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
107. The number of patents registered during the year rose by 93 to 431, which is the highest yearly total ever recorded. The numbers registered during the past five years have been as follows:
1964-65 1965-66
1966-67
246
286
1967-68 1968-69
364
338
431
108. Table XXIII shows the number of patents registered accord- ing to the countries of domicile of the grantees, with the previous year's figures for comparison. As will be seen, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Switzerland remained in that order in the top three places. Japan, sixth last year, has jumped to fourth position ousting West Germany into fifth place.
Fees
109. The year's revenue amounted to the record total of $26,861, $5,803 more than in the previous year. This increase in revenue was due to the larger number of applications received during the year.
Explanatory
PART VI
OFFICIAL RECEIVER IN BANKRUPTCY
AND COMPANIES WINDING UP
110. The Bankruptcy Ordinance and the Rules made thereunder follow with some variations the English Bankruptcy legislation. The law relating to the winding up of companies by the Court is contained in the Companies Ordinance and the Companies (Winding-up) Rules made thereunder, which are based respectively on the Companies Act 1929, formerly in force in Great Britain, and the Winding-up Rules thereunder.
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