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_I <; Nationa! Processing 28. The Office of the Director General as designated office or elected Office shall not commence processing of an international application designating Liberia before the expiration of the time limit referred to in Section 29 except if the app.icant complies with the requirements of that Section and files with the Office ofthe Registrar an expressrequest for early commencement of such processmg. Entenng National Phase 29 The applicant ill respect of an international application designating Liberia shall, before the expiration of the time limit applicable under Article 22 or 39 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty or of such later time limit as may be prescribed III the Regulations (i) pay the prescribed fee to the Office of the Registrar; and (il I ifthe International application was not filed in, or has not been published under the Patent Cooperation Treaty as a translation 1l1l0 English, tile WIth the Office of the Registrar a translation of the international application, containing the prescribed contents, into English .10 If the applicant does not comply with the requirements of Section 29 within the lime limit referred to in that Section, the International application shall be considered withdrawn for the purposes of this Act Processing lnternational Applications In Accordance with Treaty 3 I( I ) Tile Utlice of the Registrar shall process international applications in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Regulations established thereunder and the Administrative Instructions under those Regulations and with the Provisions of this Act and the Regulations thereunder In the event of conflict, the provisions ofthe Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Regulations thereunder and the Administrative Instructions under those Regulations sha1l apply The Regulations under this Act mav provide lor the processing of international applications in such a case (b) Fun bel' details concerrnng the processing of international applications by and other functions of the office of the Registrar IS connection with the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including fees payable, time limits and other requirements in relation to international applications, may be included in the Regulations Chapter" INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS Dcfiniuon of ..Industrials Design 321 1) For the purposes of this Act, any composition of lines or colors or any three-dimensional form, whether or not associated with lines or colors, is deemed to be an industrial design, provided that such composition or form gives a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft and can serve a, a pattern tor a product of industry or handicraft (2) The protection under this Act does not extend to anything in an industrial design which serves solely to obtain a technical result and to the extent that it leaves no freedom as regards arbitrary. Registrable industrial Designs 33(1) An industrial design is registrable ifit is new

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