10 years
6 months
no
IPONZ conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The applicant/anyone can submit a request for substantive examination no later than 5 years from the date of application. If there is a request for review, the substantive review cannot be carried out until the 5-year period expires.
- Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
- Annuity: pay year by year from the 4th year of the application date, the applicant should pay within 3 months before the annual annual fee is due, if the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and the penalty should be paid at the same time.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
20 years
Multiple designs are allowed in one design application only if the designs belong to the same set (usually used or sold at the same time).
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" is accepted.
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
yes