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- 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.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
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IPONZ conducts formal and substantive examinations of designs. IPONZ automatically starts the substantive examination within 15 days of receiving the design application, no need for the applicant to submit a specific request separately, the applicant has 12 months (can be extended up to 3 months) to overcome the defect to meet the grant conditions, IPONZ only examines Novelty of exterior design. Designs can only be transferred to others after they have been granted a patent.
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
- 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.
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" is accepted.
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