What is Integrated circuit?

 An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as IC, chip, or microchip) is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material. Additional materials are deposited and patterned to form interconnections between semiconductor devices.

 Integrated circuits are used in virtually all electronic equipment today and have revolutionized the world of electronics. Computers, cell phones, and other digital appliances are now inextricable parts of the structure of modern societies, made possible by the low cost of production of integrated circuits.

  General information:

 An application for the deposit of any layout-design of integrated circuits shall include:

 (1) a declaration of deposit, in two copies, drafted using the form produced by the Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriete Industrielle (INNORPI)..  

This declaration shall specify inter alia:

 — the identity of the depositor and his address,

 — a short and accurate description of the layout-design of integrated circuits to be deposited,

 — the date and place of the first commercial use of the layout-design of integrated circuits or an indication that such use has not yet begun.

 (2) two copies of the layout design.

 (3) a document containing the information for defining the electronic function which the integrated circuits are intended to perform.

 The protection granted to a layout-design of integrated circuits is ten (10) years.  

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