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3.3.1 Incorrect convention claim
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Where a claim to convention priority claim is made outside the six month time period permitted by section 36 of the Act or the applicant makes an incorrect convention claim15 based on an earlier filed New Zealand application, the Office will delete the convention claim from the application. The priority date of the application will therefore be the date the application was filed in New Zealand. The Office will only notify the applicant the convention claim has been deleted where a Compliance Report raising other concerns in relation to the application is issued.
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15Practice Guideline Amendment 2007/11, IPONZ Newsletter, November 2007.
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