Hong Kong Regulations

PATENTS (GENERAL) RULES - SECT 70

Claim regarding non-prejudicial disclosure under section 109(b) of the Ordinance

The following written evidence is prescribed for the purposes of section 109
of the Ordinance in relation to non-prejudicial disclosure as provided for
under paragraph (b) of that section-

   (a)  a certificate, issued at the exhibition by the authority responsible
        for holding the exhibition, stating-

        (i)    that the invention was in fact exhibited there;

        (ii)   the opening date of the exhibition and, where the first
               disclosure of the invention did not take place on the opening
               date, the date of the first disclosure;

   (b)  an identification of the invention, duly authenticated by the
        authority.