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How to apply for a HongKong patent?

To get a patent protection in Hongkong, you need to register your patent applications from the UK or Europe with the Registrar of Patents. The Registrar of Patents will then examine your patent application to ensure that it meets the formal requirements for filing. Unlike other countries, Hongkong does not have a patent office that conduct substantive search and examination of the novelty or inventiveness of your invention. There are two types of patent in the HKSAR

* standard and

* short-term

Protection under standard patents is renewable annually for a maximum term of 20 years. Protection under short-term patents is renewable after four years from filing, for a maximum term of eight years.

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You need to file an application with the Patents Registry of the Intellectual Property Department. Applying for a patent elsewhere in the world or in other regions of China does not automatically give you protection in Hong Kong, China.

The Registrar of Patents examines your patent application to ensure that it meets the formal requirements for filing. We do not conduct substantive search and examination of the novelty or inventiveness of your invention.

The Patents Registry accepts fax-filed application given that the applicant separately submits the hardcopy of the application together with the application number by post. This gives a means of establishing the earliest filing date.

Application Procedures for both types of patent protection can be viewed online in:

http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/patents/how_to_apply.htm