June 2025
IPONZ continues to watch filing volumes closely. We have produced a number of graphs comparing last month’s activity to the month previous, and the same month in the previous year relying on the submission date.
Trade mark filing volumes
The number of classes applied for on national applications was 3299 in the month of June, up from 3213 in the month earlier, compared with 2943 in the same month in last year. The number of classes applied for on international applications designating New Zealand was 1314 in the month of June, down from 1843 in the month earlier, compared with 1497 in the same month last year.
Trade mark filing volumes (New Zealand applicants)
The number of classes applied for was 1521 in the month of June, the same as in the month earlier, compared with 1950 in the same month in last year.
Patent filing volumes
The number of international applications received via the national phase of the Patent Cooperaton Treaty (PCT) was 320 in the month of June, down from 348 in the month earlier, compared with 410 in the same month in last year. The number complete applications submitted was 110 in the month of June, down from 152 in the month earlier, compared with 136 in the same month last year.
The number of requests to examine patent applications received in the month of June was 422, the same as in the month earlier, compared with 438 in the same month in last year.
Patent filing volumes (New Zealand applicants)
The number of complete patent applications applied for was 24 in the month of June, down from 38 in the month earlier, compared with 26 in the same month in last year.
Designs filing volumes
The number of designs applied for was 172 in the month of June, up from 119 in the month earlier, compared with 154 in the same month in last year.
Designs filing volumes (New Zealand applicants)
The number of design applications applied for was 30 in the month of June, the same as in the month earlier, compared with 24 in the same month in last year.
Plant variety rights volumes
The number applied for was 20 in the period of three months to June, down from 21 in the three months prior to that, compared with 24 in the same three month period last year.
Application volumes - raw data
Application volumes for patents, trade marks, designs and plant variety rights since 2014 are available for download in the data sets below.
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