Patents Registrable
PART V
PATENTS REGISTRY
54. There is no original registration of patents in Hong Kong, but patents granted in the United Kingdom may be registered under the Registration of United Kingdom. Patents Ordinance (Cap. 42). This provides that the grantee of a patent in the United Kingdom, or any person deriving his right from the grantee may, within five years from the date of issue of the patent, apply to have it registered here, and that such registration shall confer the same rights as though the patent had been issued in the United Kingdom with an extension to Hong Kong. Applications must be accompanied by a certified copy of the United Kingdom specification and a certificate from the Comptroller General of the United Kingdom Patent Office giving full particulars of the issue of the patent.
Patents Registered
55. For the second year in succession the number of patents regis- tered has topped the 100 mark and set a new record, the 1960-61 total being 106, four more than the previous year's figure. The numbers of patents registered during the past ten years have been as follows:
1951 - 52 ...
1952-53
1953 - 54
1954-55
1955 - 56
24
1956-57
9
1957-58
30
1958 - 59
28
1959 - 60
31
1960 - 61
44
80
60
102
106
The total number of registrations since the Registry's post-war re- opening on 1st September, 1951 is 562.
Fees
56. Fees collected amounted to $5,438.
Explanatory
PART VI
MARRIAGE REGISTRY
57. All marriages, except non-Christian customary marriages, are governed by the provisions of the Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 181), a reprint of which incorporating a number of important amendments made by the Marriage (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960, is available,
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