JuriSTEP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW the claims. b) The claims should be clear and concise. themselves entirely in the description. They should base 5. The designs should be supplied when they are necessary for the comprehension of the Invention. 6. The summary is used exclusively for technical information purposes. It is not taken under consideration for determining the wideness of the protection. 7. The applicant may withdraw the application until the moment it is verified that the application fulfils the necessary conditions for the patent to be granted. Article 6 Verification of the patent’s application 1. The National Service for Intellectual Property verifies that the application for patent satisfies the requirements of Article 4 and of the Internal Regulation of Execution approved by decree of the Government. 2. The Director of Industry grants, as date of deposit, the date of reception of the application, if in that moment the application contains: a) An express or implicit indication according to which the granting of a patent is requested; b) A part that at first sight appears to be a description of an invention. 3. If the Director of Industry realizes that, in the moment of reception of the application, the conditions of paragraph 2 are not fulfilled, he shall invite the applicant to make the necessary amendments and grants, as date of deposit, the date of reception of the correction required; however, if the applicant does not make the amendments, the application is deemed as not having been presented. 4. When the application makes reference to drawings that are not included in it, the Director of Industry shall invite the applicant to supply the drawings. If the applicant supplies the drawings, the Director of Industry shall grant, as date of deposit, the date of reception of the drawings. Otherwise, the Director of Industry shall grant, as date of deposit, the date of reception of the application and shall consider any reference to those drawings as non-existent. 5. The Internal Regulation of Execution may provide that the National Service for Intellectual Property may use the search and verification’s reports. After reception of those reports, the National Service decides to grant or not the patent according to the following provision. 6

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