Hong Kong Regulations

PATENTS (GENERAL) RULES - SECT 12

Size and presentation of documents

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) All documents making up a request to record shall be so presented as to
permit of-

   (a)  reproduction by photography, photocopying, photo offset and
        micro-filming, in an unlimited number of copies; and (L.N. 37 of 2004)

   (b)  the scanning of the document by a device capable of capturing an image
        of the document and converting that image into a form suitable for
        storing on and retrieval by a computer.

(2) All sheets of the documents making up a request to record shall be free
from cracks, creases and folds; and only one side of the sheet shall be used.

(3) All documents shall be on A4 paper (29.7 cm x 21 cm) which shall be
pliable, strong, white, smooth, matt and durable.

(4) Each of the documents shall commence on a new sheet; and the sheets shall
be connected in such a way that they can easily be turned over, separated and
joined together again.

(5)-(6) (Repealed L.N. 37 of 2004)

(7) All the sheets contained in the documents shall be numbered in consecutive
Arabic numerals. (L.N. 37 of 2004)

(8) (Repealed L.N. 37 of 2004)

(9) All documents shall be reasonably free from deletions and other
alterations, overwritings and interlineations and shall, in any event, be
legible.

(10) The Registrar may exempt any document from compliance with any of the
provisions of this section, if the authenticity of the content is not in
question and the requirements for good reproduction are not in jeopardy or in
such other circumstances as he may think fit.