2.9 Searching by applicant, breeder or agent

IPONZ uses a structured database of client records which are linked to IP records on the register. To search for IP records by client, use the advance search, and click Select against either Applicant/Owner or Agent.

Applicant searching is identical to case title searching. Spaces are recognised as ORs and you can use quotation marks, brackets, OR, AND, * and ? to find your desired result. For more information about using these search tools please refer to Section 2.2.2 of this guide.

It is important to note that if a client name contains a comma or some other punctuation the system will recognise this as a character.

Examples of Applicant searches

Applicant 1: JOHN SMITH

• A search for “JOHN SMITH”, JOHN AND SMITH, “*JOHN SMITH*” or *JOHN* AND *SMITH* will return this client as a result. JOHN SMITH without speech marks or AND will return results where the client name contains either JOHN or SMITH

Applicant 2: JOHN SMITH, Inc

• The first two searches above will not return Applicant 2 as a result. This is due to the comma after SMITH being recognised as a character
• A search for “JOHN SMITH,” or JOHN AND SMITH,, “*JOHN SMITH*” or *JOHN* AND *SMITH* will return this client in the results

Select the client, or clients that you wish to search the register for. Note that there may be multiple records for the same organisation in some cases. Over time IPONZ will reduce these down to single records.

Those clients will now become a search criterion on the advanced search page.