Patent Office
Miss J Painting
Far Eastern Department
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Date 25 November 1992
Dear Miss Painting
PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) and HONG KONG
The UK is a contracting state of the PCT and the provisions of this treaty extend to Hong Kong from the UK's membership.
At present, residents of Hong Kong must file PCT applications
The at the Receiving Office (The Patent Office) in UK. authorities in Hong Kong have suggested they might apply for Receiving Office status. This would mean that residents of Hong Kong would be able to file PCT patent applications in Hong Kong, where certain formal matters would be considered before the applications are sent out to an International Search Authority (ISA) and later to an International Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA). Office is not an ISA but it is an IPEA.
The UK Paťent
It might be of interest to note that China has successfully
ISA and an IPEA. applied recently to become an
Do you have any comments or observations on the idea of
If you need any Hong Kong becoming a PCT Receiving Office? more information that I might be able to supply, do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
JEREMY STRAKER IPP/2
cc Mr Hoptroff
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