Hong Kong Regulations

PATENTS (GENERAL) RULES - SECT 58

Applications for the grant of short-term patents under section 113 of the Ordinance

(Past version on 01/06/2002).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART IX

APPLICATIONS FOR SHORT-TERM PATENTS

(1) An application for the grant of a short-term patent made under section 113
or 125 of the Ordinance shall be in the specified form.

(2) The specification contained in an application for a short-term patent
shall state the title of the invention and include the following-

   (a)  a description of the invention;

   (b)  one or more claims but not exceeding one independent claim;

   (c)  any drawings referred to in the description or the claim or claims.
        (L.N. 48 of 2002)

(3) The title shall be short and indicate the matter to which the invention
relates.

(4) The description shall include a list briefly describing the figures in the
drawings, if any.

(5) The application for the grant of a short-term patent shall contain-

   (a)  a search report as prescribed in section 72;

   (b)  (Repealed L.N. 37 of 2004)

   (c)  in the case of an applicant claiming priority of a previous
        application under section 111 of the Ordinance, a statement of
        priority as prescribed by section 69 and a copy of the previous
        application; (L.N. 37 of 2004)

   (d)  any request for deferral of the grant of a patent for a specified
        period under section 119 of the Ordinance;

   (e)  in the case of a claim regarding non-prejudicial disclosure of the
        invention as referred to in section 109(a) of the Ordinance, a
        statement to the effect that the invention has been displayed in
        accordance with that paragraph together with written evidence in
        support of the statement.

   (f)  any statement required by section 109 of the Ordinance in relation to
        non-prejudicial disclosure of the invention referred to in paragraph
        (b) of that section, together with written evidence in support of the
        statement as prescribed in section 70 of these Rules;

   (g)  the name and address of the inventor or inventors;

   (h)  a list of the documents comprising the application and an indication
        of the number of sheets of each such document.