Hong Kong Standard Patent Application Service
Hotline: 86-755-82143422 Email: anitayao@citilinkia.com
A standard patent application in Hong Kong, China is made in two stages by filing: a request to record a designated patent application and a request for registration and grant.
Hong Kong Standard Patent Application Process - Request to record
You need to file a request to record in Hong Kong, China within six months after the publication of the designated patent application in the designated patent office.Upon receipt of the request form (Form P4), the Intellectual Property Department will issue a receipt notifying you the allotted application number.
The Intellectual Property Department will allot a filing date to your request to record when your request contains information identifying the applicant, refers to the designated patent application and includes the designated patent application number, its publication number and date of publication.If the Intellectual Property Department have given your request to record a filing date, we will examine your request and give you notice to correct any deficiencies within two months.If there is no deficiency or the deficiencies are corrected the Intellectual Property Department will publish your request to record and advertise it in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal
Hong Kong Standard Patent Application Process - Request for registration and grant
You need to file a request for registration and grant in Hong Kong, China at the latest within six months after publication of the request to record in Hong Kong, China, or the grant of the designated patent by the designated patent office.
The Intellectual Property Department will allot a filing date to your request for registration and grant when your request identifies the applicant, refers to 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.If the Intellectual Property Department have given your request for registration and grant a filing date, it will examine your request and give you notice to correct any deficiencies within two months.
If there is no deficiency or the deficiencies are corrected the Intellectual Property Department will register the designated patent and grant a standard patent for the invention. the Intellectual Property Department will publish details of the granted patent and advertise the grant in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal
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