1, which is applicable to patents filed in People's Republic of China (PRC) and China National Intellectual Property Administration and patents published in Europe and Britain;
2. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will not automatically give protection. The Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong will conduct formal examination of patent applications, but will not conduct substantive examination of novelty and creativity for standard patents and short-term patents;
3. Whether it is a standard or a short-term patent, the standards of novelty and creativity in China Mainland and Hongkong are the same;
4. The theme of patent protection.