Chapter 10
Part III
List of abbreviations used in Parts I & II
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"court"
'commencement date"
"EPC"
"EPO"
"EPA"
"EPA (UK)"
"EPA (unpublished)"
"EP patent"
"EP patent (UK)"
"HK patent"
"petty patent application"
"petty patent"
"the Gazette"
"registry"
"Registrar"
the High Court in Hong Kong.
the date appointed by the Governor under Clause 1 of the proposed Patents Bill as the date on which the proposed Patents Bill in part or in whole will come into operation
the European Patent Convention
the European Patent Office
a published European Patent Application made to the EPO under the EPC
an EPA designating the United Kingdom
an EPA which has not been published
a patent granted and published by the EPO under the EPC
an EP patent designating the UK
a patent granted and published by the registry in Hong Kong under the provisions of the proposed Patents Bill (excluding Part XVI)
an application for a grant of a petty
patent made under Part XVI of the proposed Patents Bill
a patent granted and published by the registry in Hong Kong under the provisions of Part XVI of the proposed Patents Bill
the Hong Kong Government Gazette
the Hong Kong Patents Registry
the Registrar of Patents in Hong Kong
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