no
6 months
yes
no
Filing Language: English Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
- A Brief Description
Attachments (if any):
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- inventor statement
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- translator statement
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).
- Licensing Fee: None.
- Annuity: The patentee is required to renew the design registration within 6 months of the renewal due date. 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.
Designs are entitled to a novelty grace period of 6 months from the filing date/priority date if:
- If a third party maliciously discloses the New Zealand application within 6 months of the filing date/priority date, making the design available to the public
- If a design application is made for a new or original textile product, the first confidential order does not affect the novelty of the application
- For example, when the design is disclosed to the government to assess the merits of the design
- If submitted within 6 months after the opening of the officially recognized exhibition
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
English: Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, abbreviation: IPONZ
Website: Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (iponz.govt.nz)
New Zealand invention patent search: Search Patent case(s) (iponz.govt.nz)
- 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 : 6 months from earliest priority date.