Patents Ordinance - Transitional Provisions

• existing registered patents which have been re-registered in Hong Kong (or for which a re-registration application has been filed) as at 27 June 1997 ('the Commencement Date'). These are automatically deemed to be and are treated as Standard Patents, as from the Commencement Date. The first renewal fees are payable on the third anniversary of the date of filing first occurring after 27 June 1997. For example, a patent for which the Hong Kong re-registration application was filed on 10 March 1990 has its first anniversary after the Commencement Date on 10 March 1998, with the third anniversary being 10 March 2001. The first renewal fee will be payable from 10 March 2001.