Hong Kong Regulations

PATENTS (GENERAL) RULES - SECT 69

Claiming priority under section 111 of the Ordinance

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A statement of priority for the purposes of section 111 of the Ordinance
shall be made at the time of filing the application for a short-term patent
and shall state the date of filing and the application  number of any
application specified in the statement and the country, territory or area in
or for which the application was made.

(2) In the case of a new application filed under section 116 of the Ordinance,
no statement of priority shall be made which has not also been made in the
earlier application.

(3) The copy of the previous application as referred to in section 111(1) of
the Ordinance shall be accompanied by a copy of a certificate issued by the
authority that received the application and that states the date of filing of
the application. (L.N. 37 of 2004)

(4) If the previous application is not in one of the official languages, it
shall be accompanied by a translation in accordance with section 56, except
that the Registrar shall accept as satisfying the requirements of section 56 a
translation of the title of the invention, the claims and the filing date
together with a transliteration of the name of the applicant into the Roman
alphabet.

(5) Where the previous application is an application under the Ordinance,
the applicant may request the Registrar to include such a copy with the patent
application upon payment of the prescribed fee. (L.N. 37 of 2004)