HongKong Patent Application Service
Hotline:86-755-82143422, Email:tannet-solution@hotmail.com
Standard patent application – request to record: filing date
The Registry will accord a filing date to the request to record provided that the request states the name of the applicant, specifies the designated patent application and includes the designated patent application number, its publication number and date of publication.
Standard patent application – request for registration and grant: filing date
The Registry will accord a filing date to the request for registration and grant provided that the request identifies the applicant, specifies the designated patent and includes the publication number of the request to record, the publication number of the designated patent and its date of publication.
Short-term patent application: filing date
The Registry will accord the short-term patent application a filing date provided that it states the name of the applicant and a description of the invention is provided.
Formality examination
After giving the filing date to the applicant, the Registry will examine the formalities of the application. The formalities are the information required in the application form and the supporting documents. There is no substantive examination of the application (e.g. the novelty and inventiveness of the invention) and the Registry does not search records of prior registered patents.
If the application is not in order, the Registry will give notice to the applicant to correct the deficiencies within two months. Failure to correct deficiencies may result in the application being deemed withdrawn.
Publication and grant
If an application is in order, the Registry will publish the patent application or grant a patent, publish the patent application or advertise the grant by notice in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal and issue a certificate of grant of patent (only applicable to requests for registration and grant of standard patent and application for short-term patent).
Usually a certificate of grant of patent can be issued within three months after an application is filed (only applicable to request for registration and grant and application for short-term patent). The proprietor of a patent can bring civil proceedings against infringements committed after the certificate of grant of patent is issued.
Contact us
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