(3) Hong Kong could depart from the present
system of registering only United Kingdom
patents or European Patents designating the United Kingdom. As the European Patent
Office is by far one the most advanced and
sophisticated patent office in the world, it may be more advantageous to register
European Patents granted by the European Patent Office and designating any of the member states of the European Patent Convention (The member states are Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of
Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom).
(4) Alternatively, it may be possible to
register patents granted by the newly
established Chinese Patent Office in the
People's Republic of China.
(5) Subject to further consideration and
negotiations, it may even be possible and indeed desirable to register patents granted by [both the European Patents Office and the
Chinese Patent Office.
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