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Current practice guidelines
Below is a list of current practice guidelines published by IPONZ. These guidelines provide detailed information for patent practices including filing requirements and our examination and processing activities.
- Filing an Application
- Filing a Provisional Specification
- Filing a Complete Specification
- National Phase Entry
- Examination of patent applications
- Voluntary Amendments to Patent Applications
- Amendments after Acceptance
- Offers of License of Right
- Request for Postponement of Acceptance
- Offering to Surrender a Patent
- Withdrawing a Patent Application
- Restoring a Patent or Patent Application
- Renewals
- Changes of Ownership and Financial Interest
- Patent Proceedings
- Filing of PCT International applications by email
- Foreign filing permits
- Restoration of priority claims for PCT applications
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