Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 27

Registration of designated patent and grant of patent

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If on examination under section 26(1) a request for 
registration and grant is found to have satisfied the requirements of
section 23(3) and (4) or if on a subsequent examination the deficiencies noted
under section 26(2) are found to have been corrected in accordance with the
rules, then the Registrar shall as soon as practicable after such examination,
but subject to section 37-

   (a)  register the designated patent by making an appropriate entry in the
        register; and

   (b)  grant a standard patent for the invention shown in the published
        specification of the designated patent as filed under section  23
        (3)(a) and issue a certificate to that effect.

(2) A patent shall not be granted under this section unless the filing fee and
advertisement fee specified in section 23 and any other fees payable under the
preceding provisions of this Part have been paid.

(3) As soon as practicable after a standard patent has been granted under this
section the Registrar shall-

   (a)  publish in the prescribed manner the specification of the patent, the
        names of the proprietor and, if different, the inventor;

   (b)  send the certificate issued under subsection (1)(b) to the proprietor;
        and

   (c)  advertise the fact of such grant by notice in the official  journal.
        (Amended 2 of 2001 s. 14)

(4) In publishing under subsection (3)(a) any matters specified in that
subsection, the Registrar may publish in addition such other matters
constituting or relating to the patent which in his opinion it is desirable to
publish.