Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Meaning of "designated patent", etc.

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"designated patent" (指定專利) means a patent granted by a
designated patent  office;

"designated patent application" (指定專利申請) means-

   (a)  an application in a designated patent office for a patent, which
        application has been published under the law of the designated 
        patent office;

   (b)  an international application which has been published and which has
        validly entered its national phase in a designated patent office;

"designated patent office" (指定專利當局) means a patent office
designated for the purpose of this Ordinance under section 8.

(2) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference-

        (a)	to a "corresponding designated patent" in relation to a 
standard patent, is a reference to the designated patent which was registered
under section 27 in an application for the grant of the standard patent;

        (b)	to a "corresponding designated patent application"-


        (i)    in relation to an application for a standard patent for an
               invention, is a reference to the designated patent application
               in respect of that invention;

        (ii)   in relation to a standard patent, is a reference to the
               designated patent application in pursuance of which the
               corresponding  designated patent was granted.

"designated patent" (指定專利)

"designated patent application" (指定專利申請)

"designated patent office" (指定專利當局)

"corresponding designated patent"

"corresponding designated patent application"