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Circular Letter

The Hong Kong Patent System

Innes TE

With the assistance of a small Working Group, I

am considering whether the present system of patent protection in Hong Kong still satisfies Hong Kong's needs

and if any changes should be introduced especially in the

long term future.

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The present system

2.

The present Hong Kong system has the following

characteristics:

(1) The Hong Kong Patent Registry does not grant

patents.

(2) Instead the holder of a patent granted by

the United Kingdom Patent Office, or a patent granted by the European Patent Office

and designating the United Kingdom (known as a European Patent (UK)), may register that

patent in Hong Kong.

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