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Guide
In the month after you have filed, the Office will examine your application for registration.
This involves checking that it meets the formal conditions set out in steps 4 to 6 (the application must be correctly filled out, the reproduction of the design must be clear, the official documents must be appended, the Locarno Classification must be indicated, the fees must be paid, etc.) and ensuring that your creation is not contrary to public order or decency.
If there is a problem with the application, the applicant will be notified and will then have eight days to remedy the situation.
If the application is not remedied within this eight day period, the applicant will be informed that his application is inadmissible.
NOTE: The filing of an application for registration is not published. Consequently, correspondence between the applicant and the Office during this period of examination will remain confidential. At this stage, either the applicant or third parties may withdraw the application without penalty.