Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 10

General provision regarding applications for standard patents

PART II

APPLICATIONS FOR STANDARD PATENTS

Introduction

This Part shall be construed as providing for the grant of a standard  patent
for an invention in the following circumstances, and only in those
circumstances, namely where-

   (a)  an application for a patent for that invention has been filed in and
        published by a designated patent office (and in this Ordinance a
patent application so filed and published is referred to as a "designated
patent application");

   (b)  as the first stage of an application for a standard patent, the
        designated patent application has been recorded in the register and
        published in Hong Kong in accordance with sections 15 to 22; <* Note-Exp. 
 x-Ref:
        Sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 *>

   (c)  a patent has been granted in the designated patent office in pursuance
        of the designated patent application (and in this Ordinance such
a patent is referred to as a "designated patent"); and

   (d)  as the second stage of the application for a standard patent, the
        designated patent has been registered in accordance with sections 23
        to 27. <* Note-Exp. x-Ref: Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 *>