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Sir,

Speech by Mr G.A. Higginson, Secretary for Economic Services, in the Legislative Council

on 15 May 1985

Registration of Patents (Fees)(Amendment) Rules 1985

I move the resolution standing in my name on the

Order Paper.

2.

The Registration of Patents (Fees) (Amendment)

Rules 1985, which were made by the Registrar of Patents on

18 March 1985, increase the fees payable for various

proceedings under the Registration of Patents Ordinance.

3.

The fees were last revised in 1981. The proposed

increases are designed to take account of the cost of the

service provided and the increase in this cost since 1981.

4.

Sir, I beg to move.