HONG KONG
Trademark Search
Verbal report
Free of charge
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Time required: Within 2 working days
Written report
One mark in one Class
1,400HKD
Additional Class
600HKD
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Time required: 4 weeks
Trademark Application
One mark in one Class
5,200HKD
Additional Class
3,500HKD
Trademark Renewal
One mark in one Class
4,000HKD
Additional Class
2,000HKD
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Time required: 1 month
Patent Search
Verbal report
Free of charge
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Time required: within 2 working days
Written report
3,000HKD
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Time required: within 3 working days
Standard Patent Application
(Original grant patent system)
Each Article
35,000HKD
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May apply for Hong Kong standard patent directly without prior applications in other countries
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Time required: About 2 years
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Protection period: 3 years (thereafter can be renewed annually to maximum 20 years)
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The above price included all official and professional fee in the process. However the handling cost for office actions are not included.
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Patent application document is recommended to be drafted by patent attorneys
Standard Patent Application
(Re-registration system)
One Article, per stage (total 2 stages)
3,000HKD
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Pre-requisite: Must be filed in China, the United Kingdom or European Patent Office
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Time required: About 3 years (depends on the progress of patent application in one of the three designating patent offices.)
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Protection period: 3 years (thereafter can be renewed annually to maximum 20 years)
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The above price included all official and professional fee in the process
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Patent application document is recommended to be drafted by patent attorneys
Short-term Patent Application
*If the certificate is not being issued, we will refund all the fees incurred
Package price (English patent document)
34,000HKD
Include the following proceedings:
Filing the patent application
One Article
8,000HKD
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Time required: About 6 months
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Protection period: 4 years (thereafter can be renewed for another 4 years)
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The above price included all official and professional fee in the process
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Patent application document is recommended to be drafted by patent attorneys. The patent application document is required to be examined by one of the International Searching Authorities
Drafting Patent Application Document (in English)
One Article
15,000HKD
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Time required: About 2 weeks
Search Report (CHINA) for applying Short-term Patent
One Article
11,000HKD
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Time required: About 2 months
INTERNATIONAL PATENT APPLICATION
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
One Article
23,000HKD
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Time required: About 12 months
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Effective period: 2.5 years
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The above price included the official fee, international search fee and handling charges for the entering international phase of PCT application. However it does not include the cost for drafting patent application document or translation if required. The cost for drafting patent application document in Chinese is HK$12,000, and in English HK$15,000.
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The applicant enjoy 2.5 years priority period to enter the national phase of PCT application in any member state of the treaty. The PCT application also include an international search report, which reveals the validity of the patent application as compared to other patent registrations in the world.
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PCT applicant’s guide and list of member countries
Design Search
Verbal report
Free of charge
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Time required: Within 2 working days
Written report
3,000HKD
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Time required: Within 3 working days
Design Application
*If the certificate is not being issued, we will refund all the fees incurred
One Article
3,400HKD
Each additional product of the same class
3,200HKD
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Time required: About 4 months
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Protection period: 5 years (thereafter can be renewed in every 5 years to maximum 25 years)