| Code | Description |
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AD - | Application deemed withdrawn |
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AF1 - | Application deemed withdrawn under s.33(2) (not payment of maintenance fee and has 6-month grace period to pay) |
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AMPC - | Amended specification; patent ceased in meantime |
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AMPE - | Amended specification; patent expired in meantime |
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AR - | Application refused |
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ARR - | Application refused for restoration of standard patent |
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ASPC - | Change of ownership; patent ceased in meantime |
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ASPE - | Change of ownership; patent expired in meantime |
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AW - | Application withdrawn |
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COPC - | Correction of specification; patent ceased in meantime |
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COPE - | Correction of specification; patent expired in meantime |
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NR - | Patent deemed never to have been added to the register under section 13(7) of patents (transitional arrangements) rules |
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PC - | Patent ceased (i.e. patent has lapsed due to the failure to pay the renewal fee) |
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PE - | Patent expired |
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PEU - | Short-term patents expired |
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PF1 - | Patent ceased to have effect under s.39(2) (not payment of maintenance fee and has 6-month grace period to pay) |
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PF2 - | Short-term patent ceased to have effect under s.126(2) (not payment of maintenance fee and has 6-month grace period to pay) |
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PR - | Patent revoked |
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PS - | Patent surrendered |
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REV - | Revocation |
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WD - | Applications withdrawn, deemed to be withdrawn, or refused after publication in hong kong |
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AF + | Application in force |
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AMPF + | Amended specification: patent still in force |
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ARG + | Restoration of standard patent granted |
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ASPF + | Change of ownership; patent still in force |
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COPF + | Correction of specification; patent still in force |
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GR + | Standard patents granted in hong kong |
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PF + | Patent in force |
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AM | Amended specification (according sect 146 of patent law) |
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AM43 | Amendment of standard patent following opposition or revocation proceedings in the designated patent office (acc. sect 43 patent ordinance) |
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AM46 | Amendment of patent specifications after grant under section 46 of the patents ordinance |
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ARF | Application filed for restoration of standard patent |
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AS | Change of ownership |
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CHPA | Change of a particular in the register (except of change of ownership) |
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CHRG | Changes in the register |
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CO | Correction of specification |
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CORR | Corrigendum |
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DE | Requests to designate patent in hong kong |
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S146 | Correction of errors in patents and applications under section 146 of the patents ordinance |
