### Patents Ordinance 《專利條例》

147. Information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents
(1) After publication of an application for a standard patent in accordance with section 20 or 37Q or the grant of a short-term patent the Registrar shall upon the filing of a written request in the prescribed manner give the person making the request such information, and permit him to inspect such documents, relating to the application or any patent granted in pursuance of the application or to the short-term patent as may be specified in the request, subject, however, to any prescribed restrictions. (Amended 17 of 2016 s. 131)
(2) Subject to this section, until an application for a standard patent is so published or a short-term patent is granted documents or information constituting or relating to the application for the standard patent or the short-term patent shall not, without the consent of the proprietor or the applicant (as the case may be), be published or communicated to any person by the Registrar.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not prevent the Registrar from publishing or communicating to others any prescribed bibliographic information about an unpublished application for a standard patent or an application for a short-term patent.
(4) Where a person is notified that an application for a standard patent has been made, but not published in accordance with section 20 or 37Q (as the case requires), and that the applicant will, if the patent is granted, bring proceedings against that person in the event of his doing an act specified in the notification after the application is so published, that person may make a request under subsection (1), notwithstanding that the application has not been published, and that subsection shall apply accordingly. (Amended 17 of 2016 s. 131)
(5) Where a person is notified that an application for a short-term patent has been made and that the applicant will, if the patent is granted, bring proceedings against that person in the event of his doing an act specified in the notification, that person may make a request under subsection (1) and that subsection shall apply accordingly.
(6) Where an application for a standard patent is filed, but not published, and a new application for a standard patent is filed in respect of any part of the subject-matter of the earlier application (either in accordance with the rules or in pursuance of an order under section 13 or 37J) and is published, any person may make a request under subsection (1) in the prescribed manner relating to the earlier application and the Registrar shall give him such information and permit him to inspect such documents as could have been given or inspected if the earlier application had been published. (Amended 17 of 2016 s. 131)
[cf. 1977 c. 37 s. 118 U.K.]

### Patents Ordinance 《專利條例》

148. Hours of business and excluded days
(1) The Registrar may, by notice published in the official journal, give directions specifying the hours of business of the registry for the purpose of the transaction by the public of business under this Ordinance, and the days which are business days for that purpose. (Amended 2 of 2001 s. 14)
(2) Business done on any day after the specified hours of business, or on a day which is not a business day, shall be deemed to have been done on the next business day; and where the time for doing anything under this Ordinance expires on a day which is not a business day, that time shall be extended to the next business day.
(3) Directions made under this section may make different provision for different classes of business.

### Patents Ordinance 《專利條例》

150. Registrar may specify forms to be used
(1) The Registrar may require the use of such forms as he may, by notice published in the official journal, specify in connection with the granting of a patent or any other proceeding before him under this Ordinance. (Amended 2 of 2001 s. 14)
(2) A notice under subsection (1) may contain any direction of the Registrar with respect to the use of a form specified in the notice.
(3) A notice published under subsection (1) shall not be regarded as subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1). (Added 2 of 2001 s. 11)

150A. Power to specify official journal, etc.
(1) The Registrar may from time to time, by notice published in the Gazette, specify a publication to be the official journal of record for the purposes of this Ordinance, with effect as of the date specified in the notice.
(2) Where a publication is specified under subsection (1), every notice, request, document or other matter required by this Ordinance or the rules to be published in the official journal shall, from the effective date specified in the notice, be published in the publication so specified, and any reference in this Ordinance or the rules to the official journal shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The Registrar may publish or cause to be published a journal in which there may be published such documents and information relating to a patent or an application for a patent as the Registrar thinks fit.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, the Registrar may specify the Gazette or the journal referred to in subsection (3) to be the official journal of record.
(5) A publication specified under subsection (1) and the journal referred to in subsection (3) need not be in a documentary form.
(6) A notice published under subsection (1) shall not be regarded as subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1).
(Added 2 of 2001 s. 12)

151. Application
(Replaced 2 of 2009 s. 6)Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, and notwithstanding section 5(3) of the Crown Proceedings Ordinance (Cap. 300), this Ordinance applies to the Government and the Offices set up by the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
(Amended 2 of 2009 s. 6)[cf. Registration of Patents Ord. s. 7A]