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5. a copy of any final decision revoking the certificate granted on the basis of
the foreign application.
Section 5. Date of filing and classification
Article 129: The Industrial Property Director shall assign, as the filing date, the date of
receipt of the application, provided that it contains:
1. an express or implicit indication according to which the grant of a utility
model certificate has been applied for;
2. indications making it possible to establish the applicant’s identity;
3. Part of the indications which constitute a description of a utility model;
4. One or more claims specifying the characteristic elements of the utility
model.
Article 130: In the event that the Industrial Property Director notes, upon receipt of an
application for filing, that it does not meet the conditions set out in Article 129,
he shall invite the applicant to make the necessary correction and shall assign, as
the date of filing, the date of receipt of the required correction.
Nevertheless, if no correction is made, the application shall be deemed not to
have been filed.
Article 131: In the event that the application refers to drawings that have not been included,
the Industrial Property Director shall invite the applicant to supply the missing
drawings. If the applicant complies, the Industrial Property Director shall assign,
as the date of filing, the date of receipt of said drawings.
Should this not be the case, he shall assign as a date of filing the date of receipt
of the application, and shall consider any reference to these drawings as nonexistent.
Article 132: The Industrial Property Director shall order the utility model that forms the
subject matter of an application for a certificate to be classified. Classification
shall take place according to the international classification.
Section 6. Examination of applications and grant of certificates
Article 133: For any application for a registration certification for a utility model, an
examination shall be made to ascertain that:
1. the creation which forms the subject matter of the application for a
registration certificate is not excluded under the provisions of Article 113 and
114 of this Law on the protection granted by the utility model;
2. the claims comply with the provisions of Article 129 of this Law;