Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Amendment of standard patent following opposition or revocation proceedings in the designated patent office

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If the specification of the corresponding designated patent in respect of
a standard patent granted under Part II has (whether before or after the grant
of the standard patent) been amended in the designated  patent office
following prescribed opposition or revocation proceedings, the proprietor of
the standard patent shall file with the Registrar in the prescribed manner and
within the prescribed period a verified copy of the amended specification or
the amending order or other prescribed documentation.

(2) The Registrar shall record the amendment to the specification of the
designated patent by making an appropriate entry in the register and upon that
recording the standard patent shall be treated as having been amended in a
like manner.

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

   (a)  publish the amendment;

   (b)  advertise the fact of the amendment by notice in the official 
        journal. (Amended 2 of 2001 s. 14)

(4) Any amendment of the specification of a standard patent under this section
shall have effect from the date of grant of the patent.

(5) Any amendment of the specification of a standard patent under this section
shall have effect subject to section 103. [cf. EPC Art. 102]