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The Journal
The New Zealand Patent Office Journal is produced by IPONZ on a monthly basis and contains a range of valuable information including:
Patent, trade mark and design applications and registrations
Each journal has a searchable index along with action relating to patent, trade mark and designs. Specifically:
- details of patent applications
- accepted trade marks and the abridgement and drawing(s) of accepted patent applications. The advertising of acceptances in the Journal signals the beginning of the period where oppositions to grant or registration can be filed
- registered patents, trade marks and designs
Patent Cooperation Treaty fees
View the Patent Cooperation Treaty fees.
Gazetted Industrial Exhibitions
Under Section 60(2) of the Patents Act 1953 and Section 10(2) of the Designs Act 1953 an invention or design is not deemed to have been anticipated by display at an international or industrial exhibition if the event has been gazetted by the Commissioner of Patents and Designs in the Patent Office Journal and an application to register the patent or design is lodged with the office within 6 months of the opening date of the gazetted exhibition.
View a list of industrial exhibitions that have been advertised in the Patent Office Journal.
The New Zealand Patent Attorney Register
The New Zealand Patent Attorney Register as prescribed in sections 100 to 104 of the Patents Act 1953. View the register.
Code and classification information in the journal
Contact information
For information about Office hours and how to contact IPONZ click here.
- The online versions of the journal are searchable.
- PDF versions of publications for the last six months are available to download.
IPONZ also publishes the Plant Variety Rights Journal on a quarterly basis. The Journal contains details of applications for and grants of Plant Variety Rights, notice of legislative changes and information about plant variety protection in other countries. PDF versions published since July 2008 are available to download. Please see our New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal section for more information.
