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Circular Letter
The Hong Kong Patent System
Innes TE
With the assistance of a small Working Group, I
am considering whether the present system of patent protection in Hong Kong still satisfies Hong Kong's needs
and if any changes should be introduced especially in the
long term future.
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The present system
2.
The present Hong Kong system has the following
characteristics:
(1) The Hong Kong Patent Registry does not grant
patents.
(2) Instead the holder of a patent granted by
the United Kingdom Patent Office, or a patent granted by the European Patent Office
and designating the United Kingdom (known as a European Patent (UK)), may register that
patent in Hong Kong.
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