Guide

Original semiconductor chip topography: prepare the federal registration before the filing window closes

Confirm ownership and eligibility, date first exploitation, prepare representations and confidentiality exclusions, then pay the fee.

Priority

A topography commercially exploited for more than two years may be ineligible. Registration protects its configuration, not the chip’s function.

Confirm the scope

Identify the creator, current owner, transfers and applicable nationality or establishment criteria.

Document first commercial exploitation and calculate the filing window without waiting until its end.

Prepare the title, function, contact details and a complete set of readable overlays, drawings or photographs.

Request the form, file with the fee and retain correspondence, certificate and chain of title.

Official sources are linked in the guide. Checked August 29, 2026; confirm current rules, forms and deadlines with the responsible authority.

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