Client Name: Innovation and Technology Commission | Hong Kong Productivity Council
Video Length : 3 minutes
Video Language : Cantonese (Subtitle: Traditional Chinese | English)

Video Titile: Patent Application Grant (PAG)

Our company is honoured to have an opportunity to work with Innovation and Technology Commission and Hong Kong Productivity Council for the promotion video of 'Patent Application Grant (PAG)'.

Programme Objective
Launched in 1998, PAG aims to encourage local companies and inventors to capitalise their intellectual work through patent registration.

Eligibility
All locally incorporated companies, Hong Kong permanent residents or Hong Kong residents permitted to remain in Hong Kong for not less than 7 years which/who have never owned any patents in any countries or territories nor received funding under the PAG before will be eligible.

For individual applicants, the applicant must be the sole inventor or one of the joint inventors of the invention.

For company applicants, the inventor(s) of the invention shall be (a) directly related party/parties to the applicant company, e.g. owner, shareholder, director, or staff. As the PAG is for first-time patent seekers only, funding support will not be provided if funding has been granted under the PAG to the applicant company's related company(ies) (i.e. (1) company(ies) having a major shareholder (viz. those with 50% or more ownership) in common with the applicant company or (2) company(ies) without major shareholder(s) but having shareholders identical to those of the applicant company) before.

All applications for functional patents and inventions with technology elements and susceptible of industrial application are eligible. Cosmetic designs will not be supported. The implementation agent of the PAG, the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), will first conduct a patent search-cum-technical assessment to ensure that there is a reasonable chance of obtaining patent.

Key Features
Maximum funding support: HK$250,000 or 90% of the sum of the total direct costs of patent application (including the cost for patent search-cum-technical assessment), whichever is the lower.
Individual applicant/company applicant to bear the remaining balance required for the patent application(s).
Approval non-transferrable and valid for 3 years from the date of approval of the application.

For enquiries, please contact
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Tel: (852) 2788 5958 Email: ipsc@hkpc.org