Designated patent application

• What is a designated patent office and a designated patent application?
  
  
• Is a photocopy of the designated patent application, as published by the State Intellectual Property Office, China, European Patent Office, or United Kingdom Patent Office, sufficient to support my request to record in Hong Kong, China?

• What is a designated patent office and a designated patent application?
  
  The grant of a standard patent in Hong Kong, China is based on the registration of a patent granted by one of three designated patent offices

• State Intellectual Property Office, People's Republic of China
• European Patent Office, in respect of a patent designated the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom Patent Office.

The standard patent application in Hong Kong, China is made in two stages by filing

• a request to record the designated patent application, that is the Chinese, EP(UK) or UK published patent application
• a request for registration and grant in Hong Kong, China of the Chinese, EP(UK) or UK granted patent.

• Is a photocopy of the designated patent application, as published by the State Intellectual Property Office, China, European Patent Office, or United Kingdom Patent Office, sufficient to support my request to record in Hong Kong, China?
  
  Yes, a photocopy of the published designated patent application is sufficient. You do not need a certified copy.
  
  When your patent application in Hong Kong, China proceeds to the request for registration and grant stage, you will need to file a copy of the published specification of the designated patent and confirm that it is a true copy of the document issued by or kept at the relevant designated patent office.