• New Application
【Type】

Original Granted Patent (Standard Patent (O)) 

【Duration】

20 years from the filing date

【Filing Requirements】

To obtain a Standard Patent (O), a patent application can be filed directly at the Hong Kong Patents Registry.
Applicant must submit a request for substantive examination to the Hong Kong Patents Registry within three years from the filing date of their standard patent (O) application or the earliest claimed priority date (if applicable), otherwise the patent application will be deemed withdrawn.

【Language of Proceedings】

Chinese or English

【Required Information and Documents】

  1. Applicant’s name and address;

  2. The type of applicant (individual, incorporated entity or unincorporated entity); if the applicant is a corporation, the country/region of incorporation must be indicated; if the corporation is incorporated in the United States, please provide the state of incorporation;

  3. Inventor’s name and address;

  4. If the applicant is not the same entity as the inventor, a statement explaining the applicant’s right to apply with supporting document (for example a copy of an assignment) is required;

  5. The title of the invention in both Chinese and English;

  6. An abstract in both Chinese and English;

  7. A copy of specification in either Chinese or English together with corresponding drawings (if available);

  8. A set of claims in either Chinese or English;

  9. If priority is claimed, country or region, application number and date on which the priority application is filed are required to state. A certified copy of the priority application document is required to submit to the Patents Registry. If the text of the certified priority application is not in Chinese or English, an additional Chinese or English sworn translation (A sworn translation is a document that has been signed and sealed by an authorized (sworn) translator.) is required to provide.

  • Renewal
【Renewal】

Renewal fee must be paid annually after the expiry of the 3rd year from the anniversary of the deemed filing date (same as the filing date of the designated patent application) first occurring after the date of the registration and grant. The patent can be renewed up to 20 years.

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