A Patent Examiner II (Chemistry) is mainly deployed on performing the duties under the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514) in relation to classification and examination of original grant patent applications and short-term patents as well as other examination tasks, assisting supervisors to carry out the necessary statutory duties relating to patent applications and post-grant matters, conducting research and analysis on patent and related issues, attending to public enquiries, and providing support to promotional and industry development activities.

Note: Appointed candidates will be subject to redeployment to different sections of the Original Grant Patent Team or other duties at the discretion of the Department.

Candidates should have –

• (a)a bachelor's degree with second class honours or above in one or more subject
• (s)in the field of Chemistry [see Note (1)] from a local university in Hong Kong, or equivalent (see item
• (b)of “How to Apply” below); and
• (b)good command of both spoken and written Chinese and English, met the language proficiency requirements of at least ‘Level 1’ results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent. [see Note (2)]