New Zealand Patent Office
An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for new zealand patents.
New zealand patent office. According to its website iponz aims to ensure people realise the full economic potential of their intellectual property. Searching the new zealand patent register. This includes trade marks patents designs plant variety rights and geographical indications.
It is part of the new zealand ministry of business innovation and employment. Contact archives new zealand if you wish to access the collection of patent records from 1861 through to 50 years before today. Archives new zealand national office and regional reading rooms.
The patent office requires renewal payments both before and after the grant of the patent at four points during the patent s life starting with a payment for the fifth year of the patent s life due by the fourth anniversary of the effective filing date i e. Read about the review of iponz fees. A corresponding application is a patent application for the same invention with the same inventor s and where the claims are substantially similar to the claims in the new zealand complete specification.
Iponz fees were updated on 13 february 2020. Intellectual property office of new zealand the intellectual property office of new zealand iponz grants and registers ip rights in new zealand. The earliest filing date applied to the patent if it is part of a chain.
We provide an online tool to search the new zealand patent register and our collection of published new zealand patent abstracts or iponz summary information dating back to 1861 excluding the period from 1880 to 1890. Examination of a new zealand patent application may take account of examination of any corresponding patent applications in other countries.