Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Formality examination of applications for standard patent

Except as expressly provided to the contrary, nothing in this Part providing
for the examination by the Registrar of an application for a  standard patent
for an invention shall be construed as imposing upon the Registrar any
obligation to consider or to have regard to, for the purpose of such
examination, any question as to-

   (a)  the patentability of the invention;

   (b)  whether the applicant is entitled to any priority claimed in the
        application;

   (c)  whether the invention is properly disclosed in the application; or

   (d)  whether any requirement under sections 45, 77, 78, 79, 93, 94, 95, 96,
        97, 98, 99 or 100 has been complied with.