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Information
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Stage 1: Filing a request to
record
Documents
required
Current rate: 1 US Dollar = 8.09 Chinese RMB Our debit note is issued in the Chinese currency RMB
instead of US dollars. However, for your easy reference and payment,
the US dollar equivalent of the total amount is also indicated in
our debit note. You may remit the payment either in US dollar or
in Chinese currency RMB. Examination
and publication of the request to record in Hong Kong After receiving a request to record a designated patent
application, the HK Patent Registry will undertake a formal examination.
If it finds the application to be in conformity with the minimum
requirements of the Hong Kong Patent Ordinance, it will issue an
Official Filing Receipt showing the HK application number and the
accorded date for Stage 1 registration. Subsequently, in about 3 months from the HK filing date,
the Hong Kong Patent Registry will issue a Notification of the Publication
of the Request to Record informing the applicant of the publication
date and number, and advertise it in the Hong Kong IP Journal (http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/ip.journal.htm).
For your information, during a period from the publication
of the request to record in Hong Kong till the grant of the designated
patent, the applicant need NOT take any step in Hong Kong, except
for the payment of the maintenance fee, if necessary. Payment
for the first maintenance fee If Stage 2 registration has not been made until 5 years
after publication of the request to record, the applicant shall
pay maintenance fee to keep the application in force. Failure to
pay the maintenance fee will result in the HK patent application
to be deemed withdrawn. For your easy reference and kind attention on the payment
for maintenance fee, we will regularly send you a reminder letter
indicating the due date for payment and detailed amount thereof,
due to the complexity of calculating the due date for payment of
the first maintenance fee. Cost
for the payment of the maintenance fee
Current rate: 1 US Dollar = 8.09 Chinese RMB Our
special service before initiating Stage 2 b) Reminder of filing Stage 2 registration Stage 2 : Filing a request
for registration and grant After the grant of the designated patent application,
it is necessary for the applicant to timely initiate Stage 2 registration
so as to have a standard patent application granted in Hong Kong.
Failure to timely file Stage 2 registration will irrevocably result
in the abandonment of the standard patent application under the
Hong Kong Patent Ordinance. Deadline Documents
required Estimated
cost for Stage 2 registration, including the Patent Certificate
Current rate: 1 US Dollar = 8.09 Chinese RMB Similar to the examination procedure for Stage 1, after
the submission of the request for registration and grant, the Hong
Kong Patent Registry will undertake a formal examination. If it
finds the application to be satisfied with the requirement of the
Patents Ordinance, it will issue an Official Notification indicating
the recorded filing date for Stage 2 registration, and further issue
a Notice of Publication of the Registration and Grant of a Standard
Patent. In about 3 months from the recorded date for Stage 2
registration, the Hong Kong Patent Registry will finally issue a
Certificate of Grant of Standard Patent showing the HK Patent number
and term of standard patent, together with a cover page of standard
patent specification indicating the details of the bibliographic
data. Payment
for annuity The annuity shall be paid before the expiry of the 3rd
or any succeeding year from the anniversary of the filing date of
the designated patent first occurring after the publication of the
request for grant and registration.
Duration
of standard patent: The term of a standard patent is 20 years from the filing
date of the designated patent application. If you have any further question, please contact us
by either facsimile or
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