Patents (Designation of Patent Offices) Notice
(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 2 of 2020)
[27 June 1997] L.N. 367 of 1997
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2020)
(Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2020)
In this Notice—
China National Intellectual Property Administration (國家知識產權局) means the China National Intellectual Property Administration established under the laws of the People’s Republic of China the functions of which include the granting of patents for inventions; (21 of 2024 s. 45) European Patent Convention (《歐洲專利公約》) means the Convention on the Grant of European Patents done at Munich on 5 October 1973; European Patent Office (歐洲專利局) means the office of that name of the European Patent Organisation established by the European Patent Convention; United Kingdom Patent Office (聯合王國專利局) means the office established under the laws of the United Kingdom for the granting of patents for inventions.The following patent offices are designated under section 8 of the Ordinance—
China National Intellectual Property Administration
European Patent Office, in respect of patents granted under the European Patent Convention designating the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Patent Office