ERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
MED 01 DEC 93 16:27
CONFIDENTIAL
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PG.04
機密
Features of the Proposed System
12.
То provide system as outlined patent law. following:
(a)
(b)
for
Such
the basis for an independent patent above, it will be necessary to enact a law will include provisions for the
Eligible applicant. Persons eligible to apply a patent for an invention in Hong Kong include the applicant for the European or Chinese patent, his successor in title or any other person who derives title through such an applicant or his successor in title.
Two stage procedure for the grant of a patent in Hong Kong
or
(i) Request to record a published European or Chinese patent application. Within 6 months from the date of publication of the European Chinese patent application an eligible applicant is required to request the Registrar to record that patent application in the register. Such request must be made in the manner prescribed by the law and accompanied by supporting documentation, including certified copies of the European or Chinese patent application and an English translation of that application or any documents or part of them not in English. compliance with the formal requirements, the request is recorded and Kong. If no application for the grant of a corresponding patent is made, the request to record must be maintained at the end of the 4th year after date of the request to record and thereafter at annual intervals.
Subject to
published in Hong
the
(ii) Application for the grant of a patent. Where a request to record has been duly recorded, a person entitled may apply for the grant of a Hong Kong patent within 6 months of the grant of the corresponding European or Chinese patent. Such application must be accompanied by supporting documentation, including certified copies of the corresponding European or Chinese patent and an English translation of the patent specification ΟΙ any documents not in English. Subject to compliance · with the formal requirements, the patent will be granted to the applicant and published.