Original Grant Patents in Hong Kong (Infographics)
Original Grant Patent System (Video)
The Government is committed to reforming the local patent system in order to ensure that it would continue to meet present-day circumstances and also facilitate the development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the Hong Kong SAR)'s innovation and technology sector. On 19 December 2019, the Government introduced the original grant patent system for standard patents, refined the short-term patent system and introduced an interim regulatory measure of prohibiting use of certain confusing or misleading titles and descriptions relating to patent practice in the Hong Kong SAR.
Pilot Scheme – Deferral of Formality Examination of Applications for Standard Patents by Original Grant (Information Sheet)