Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 45

Mention of inventor

Patents generally

(1) The inventor or joint inventors of an invention shall have a right to be
mentioned as such in any patent granted for the invention.

(2) Where a person has been mentioned in a patent as sole or joint inventor in
pursuance of this section, any other person who alleges that the former ought
not to have been so mentioned may at any time after the grant of the patent
request the Registrar to make a finding to that effect; and if the Registrar
makes such a finding he shall accordingly amend the register and any
undistributed copies of the patent, and may issue a certificate to the effect
of his finding. [cf. 1977 c. 37 s. 13 U.K.; 1992 No. 1 s. 17 Eire]