of lodging an application for the registration of the design. 25. An application for the registration of a design shall contain— Contents of application (a) the name and residence of the creator of a design; (b) the name and residence of the applicant; (c) where the applicant has a representative, the name and address of the representative; (d) where the applicant is a legal entity, the name and nature of the entity; (e) a detailed description of a design; and (f) any other requirements as may be prescribed. 26. (1) An application for the registration of a design shall be assigned a filing date by the Registrar. Filing date (2) The Registrar shall assign, as the filing date of an application, the date on which the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this Act. (3) Where the Registrar finds that, on the face of it, the application for the registration of a design does not fully comply with the requirements of this Act, at the time of filing, the Registrar shall request the applicant to file the necessary correction, within a prescribed period, before the application is assigned a filing date. (4) Where the applicant complies with the request referred to in subsection (3), the Registrar shall assign, as the filing date for the registration of a design, the date on which the correction is lodged. (5) Where the applicant fails to comply with the request referred to in subsections (3), within the prescribed period, the Registrar shall consider the application for the registration of a design not to have been filed and the design shall form part of the prior art. 27. Where two or more persons, separately and independently, create the same design and each of them separately files an application for the registration of a design, the right to register such a design shall belong to the person whose application has the earliest filing date, or if priority is claimed, the earliest priority date. First to file rule