Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Date of filing of request to record

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 18(3), the date of filing a
request to record shall be the earliest date on which documents filed by the
applicant contain-

   (a)  an indication that a request is made to record a designated 
        patent application;

   (b)  information identifying the applicant; and

   (c)  a reference to the designated patent application, including-

        (i)    the application number assigned to it by the designated patent 
               office; and

        (ii)   the publication number (if any) assigned to it by the
               designated patent office, and the date (if any) of its
               publication by the designated patent office. (Amended 2 of 2001
               s. 5)

(2) If the earliest filing with the Registrar of any part of a
request to record occurs more than 6 months after the publication of the
corresponding designated patent application the request shall not be dealt
with as an application for a standard patent. [cf. EPC Art. 80]