0RGANIZACI6N MUNDIAL 
DEL COMERCIO 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de 
Propiedad lntelectual relacionados con el Comercio RESTRICTED 
IP /N/1/NZL/P /2 
26 de enero de 1996 
(95-0251) 
Original: ingles 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PARRAFO 2 DEL ARTICULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
Nueva Zelandia 
Patentes (incluida la protecci6n de las variedades vegetales) 
En el presente documento se reproducen1 las leyes y reglamentos siguientes notificados por 
Nueva Zelandia en virtud de lo dispuesto en el parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el 
documento IP/N/l/NZL/1): 
Reglamento de Patentes, de 1954 2 
Reglamento de Patentes, de 1954 -Modificaci6n N° 2 82 
Reglamento de Patentes, de 1954 -Modificaci6n N° 3 85 
Reglamento de Patentes, de 1954 -Modificaci6n N° 13 87 
Reglamento de Patentes, de 1954 -Modificaci6n N° 14 95 
Reglamento de Patentes (Aplicaciones transitorias), de 1994 97 
1En ingles solamente. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Serial Number 1954/211 
NEW ZEALAND 
THE PATENTS REGULATIONS 1954 
C. W. l\tf. NORRIE, Governor-General 
ORDER IN COUNCIL 
At the Government Buildings at \Vellington this 7th day of 
December 1954 
Present: 
THE RIGHT HoN. S. G. HoLLAND PRESIDING IN CouNCIL 
PURSUANT to the Patents Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, 
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, 
hereby makes the follmving regulations. 
REGULATIONS 
PART !~PRELIMINARY 
Title, Commencernent, and Arrangement 
1. ( 1) These regulations may be cited as the Patents Regulations 
1954. 
( 2) These regulations shall come into force immediately after the 
commencement of the Patents Act 1953. 
( 3) These regulations are arranged as follows: 
PART I-PRELIMINARY 
1. Ti t I e, commencement, and 
arrangement. 
2. Interpretation. 
PART II-FEES 
3. Fees payable according to First 
Schedule. 
4. Time of payment. 
5. Form of payment. 
6. Payments by post. 
7. Payments from beyond New 
Zealand. 
8. Notice of fees due. 
Price Code: 80-E PART III-FoRMS AND DocuMENTS 
9. Forms prescribed m Second 
Schedule. 
10. Size, etc., of documents. 
11. Duplicate documents. 
12. Numbering of pages. 
PART IV-AGENCY AND 
CORRESPONDENCE 
13. Agents may act for applicants. 
14. Authorization of agent. 
15. Revocation of agent's authority. 
16. Refusal to recognize agent. 
1 7. Addressing of correspondence. 
18. Address for service required in all 
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PART V-APP~ICATIONS FOR PATENTS, 
AND SPECIFICATION s 
19. Appropriate applkation forms to 
be used. 
20. Personal representative to estab­
lish right to act. 
21. Declaration of inventorship m 
certain cases. 
22. Cognate applications. 
23. Date of divisional application. 
24. Division of applications if not 
cognate. 
25. Evidence in support of convention 
applications. 
26. Division of convention application. 
27. Extension of period for filing 
complete specification. 
28. Request for post-dating an appli­
cation. 
PART VI-DRAWINGS 
29. When supplied, drawings to 
accompany specification. 
30. Drawing paper. 
31. Size of sheets, etc. 
32. Preparation of drawings. 
33. Identification of drawings. 
34. Descriptive matter. 
35. Drawings not to be creased. 
36. Drawings filed with provisional 
specification. 
PART VII-EXAMINATION OF 
APPLICATIONS 
3 7. Order of examination. 
38. Examination may be advanced. 
39. Examination procedure under 
section 13 of the Act. 
40. Procedure under section 14 of the 
Act. 
41. Periods in regulation 40 hereof 
may be extended. 
42. Application for result of search. 
43. Reference to prior specification. 
44. Reference to prior patent. 
45. References to applicant includes 
patentee. 
PART VIII-PuTTING APPLICATIONS IN 
ORDER AND A C C E p T A N C E OF 
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION s 
46. Extension of time under section 
19 (2) of the Act. 
47. Extension of time under section 
20 ( 1) of the Act. 
PART IX-OPPOSITION TO GRANT OF 
PATENT 
48. Notice of opposition. 
49. Counterstatement. 
50. Filing of evidence by opponent. 
51. Filing of evidence· by applicant. 
52. Closing of evidence. 
53. Supply of documents, etc., for use 
of Commissioner. 
54. Hearing. 
55. Insertion of reference. 
56. Costs. PART X-REFUSAL OF PATENT 
WITHOUT OPPOSITION 
57. Notice to applicant. 
58. Hearing. 
59. Extension of time. 
PART XI-MENTION OF lNVENTOH AS 
SUCH 
60. Application under section 23 ( 3} 
of the Act. 
61. Application under section 23 (4} 
of the Act. 
62. Extension of time. 
63. Application for certificate under 
section 23 ( 8) of the Act. 
64. Manner of n1ention of inventor. 
PART XII-SuBSTlTUT10N OF 
APPLICANTS, ETC. 
65. Procedure under section 24 ( 1) 
of the Act. 
66. Procedure under section 24 (5) 
of the Act. 
PART XIII-SEALING AND FORM OF 
PATENT 
67. Request for sealing. 
68. Time for sealing under section 
27 (2) of the Act. 
69. Time for sealing under section 
27 (3) of the Act. 
70. Time for sealing under ~ection 
27, ( 4) of the Act. 
71. Form of patent. 
72. Amendment of patent. 
PART XIV-RENEWAL FEES 
73. When payable. 
74. Renewai fees may be paid in 
advance. 
75. Extension of time for payment. 
76. Certificate of payment. 
77. Notice that renewal fee due. 
78. Inventions relating to defence 
or atomic energy. 
PART XV--EXTENSION OF TERM OF 
PATENT 
79. Application. 
80. Advertising of application. 
81. Opposition and evidence. 
82. Hearing. 
83. Unopposed application. 
84. Refe1·ence of application to the 
Court. 
PART XVI--RESTORATION OF LAPSED 
PATE='l'TS 
85. Application. 
86. Preliminary consideration by 
Commissioner. 
87. Opposition. 
88. Action on decision in favour of 
applicant. 
89. Order of Commissioner restoring 
p~~ent to be subject to pro­
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PART XVII-RESTORATION OF LAPSED 
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS WHERE 
PATENT Nor SEALED 
90. Application. 
91. Preliminary consideration by 
Commissioner. 
92. Opposition. 
93. Action on decision in favour of 
applicant. 
94. Order of Commissioner for sealing 
P.a~ent to be subject to pro­
v1s1on. 
PART XVIII-RESTORATION OF APPLl­
CATION \VHERE CoM PLETE SPECIFI­
CATION Nor AccEPTED 
95. Application. 
96. Preliminary consideration by 
Commissioner. > 
97. Opposition. 
98. Order of Commissioner restoring 
appl~c~tion to be subject to 
pro\·1s1on. 
PART XIX-AMENDME~JT OF SPECIFI-
CATION OR APPLICATION FOR 
PATE:\T 
99. Application to amend accepted 
complete specification. 
100. Opposition. 
101. Application to amend unaccepted 
complete specification. 
1 02. Application to amend application 
for patent. 
103. >I e\v specification and drawings 
as amended may be required. 
PART XX-RE\'OCATION AND 
St_'HRE NDER OF PATENT 
104. Application for revocation. 
105. Opposition procedure. 
1 On. Application for surrender. 
107. Form of offer to surrender a 
p,ttc nt. 
108. Opposition. 
PART XXI-\loLVNTARY E:-..:DoRsE-
:\IE:S.T OF PATENTS "LICENCES OF 
RIGHT" 
109. Application under section 44 ( 1) 
of the Act. 
1 10. Applications under section 44 ( 2) 
(a) and (b) of the Act. 
l l 1. Cancellation of endorsement 
under section 45 ( 1) of the 
.-\et. 
112. c~1no·lL1.tion of endorsement 
under sP.ction 45 ( 2) of the 
Act. 
l 13. _·\dvertisemP,nt and opposition. 
114. Balance of renewal fees payable 
on cancellation. PART XXII-CoMPULSORY LICENCE, 
COMPULSORY ENDORSEMENT OF 
PATENT "LICENCES OF RIGHT,,' 
AND REVOCATION 
115. Application under section 46 of 
the Act. 
116. Application under section 49 ( 1) 
of the Act. 
117. Application under section 50 of 
the Act. 
118. Eddence. 
119. Preliminary consideration by 
Commissioner. 
120. Opposition. 
121. Application under section 51 of 
the Act. 
PART XXIII-D1RECTIO~ TO 
Co-O\VNERS 
122. Application under section 64 ( 1) 
of the .-'\et. 
123. Application under section 64 (2) 
of the Act. 
p ART X X I V-D I S P t; T E S A S T 0 
l:s.VE:",;TlO:",;S ~fADE BY EMPLOYEES 
124. .-\pplica tion under section 65 ( 1) 
of the Act. 
PART XXV-REGISTER OF PATE:",;TS 
125. Register to record grant of 
patents. 
126. Alteration of en tries. 
127. Registration of assignments, etc. 
128. Copies of documents. 
129. Public inspection of register, etc. 
130. Payment of renewal fees to be 
entered. 
131. Entry of claim arising from special 
provi-;ion in order for exten­
sion of term of patent. 
132. :\pplication for dispensing \-..·ith 
probate or letters of adminis­
tration. 
PART XXVI-CoRRECT10:--.; oF ERRORS 
133. Application. 
134. Ad\'ertisement. 
135. Opposition. 
136. Hearing. 
PART XXVII -CERTIFICATES A:",;D 
J:..;FOR!\IATIO:",; 
137. Request for certificate. 
138. Certified copies of entries. etc. 
139. Request for information. 
140. Lo-;t patent. IP IN I I /NZL/P /2 
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PART XXVIII _. -EVIDENCE AND 
ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES BEFORE 
COMMISSIONER 
141. Form of evidence. 
142. Preparation. 
143. Manner of making declarations, 
etc. 
144. Recognition of signatures on 
documents. 
145. Further evidence. 
146. Issue of summons. 
14 7. Penalty for non-compliance with 
summons. 
148. Expenses of witness. 
149. Place of hearings. 
PART XXIX-APPLICATIONS TO AND 
ORDERS OF COURT 
150. Service of copy of applicaticn on 
Commissioner. 
151. Action consequent upon Court 
order. 
PART XXX-PATENT ATTORNEYS 
152. Register of patent attorneys. 
153. Publication of entries. 
154. Qualification for registration. 
155. Examination. 
156. Persons entitled to sit examination. 15 7. Entries for examinations an d 
appointment of examiners. 
158. Subjects of examination. 
15Y. Rules for examination. 
160. Requirements for pass. 
161. Renew3l of registration. 
162. Amendment of entries in register 
of· patent attorneys. 
163. Evidence. 
PART XXXI-M1SCELLANEOUS PRO-
VISIONS 
164. Particulars of patent applications 
which may be published. 
165. Sigr.ature of documents. 
166. Exercise of discretionary power 
by Commissioner. 
167. Amendment of documents. 
168. Power of Commissioner to extend 
times. 
169. Power of Commissioner to waive 
requirements. 
170. Destruction of records. 
PART XXXII -REVOCATIONS AND 
SAVINGS 
1 71. Revocations and savings. 
Schedules. 
Interpretation 
2. In these regulations! unless the context otherwise requires:-­
" The Act" means the Patents Act 1953: 
"Agent" means a registered patent attorney, or a solicitor so far 
as he is entitled to practise under the Act, who is duly 
authorized to the satisfaction of the Commissioner: 
"Commonwealth country" means a country that is a member of 
the British Commonwealth of Nations; and includes every 
territory for whose international relations the Government 
of that country is responsible: 
" The register" means the register of patents kept tinder the 
provisions of section 83 of the Act: 
A reference to a numbered form is a reference to the patents forn1 
so numbered in the Second Schedule to these regulations. 
PART II-FEES 
Fees Payable According to First Schedule 
3. The fees to be paid in respect of the grant of patents ~nd applica­
tions therefor and in re~pect of other matters relating to patents arising 
under the Act and these regulations shall be those prescribed in the 
First Schedule hereto. 
Time of Payrnent 
4. Fees and charges payable to the Patent Office shall be paid at 
the time of making an application or request or upon giving notice or 
filing any instrument in respect of which a fee or charge is payable 
under these regulations. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Fann of Payment 
5. All fees shall be paid in cash at the Patent Office. The Com­
n1issioner may: however, accept payments made in any other form, 
but in such case he may delay or cancel the credit until collection is made. 
Payrnents by Post 
6. Money sent by mail to the Patent Office shall be at the risk of 
the sender. 
Payments from Beyond New Zealand 
7. Remittances from beyond New Zealand shall be payable and 
immediately negotiable in New Zealand for the full amount of the 
prescribed fee. 
Notice of Fees Due 
8. The Commissioner may give notice of any fee due or becoming 
due, but no liability shall be incurred by him if he fails to do so, or if 
for any reason the notice, if given, is incorrect in any particular or 
fails to reach the person for whom it is intended. 
PART III-FoRMS AND DocuMENTS 
Forms Prescribed in Second Schedule 
9. The forms set out in the Second Schedule hereto shall be used 
in all cases to which they are applicable, and may be modified as directed 
by the Commissioner. 
Size, etc., of Documents 
10. All documents and copies of documents ( except drawings) 
filed at the Patent Office shall, unless the Commissioner otherwise 
directs, be typewritten, lithographed, or printed in the English language,­
( a) Upon strong white paper of a size approximately 13 in. by 8 in.; 
( b) In legible characters with a perm:::tnent deep black ink; 
( c) With a space of approximately one-quarter of an inch between 
the lines; 
( d) Except in the case of statutory declarations and affidavits, on one 
side only; 
( e) Leaving a 1nargin of at least 1} in. on the left-hand side thereof; 
and 
( /) In the case of provisional and complete specifications, leaving 
a space of about 5 in. blank at the top of the form. 
Duplicate Documents 
11. Duplicate documents, other than drawings, required under these 
regulations may be carbon copies of the original documents: 
Provided that they shall be on paper of good quality and the 
typing shall be black and distinct. 
Numbering of Pages 
12. The pages of complete specifications shall be numbered con~ 
secutively; and the applicant shall, when requested so to do by the 
Commissioner, supply fresh copies of any amended page or pages 
specified by him, and shall, if necessary, renumber the pages of the 
specification. 6 IP JN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Regulations 1954 
PART IV---AGENCY AND CORRESPONDENCE 
Agents May Act for Applicants [1954/211 
13. Any application, request, or notice which is required or permitted 
by the Act or these regulations to be made or given to the Commissioner,. 
and all other communications between an applicant or a person making 
a request or giving a notice and the Commissioner, and between the 
patentee and the Commissioner or any other person, may be signed,. 
made, or given by or through an agent: 
Provided that where an application for a patent is signed by an agent 
a further application signed by the applicant shall be filed within 
four months. 
Authorization of Agent 
14. Any applicant, person making a request or g1vmg notice, or 
patentee, may appoint an agent to act for him in any proceedings 
or matter before or affecting the Commissioner under the Act or these 
regulations by signing and sending to the Commissioner an authority to 
that effect in such written form as the Commissioner may deem suffi­
cient. In the case of any such appointment, service upon the agent 
of any document relating to the proceeding or matter shall be deemed 
to be service upon the person so appointing him, all communications 
directed to be made to the person in respect of the proceeding or matter 
may be addressed to the agent, and all attendances upon the Com­
missioner relating thereto may be made by or through the agent. 
Revocation of Agent's Authority 
15. An authorization of an agent may be revoked at any stage in 
the proceedings, and an agent may withdraw, on giving notice to the 
Commissioner; and when any such authorization is so revoked, or the 
agent has withdrawn, the Patent Office shall communicate directly 
with the applicant or with such other agent as he may appoint. The 
Commissioner shall notify an agent of the revocation of his authority 
or the applicant of the withdrawal of his agent. 
Refusal to Recognize Agent 
16. The Commissioner shall refuse to recognize as agent in respect of 
any proceedings under the Act a person who neither resides nor carries 
on business in New Zealand. 
Addressing of Correspondence 
17. All -letters and other communications relating to matters ansmg 
under the Act or these reguhtions and intended for the Patent Office 
shall be addressed to the Commissioner of Patents, Wellington C. 1. 
When appropriate, a letter may be marked for the attention of a 
particular officer. 
Address for Service Required in All Cases 
18. Every person concerned in any proceedings to which these 
regulations relate and every patentee shall furnish to the Commissioner 
an address for service in New Zealand, and that address may be treated 
for all purposes connected with the proceedings or patent as the address 
of the person concerned in the proceedings or of the patentee. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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PART V-APPLIC:\TIONS FOR PATENTS, AND SPECIFICATIONS 
Appropriate Application Forms to be Used 7 
19. ( 1) An application, other than a convention application, shall 
be made in form 1. 
( 2) A convention application shall be made in form 2. 
( 3) An application for the grant of a patent of addition instead of 
an in<l<:pcndent patent shall be made in form 3. 
(-t) Every application ( other than a convention application) shall 
be accompanied by either a provisional specification in duplicate in 
form 4 or a complete specification in duplicate in form 5; and every 
convention application shall be accompanied by a complete specification 
in duplicate in form 5. 
Personal Representative to Establish Right to Act 
20. In the ca,e of an application, other than a convention applica­
tion, by the personal representative of a deceased person or the assignee 
of the personal representative of a deceased person who, in either 
case~ was entitled to make such an application, the probate of the will 
of the deceased, or the letters of administration of his estate, or an 
official copy of the probate or letters of administration, shall be 
produced at the Patent Office in proof of the personal representative's 
right to act: 
Provided that this regulation shall not apply in any case where the 
Commissioner has dispensed with the production of probate or letters 
of administration pursuant to section 86 of the Act. 
Declaration of I nventorship in Certain Cases 
21. ( 1) In the case of a convention application, and in the case of 
an application accompanied by a provisional specification, a declaration 
in form 6 as to the inventorship of the invention disclosed in the 
complete specification shall be filed with the complete specification or 
subsequently at any time before the expiration of the period allowed 
by or under section 19 of the Act for putting the application in order. 
( 2) On request by the applicant, the Commissioner may if he 
thinks fit dispense with the declaration. 
Cognate Applications 
22. Where, in pursuance of section 9 ( 3) of the Act, the Com­
missioner allows a single complete specification to be proceeded with in 
respect of two or more applications in respect of which two or more 
complete specifications have been filed, the single complete specification 
may include any matter disclosed in a~y of the said specifications and 
shall be deemed to have been filed on such date, not earlier than the 
earliest date on which all the matter disclosed in the said single complete 
specification has been disclosed to the Patent Office in or in connection 
with the applications, as the Commissioner may direct. 
Date of Divisional Application 
23. (I) Where an applicant has made an application for a patent, 
and, before the acceptance of the complete specification, makes a fresh 
application for a patent for matter included in the first mentioned 
application or in any specification filed in pursuance thereof, the 8 Patents Regulations 1954 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Commissioner may direct that the fresh application or any specification 
filed in pursuance thereof shall be ante-dated to a date not earlier than 
the date of filing of the first mentioned application or specification if 
the applicant includes in the fresh application a request to that effect. 
(2) The Commissioner may require such amendment of the complete 
specification filed in pursuance of either of the said applications as may 
be necessary to ensure that neither of the said complete specifications 
includes a claim for matter claimed in the other. 
Division of Applications if Not Cognate 
24. Where a complete specification has been filed pursant to two 
or more applications accompanied by provisional s1Ycifications for 
inventions which the applicant believes to be cognate or modifications one 
of another and the Commissioner is of opinion that such inventions are 
not cognate or modifications one of another, the Commissioner may 
allow the complete specification to be divided into such number of 
complete specifications as _may be necessary to enable the applications to 
be proceeded with as two or more separate applications for patents. 
Evidence in Support of Convention Applications 
25. ( 1) In addition to the specification filed with every convention 
application, there shall be filed with the application, or within three 
months thereafter, a copy of the specification and drawings or documents 
filed in respect of the relevant application for protection in a convention 
country or of each such apr:: ~ication, duly certified by the official chief 
or head of the Patent Office of the convention country, or otherwise 
verified to the satisfaction of tl 1~ Commissiouer. 
(2) If any specification or other document relating to the application 
1s 1n a foreign language, it shall be accompanied by a translation thereof 
into the English language verified by statutory declaration or other­
wise to the satisfaction of the Commissioner. 
Division of Convention Application 
26. \\There a single convention application has been made in respect 
of all or part of the inventions in respect of which two or more applica­
tions for protection have been made in one or more convention countries, 
and the Examiner reports that the claims of the specification filed with 
the said convention application relate to more than one invention, the 
Commissioner may allow one or more further applications to be filed 
and the specification to be divided into such number of specifications 
as may be necessary to enable two or more separate convention 
applications to be proceeded with, and may direct that the said 
applications be deemed to have been filed on the date:, of filing of the 
original application. 
Extension of Period for Filing Complete Specification 
27. A request for an extension of time for filing a complete specifica­
tion up to a period not exceeding fifteen months from the date of filing 
of the application shall be made in form 7. 
Request for Post-dating an Application 
28. Where an applicant for a patent desires that his application shall 
be post-dated in pursuance of the provisions of section 12 ( 3) of the 
Act, he shall make a request in form 8. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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PART VI-DRAWINGS 
f'Vhen Supplied, Drawings to Accompany Specification 9 
29. Drawings, when supplied, shall accompany the provisional or 
complete specification to which t!ley refer, except in the case provided 
for by regulation 36 hereof. A true copy of the original drawings shall 
be filed at the same time as the original drawings. 
Drawing Paper 
30. ( 1) Drawings shall be made on pure white tough drawing paper, 
not thinner than 100 sheets to the inch, of smooth surface and good 
quality, and without colour or washes. 
( 2) Mounted drawings may not be used. 
Size of Sheets, etc. 
31. ( 1) Drawings shall be on sheets which measure from 13 in. to 
13i in. from top to bottom and are from 8 in. to Bi in. wide, and a clear 
margin of half an inch shall be left at the edges of the sheet. 
( 2) An exceptionally large figure may be continued on subsequent 
sheets. 
( 3) No more sheets shall be employed than are necessary. 
( 4) The figures shall be numbered consecutively without regard to 
the number of sheets, and shall as far as po~sible be arranged in numerical 
order, separated by a sufficient space to keep them distinct. 
( 5) Where figures on a number of sheets form in effect a single 
complete figure, they shall be so arranged that the complete figure can 
be assembled without concealing any part of another figure. 
Pre pa ration of Drawings 
32. Drawings shall be prepared in accordance with the following 
requirements: 
(a) They shall be executed with absolutely black ink: 
( b) Each line shall be firmly and evenly drawn, sharply defined, 
and of the same strength throughout: 
( c) Section lines, lines for effect, and shading lines shall be as few as 
possible, and shall not be closely drawn: 
( d) Shading lines shall not contrast excessively in thickness with 
the general lines of the drawing: 
( e) Sections and shading shall not be represented by solid black or 
washes: 
(/) They shall be on a scale sufficiently large to show the invention 
clearly, and only so much of the apparatus, machine, or 
article may appear as effects this purpose: 
(g) If the scale is given, it shall be drawn and not denoted by 
words, and no dimensions may be marked on the drawings: 
( h) Where convenient, the figures shall be drawn in an upright 
position in regard to the top and bottom of the sheet: 
( i) Subject to any special directions of the Commissioner in any 
particuiar case, reference letters and numerals and index 
letters and numerals used in conjunction therewith shall be 
bold, distinct, and not less than one-eighth of an inch in 
height; the same letters or numerals shall be used in different 
views of the same parts; and where the reference letters or 
numerals are shown outside the parts referred to they shall 
be connected with the said part-, by fine lines. 10 Patents Regulations 1954 
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33. ( 1) Drawings shall bear in the right hand bottom corner 
particulars sufficient to identify the applicant and the signature of the 
applicant or his agent. 
( 2) The title of the invention shall not appear on the drawings. 
Descriptive Malter 
34. ( 1) No descriptive matter shall appear on constructional 
drawings, but drawings in the nature of flow sheets may bear descriptive 
matter to show the materials used and the chemical or other reactions 
or treatments effected in carrying out the invention. 
( 2) Drawings showing a number of instruments or units of 
apparatus and their inter-connections, either mechanical or electrical, 
where each such instrument or unit is shown only symbolically, may 
bear such descriptive matter as is necessary to identify the instruments 
or units or their inter-connections. 
( 3) Such descriptive matter shall be in absolutely black ink, and 
the letters shall not be less than one-quarter of an inch in height. 
( 4) No drawing or sketch, other than a graphic chemical formula 
or a mathematical formula, symbol, or equation, shall appear in the 
verbal part of the specification, and if such a formula, symbol, or equation 
is used therein a copy thereof, prepared in the same manner as drawings,. 
shall be furnished if the Commissioner so directs. 
Drawings Not to be Creased 
35. Drawings shall be delivered at the Patent Office free from folds, 
breaks, or creases which would render them unsuitable for reproduction 
by photography. 
Drawings Filed With Provisional Specification 
36. If an applicant desires to adopt the drawings filed with his 
provisional specification as the drawings or part of the drawings for his 
complete specification, he shall refer to them in the complete specification 
as those filed with the provisional specification. 
PART VII-EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS 
Order of Examination 
37. Applications with their specification or specifications shall be 
referred by the Commissioner to an examiner in the order in which 
the complete specifications are filed and, except as otherwise provided 
in these regulations, shall be taken up by the examiner for examination 
and investigation in that order. 
Examination May be Advanced 
38. An application and its specification or specifications may be 
advanced out of turn for examination and investigation at the direction 
of the Commissioner-
( a) To expedite the business of the Office; or 
( b) For good and substantial reasons at the request of the applicant 
made in form 9. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Examination Procedure Under Section 13 of the Act 11 
39. ( 1) When the examiner, in making the investigation under 
section 13 of the Act, reports that the invention so far as claimed in 
any claim of the complete specification has been published in any 
specification or other document. falling within subs~ction ( 1) or subsection 
( 2) of that section, the applicant shall be so informed and shall be 
afforded an opportunity of amending his specification. 
( 2) If the examiner finds that substantially the whole of the invention 
claimed has been published in one or more such specifications or 
documents he may, without continuing the investigation, make a 
provisional report to that effect. 
( 3) If the applicant replies to the examiner's objections or amends 
his specification and the examiner is not satisfied either that the inven­
tion so far as claimed in any claim has not been published in any 
specification or other document cited by the examiner or that the priority 
date of the claim is not later than the <late on which the relevant 
document was published, the applicant shall be given an opportunity 
to be heard in the matter if he so requests. 
( 4) \Vhcther or not the applicant has replied or amended his 
specification, the Commissioner may appoint a hearing if he considers 
it desirable to do so, having regard to the time remaining for putting 
the application in order or other circumstances of the case. 
( 5) \Vhen a hearing is appointed, tlw applicant shall be given not 
less than ten days' notice of the appointment, unless in the opinion 
of the Commissioner a shorter notice is reasonable, and the applicant 
shall as soon as possible notify the Commis-.,ioner whether he will attend 
the hearing. 
( 6) After hearing the applicant, or without a hearing if the applicant 
has not attended or has notified that he does not desire to be heard, 
the Commissioner may prescribe or permit such amendment of the 
specification as will be to his satisfaction, and may refuse to accept the 
specification unless the amendment is made within such period as he 
may fix. 
Procedure Under Section 14 of the Act 
40. ( 1) When the examiner reports that the invention so far as 
c1aimed in any claim of the complete specification is claimed in any 
claim of any other complete specification falling within subsection ( 1) 
or subsection ( 3) of section 14 of the Act, the applicant shall be so 
informed and shall be afforded an opportunity of amending, or sub­
mitting amendments of, his specification. 
( 2) If, when the applicant's specification is otherwise in order for 
acceptance, an objection under section 14 of the Act is outstanding, 
the Commissioner may accept the specification and fix a period (being 
not less than two months from the date of its publication) for removing 
the objection. ' 
( 3) If an objection under section 14 of the Act is communicated 
to the applicant after acceptance of the specification, the Commissioner 
shall fix a period (being not less than two months from the date of the 
communication) for removing the objection. 
( 4) If the applicant so requests at any time, or if the examiner 
is not satisfied that the objection has been met within the period 
prescribed by this regulation, including any extension thereof which 
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appointed and the applicant shall be given not less than ten days' 
notice of the appointment and shall as soon as possible notify the 
Commissioner whether he will attend the hearing. 
( 5) After hearing the applicant, or without a hearing if the applicant 
has not attended or has notifiec;l that he does not desire to be heard, 
the Commissioner may prescribe or permit such amendment of the 
specification as will be to his satisfaction and may direct that a reference 
to such other specification as he shall mention shall be inserted in the 
applicant's specification unless the amendment is made or agreed to 
within such period as he may fix. 
Periods in Regulation 40 Hereof Af ay Be Extended 
41. The periods mentioned in regulation 40 hereof may be extended 
if a request for such extension is made in form 10 at any time within 
the extended period specified in the request: 
Provided that the total extension of either period allowed under 
this provision shall not exceed six months. 
Application for Result of Search 
42. An application under the proviso to section 91 (2) of the Act 
for disclosure of the result of a search made under sections 13 and 14 
of the Act or of information furnished under section 15 ( b) ( i) of 
the Act shall be made in form 11. 
Reference to Prior Specification 
43. When, in pursuance of regulation 40 ( 5) hereof, the Commissioner 
directs that reference to another specification shall be inserted in the 
applicant's complete specification, the reference shall be inserted after 
the claims and shall be in the fallowing form: 
4
' Reference has been directed, in pursuance of section 14 
of the Patents Act 1953, to specification No ......................... " 
Reference to Prior Patent 
44. ( 1) vVhen in making the investigations under sections 13 and 
14 of the Act it appears to the examiner that the applicant's invention 
cannot be performed without substantial risk of infringement of a 
claim of another patent, the applicant shall be so informed and the 
procedure provided in regulations 40 and 41 hereof shall apply. 
( 2) When, pursuant to that procedure, the Commissioner directs 
that reference to a patent shall be inserted in th·e applicant's complete 
specification, the reference shall be inserted after the claims and shall 
be in the following form: 
" Reference has been directed, in pursuanoe of section 16 
( 1) of the Patents Act 1953, to patent No ........................ :" 
(3) An application under subsection (2) of section 16 of the Act 
for the deletion of a reference inserted pursuant to a direction under 
subsection ( 1) of that section shall be made in form 12, and shall 
state fully the facts relied upon in support of the application. 
Reference to Applicant Includes Patentee 
45. In the application of regulations 40, 43, and 44 hereof to 
proceedings subsequent to the grant o.f the patent, references to the 
patentee shall be substituted for references to the applicant. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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PART VIII-PuTTING APPLICATIONS IN ORDER AND ACCEPTANCE OF 
COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS 
Extension of Time Under Section 19 (2) of the Act 
46. A notice under Sl 1bsection ( 2) of section 19 of the Act requesting 
an extension of the period allowable under subsection ( 1) of that section 
for putting an application in order shall be given in form 13. 
Extension of Time Under Section 20 { 1) of the Act 
47. A notice under the proviso to section 20 ( 1) of the Act requesting 
postponement of the acceptance of a complete specification to a date 
later than fifteen months from its date of filing shall be given in form 14. 
PART IX-OPPOSITION TO GRANT OF PATENT 
Notice of Opposition 
48. ( 1) A notice of opposition to the grant of a patent­
( a) Shall be given in form 15; 
( b) Shall state the ground or grounds on which the opponent 
intends to oppose the grant; and 
( c) Shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement (in 
duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the opponent's 
interest, the facts upon which he relies, and the relief which 
he seeks. 
( 2) A copy of the notice and of the statement shall be sent by 
the Commissioner to the applicant. 
( 3) An application under the proviso to section 21 ( 2) of the Act 
for an extension of the period for filing a notice of opposition shall be 
in form 16. 
Counterstatement 
49. If the applicant desires to proceed with his application he shall, 
within two months of the receipt by him of the copies specified in 
regulation 48 hereof, file a counterstatement setting out fully the grounds 
upon which the opposition is contested and deliver to the opponent 
a copy thereof. If the applicant does not file a counterstatement within 
the time allowed, he shall be deemed to have abandoned his application. 
Filing of Evidence by Opponent 
50. The opponent may within two months from the receipt of the 
copy of the counterstatement file evidence in support of his case and 
shall deliver to the applicant a copy of the evidence. 
Filing of Evidence by Applicant 
51. Within two months from the receipt of the copy of the opponent's 
evidence or, if the opponent does not file any evidence, within two 
months from the expiration of the time within which the opponent's 
evidence might have been filed, the applicant may file evidence in 
support of his case and shall deliver to the opponent a copy of the 14 Patents Regulations 1954 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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evidence; and within two months from the receipt of the copy of the 
applicant's evidence the opponent may file evidence confined to matters 
strictly in reply and shall deliver to the applicant a copy of the evidence. 
Closing of Evidence 
52. No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by 
leave or direction of the Commissioner. 
Supply of Documents, etc., for Use of Commissioner 
53. ( 1) Copies of all documents, other than New Zealand specifich­
tions, referred to in the notice of opposition or in any statement or 
evidence filed in connection with the opposition, authenticated to the 
satisfaction of the Commissioner, shall be furnished ( in duplicate) for 
the Commissioner's use, unless he otherwise directs. 
( 2) Where a specification or other document in a foreign language 
is referred to, a translation thereof, verified by statutory declaration or 
otherwise to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, and two copies of 
the translation, shall also be furnished. 
Hearing 
54. ( 1) On completion of the evidence ( if any), or if any party 
has not complied with the provisions of regulations 49 to 51 hereof 
at such other time ( whether before or after the evidence has been 
filed) as the Commissioner thinks fit, the Commissioner shall appoint 
a time for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties not less 
than fourteen days' notice of the appointment. 
( 2) If either party desires to be heard, he shall notify the Com­
mission.er in form 17, and the Commissioner may refuse to hear 
either party who has not filed notice in the said form prior to the time 
of the hearing. 
( 3) If either party intends to refer at the hearing to any publication 
not already mentioned in the proceedings, he shall give to the other 
party and to the Commissioner not less than ten days' notice of his 
intention, together with details of each publication to which he intends 
to refer. 
( 4) After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, if 
neither party desires to be heard, then without a hearing, the Com­
missioner shall decide the case and notify his decision to the parties. 
I n.sertion of Reference 
55. If in consequence of the proceedings the Commissioner directs 
that a reference to another patent shall be inserted in the applicant's 
specification under section 16 ( 1) of the Act, the reference shall be as 
prescribed by regulation 44 ( 2) hereof. 
Costs 
56. If the applicant notifies the Commissioner that he does not desire 
to proceed with the application, the Commissioner ( in deciding whether 
costs should· be awarded to the opponent) shall consider whether 
proceedi~gs might have been avoided if the opponent had given reason­
abl~ notice to the applicant before the opposition was filed. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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PART X-REFUSAL OF PATENT WITHOUT OPPOSITION 
Notice to Applicant 15 
57. If at any time after the acceptance of a complete specification 
and before the grant of the patent it comes to the notice of the 
Commissioner, otherwise than in consequence of proceedings in opposition 
to the grant, that the invention so far as claimed in any claim of the 
complete specification has been published in any specification or other 
document falling within section 22 ( 1) of the Act, the applicant shall 
be so informed and shall be allowed a period of two months within 
which to submit such amendment of his specification as will be to the 
Commissioner's satisfaction . 
._. Hearing 
58. ( 1) If the specification has not been amended to the Com­
missioner's satisfaction within the period allowed under regulation 57 
hereof including any extension thereof which the Commissioner may 
allow, a time for hearing the applicant shall be appointed, and the 
applicant shall be given at least ten days' notice of the appointment, 
and shall as soon as possible notify the Commissioner whether he will 
attend the hearing. 
( 2) After hearing the applicant, or without a hearing if the applicant 
has not attended or has notified that he does not desire to be heard, the 
Commissioner may prescribe or permit such amendment of the specifica­
tion as will be to his satisfaction and may refuse to grant a patent unless 
the amendment is made or agreed to within such period as he may fix. 
Extension of Time 
59. The periods mentioned in regulations 57 and 58 hereof may be 
extended if a request for such extension is made in form 10 at any 
time within the extended period specified in the request: 
Provided that the total extension of either period allowed under this 
provision shall not exceed six months. 
PART XI-MENTION oF INVENTOR AS SvcH 
Application Under Section 23 (3) of the Act 
60. A request by the applicant for a patent, or, if the actual deviser 
of the invention or of a substantial part thereof is not the applicant 
or one of the applicants, by the applicant and the said deviser, under 
section 23 ( 3) of the Act shall be made in form 18 and shall be 
accompanied by a statement setting out fully the facts relied upon. 
Application Under Section 23 (4) of the Act 
61. ( 1) A claim under section 23 ( 4) of the Act shall be made in 
form 19, and shall be accompanied by a statement setting out fully the 
facts relied upon. 
( 2) A copy of the claim and of the statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to every applicant for the patent (not being the claimant) 
and to any other person whom the Commissioner may consider to be 
interested; and the claimant shall supply a sufficient number of copies 
for that purpose. 
( 3) The Commissioner may give such directions ( if any) as he 
may think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. 16 Patents Regulations 1954 
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62. An application under section 23 ( 5) of the Act for an extension 
of the period for making a request or claim shall be made in form 20. 
Application For Certificate Under Section 23 (8) of the Act 
63. ( 1) An application under section 23 ( 8) of the Act for a 
certificate shall be made in form 21, and shall he accompanied by a 
statement setting out fully the facts relied upon. 
( 2) A copy of the application and of the statement_ shall be sent 
by the Commissioner to each patentee (not being the applicant), to 
the person mentioned as the actual deviser, and to any other person 
whom the Commissioner may consider to be interested, and the applicant 
shall supply a sufficient number of copies for that purpose .• 
( 3) The Commissioner may give such direction ( if any) as he may 
think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. 
Manner of Mention of Inventor 
64. Any mention of an actual deviser as inventor under section 23 
( 1) of the Act may be made in the patent after the name of the Com­
missioner, and on the complete specification at the head of form 5, 
anc.i may be in the form "The inventor of this invention in the sense 
of being the actual deviser thereof within the meaning of section 23 
of the Patents Act 1953 is .... , of .. . ........ ", or "The inventor 
of a substantial part of this invention in the sense of being the actual 
deviser thereof within the meaning of section 23 of the Patents Act 
1953 is . , of ", as the case may require. 
PART XII-SuBSTITUTION OF APPLICANTS, Ere. 
Procedure Under Section 24 (I) of the Act 
65. ( 1) A claim under section 24 ( 1) of the Act that an application 
for a patent shall proceed in the name of the claimant or in the names 
of the claimant and the applicant or the other joint applicant or 
applicants shall be made in form 22, and shall be accompanied by a 
certified copy of any assignment or agreement upon which the claim 
is based. 
( 2) The original assignment or agreement shall also be produced 
for the Commissioner's inspection, and the Commissioner may call for 
such other proof of title or written consent as he may require. 
Procedure Under Section 24 (5) of the Act 
66. ( 1) An application under section 24 ( 5) of the Act by a JOmt 
applicant for the directions of the Commissioner as to the names or 
manner in which an application for a patent shall be proceeded with 
sha11 be made in form 23, and shall be accompanied by a statement 
setting out fully the facts upon which the applicant relies and the 
directions which he seeks. 
( 2) A copy of the application and statement ·shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to e;.1ch other joint applicant; and the person making 
the application under section 24 ( 5) of the Act shall supply a sufficient 
number of copies for that purpose. 
( 3) The Commissioner may give such directions as he may think 
fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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PART XIII-SEALING AND FORM OF PATENT 
Request for Sealing 17 
67. A request for the sealing of a patent on an application shall be 
made in form 24. 
Time for Scaling Under Section 27 (2) of the Act 
68. The period within which a request for the sealing of a patent 
may be made under proviso (a) to section 27 ( 2) of the Act shall be 
two months from the date of the final determination of the proceedings. 
Time for Sealing Under Section 27 (3) of the Act 
69. ( 1) An application under section 27 ( 3) of the Act for the 
extension of the period for making a request for the sealing of a patent 
shall be made in form 25. 
( 2) The extension shall not be more than three months. 
Time for Sealing Under Section 27 (4) of the Act 
70. ( 1) An application under section 27 ( 4) of the Act for extension 
of the period for making a request for the sealing of a patent shall be 
made in form 26. 
( 2) The extension shall not be more than six months on any one 
application under ~ection 27 ( 4) of the Act. 
Form of Patent 
71. A patent shall be in the form A or form B (whichever is 
applicable) set out in the Third Schedule to these regulations, or such 
modification of either of these forms as the Commissioner directs. 
Amendment of Patent 
72. An application under section 28 of the Act for the amendment 
of a patent shall be made in form 27, and shall be accompanied by 
evidence verifying the statements therein and by the letters patent. 
PART XIV-RE:--;E\VAL FEES 
iv hen Payable 
73. A person who desires to keep a patent in force shall file a request 
in form 28 before the expiration of the period prescribed in the first 
column of the Fourth Schedule hereto and shall pay the renewal fee 
prescribed in the second column of that Schedule: 
Provided that~ where a patent is sealed after the expiration of the 
first period or any succeeding period ( except in cases mentioned in 
regulation 78 hereof), a request in form 28 in respect of the second 
period and any succeeding period may be filed at any time before the 
expiration of four months from the date of sealing the patent. 
Renewal Fees May Be Paid in Advance 
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75. A request for extension of the period for payment of any renewal 
fee shall be made in form 29. 
Certificate of Payment 
76. On due compliance with the terms of regulation 73 hereof, the 
Commissioner shall issue a certificate in form 30 that the prescribed fee 
has been duly paid. 
Notice that Renewal Fee Due 
77. \Vhere any renewal fee is due or becomes due in respect of any 
pate.nt the Commissioner may send to the patentee at his address for 
service and to the person who paid the last renewal fee a notice of the 
date when the payment is due, and of the consequences of non-payment. 
Inventions Relating to Defence or Atomic Energy 
78. Where directions given by the Commissioner under section 
25 ( 1) or under section 26 ( 1) of the Act prohibiting the publication 
of information with respect to an invention forming the subject of an 
application for a patent have been revoked and a patent is granted 
on the application, no renewal fees shall be payable in respect of any 
period which commenced in the period during which the directions 
were in force. 
PART XV-EXTENSION OF TERM. OF PATENT 
Application 
79. ( 1) An application to the Commissioner under section 31, 
section 32, or section 33 of the Act for an order extending the term of a 
patent shall be made in form 31. 
(2) The application shall state the period of the extension which 
is sought and shall be supported by evidence setting out fully the facts 
relied upon, such evidence being filed either with the application or at 
any time within three months from the date thereof. 
Advertisement of Application 
80. The Commissioner shall forthwith advertise an application 
under regulation 79 hereof in two issues of the Journal, and the 
applicant shall notify registered licensees, and ( in the case of an 
application under section 33 of the Act) the patentee, of the 
advertisement: 
Provided that where the supporting evidence is not filed with the 
application, the second advertisement of the application shall be made 
after the evidence has been filed. 
Opposition and Evidence 
81. ( 1) At any time within two months from the date of the 
second advertisement of the application in the Journal any person 
may give notice of opposition. 
( 2) Such notice shall be in form 32, and shall be accompanied by a 
copy thereof together with a statement ( in duplicate) setting out 
fully the nature of the opponent's interest, the grounds of opposition 
and the relief which he seeks. ' IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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( 3) Evidence ( in duplicate) of the facts upon which he relies shall 
be filed within one month of the filing of the notice. 
( 4) A copy of the notice, the statement, and the evidence, shall 
be sent by the Commissioner to the applicant, who within two months 
from the receipt thereof may file evidence confined to matters strictly 
in reply and shall deliver to the opponent a copy of the evidence. 
( 5) No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by leave 
or direction of the Commissioner. 
(6) An opponent shall be entitled at his own expense to be supplied 
by the applicant with a copy of the application and of any evidence 
filed in support. 
Hearing 
82. ( 1) On completion of the evidence or at such other time 
as he may see fit, the Commissioner shall appoint a time for the hearing 
of the case, and shall give the parties at least fourteen days' notice of 
the appointment. 
(2) If either party desires to be heard he shall notify the Com­
missioner in form 1 7, and the Commissioner may refuse to hear any 
party who has not filed notice in the said form prior to the time of 
the hearing. 
( 3) After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, 
if neither party desires to be heard, then without a hearing, the 
Commissioner shall decide the case and notify his decision to the parties. 
Unopposed Application 
83. If no notice of opposition to the application 1s given the 
Commissioner shall, on the expiration of the period prescribed by 
regulation 82 ( 1) hereof, after hearing the applicant if desiring to be 
heard, decide the case and notify his decision to the applicant. 
Reference of Application to the Court 
84. If at any stage of the application the Commissioner decides to 
refer the application for decision by the Court, he shall notify every 
party to the proceedings accordingly. 
PART XVI-RESTORATION OF LAPSED PATENTS 
Application 
85. ( 1) An application under section 35 of the Act for restoration 
of a patent shall be made in form 33. 
( 2) Evidence in support of the statements made in the application 
shall be filed within three months of the date of the application. 
Preliminary Consideration by Commi-csioner 
86. ( 1 ) If upon consideration of the evidence the Commissioner 
is not satisfied that a prima facie case for an order under section 35 
of the Act has been made out, he shall notify the applicant accordingly 
and, unless within one month the applicant requests to be heard in 
the matter, the Commissioner shall refuse the application. 
( 2) If the applicant requests a hearing within the time allowed, 
the Commissioner ( after giving the applicant an opportunity of being 
heard) shall determine whether the application may proceed to 
advertisement or whether it shall be refused. '20 Patents Regulations 1954 
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87. ( 1) At any time within two months of the advertisement of the 
application under section 35 ( 4) of the Act, any person may give notice 
of opposition thereto in form 34. 
( 2) The notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof together 
with a statement (in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the 
opponent's interest and the facts upon which he relies. 
( 3) A copy of the notice and of the statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the applicant. 
( 4) Upon notice of opposition being given the provisions of regula­
tions 49 to 54 hereof shall apply. 
Action on Decision in Favour of Applicant 
88. If the Commissioner decides in favour of the applicant, he shal1 
notify him accordingly, and require him to file memoranda in forms 28 
and 35. 
Order of Commissioner Hestoring Patent to be Subject to Provisions 
89. For the protection of persons who have begun to avail themselves 
of the patented invention between the date when the patent ceased to 
have effect and the date of the application, every order of the Com­
missioner restoring a patent shall be subject to the following provisions: 
(a) No action or other proceeding shall be commenced or prosecuted 
nor any damages recovered in respect of any manufacture, 
use, or sale of the invention the subject of the patent in the 
interim period as hereinafter defined by any person (not 
being a licensee under the patent at the date when it ceased 
to have effect), who after such date and before the date of 
the application has made, used, exercised, or sold the invention 
the subject of the patent or has manufactured or installed any 
plant, machinery, or apparatus claimed in the specification 
of the patent or for carrying out a method or process so 
claimed; and any such person shall be deemed to have so 
acted with the licence of the patentee and shall . thereafter 
be entitled to continue to make, use, exercise, or sell the 
invention without infringement of the patent to the extent 
hereinafter _specified, that it to say: 
(i) In so far as the complete specification of the patent 
claims an article ( other than plant, machinery, or apparatus 
or part thereof as specified in subparagraph (ii) of this 
paragraph) and any article so claimed has been manufactured 
by him during the said interim period, that particular article 
may at all times be used or sold : 
(ii) In so far as the complete specification claims any 
plant, machinery, or apparatus or part thereof for the 
production of an article~ then any particular plant. machinery, 
or apparatus or part thereof so claimed which has been 
manufactured or in~talled by him durin.~ the said interim 
period, and the products thereof, may at all times be used 
or sold and so that in the event of any such plant, machinery, 
apparatus, or part thereof being impaired by wear or tear 
or accidentally destroyed a like licence shall extend to any 
replacement thereof and to the products of any such 
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(b) (iii) In so far as the complete specification claims any 
process for the making or treating of any article or any method 
or process of testing, any particular plant, machinery, or 
apparatus which during the said interim period has been 
manufactured or installed by him or exclusively or mainly 
used by him for carrying on the method or process may at 
all times be so used or continue to be so used and the products 
thereof may at all times be used or sold and so that in the 
event of any such plant, machinery, or apparatus being 
impaired by wear or tear or accidentally destroyed a l~ke 
licence shall extend to such method or process when earned 
on in any replacement of such plant, machinery, or apparatus 
and to the products of the process so carried on: 
In this regulation the term " article " has the meaning specified 
in section 2 of the Patents Act 1953, and the term " interim 
period " means the period between the date when the pa tent 
ceased to have effect and the date of the Order. 
PART XVII-RESTORATION OF LAPSED APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS 
\,VHERE PATENT NoT SEALED 
Application 
90. ( 1) An application under section 36 of the Act for the sealing 
of a pa tent shall be made in form 36. 
( 2) Evidence in support of the statements made in the application 
shall be filed within three months of the date of the application. 
Preliminary Consideration by Commissioner 
91. ( 1) If upon consideration of the evidence the Commissioner is 
not satisfied that a prima facie case for an order under section 36 of the 
Act has been made out he shall notify the applicant accordingly, and 
unless within one month from the notification the applicant requests 
to be heard in the matter, the Commissioner shall refuse the application. 
( 2) If the applicant requests a hearing within the time allowed, the 
Commissioner, after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, 
shall determine whether the application may proceed to advertisement 
or whether it shall be refused. 
Opposition 
92. ( 1) At any time within two months of the advertisement of an 
application under section 36 ( 3) of the Act any person may give notice 
of opposition thereto in form 37. 
( 2) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof together 
with a statement ( in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the 
opponent's interest and the facts upon which he relies. 
( 3) A copy of the notice and statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the applicant. 
( 4) Upon notice of opposition being given the provisions of 
regulations 49 to 54 hereof shall apply. 
Action on Decision in Favour of Applicant 
93. If the Commissioner decides in favour of the applicant, he shall 
notify the applicant accordingly and require him to file a memorandum 
in form 38 together with a request in form 24. 22 Patents Regulations 1954 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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Order of Commissioner for Sealing Patent to be Subject to Provision 
94. Every order of the Commissioner under section 36 of the Act 
for the sealing of a patent shall be subject to the same provision for 
the protection of persons who have begun to avail themselves of 
the invention between the date when the time allowed by or under 
section 27 of the Act for making the prescribed request for sealing 
expired, and the date of the application for an order for sealing, as 
are specified in regulation 89 hereof for the protection of persons who 
have begun to avail themselves of a patented invention between the 
date \vhen the patent ceased to have effect and the date of the applica­
tion for restoration, there being substituted for references to the date 
when the patent ceased to have effect references to the date when the 
time allowed by or under section 27 of the Act for making the request 
for sealing expired. 
PART XVIII-RESTORATIO="J OF APPLICATION \VHERE COMPLETE 
SPECIFICATION NoT AccEPTED 
Application 
95. ( 1) An application under section 3 7 of the Act for restoration 
of an application and extension of the period for complying with the 
requirements imposed on the applicant by or under the Act shall 
be made in form 39. 
( 2) Evidence in support of the statements made in the application 
shall be filed within three months of the date of the application. 
Preliminary Consideration by Commissioner 
96. ( 1) If upon consideration of the evidence the Commissioner is 
not satisfied that a prima facie case for an order under section 37 
of the Act has been made ouL he shall notify the applicant accordingly; 
and unless within one month from the notification the applicant requests 
to be heard in the matter, the Commissioner shall refuse the application. 
( 2) If the applicant requests a hearing within the time allowed, the 
Commissioner: after giving the applicant an opportunity of being-heard, 
shall determine whether the application may proceed to advertisement 
or whether it shall be refused. 
0 p position 
97. ( 1) At any time ·within two months of the advertisement of 
the application under section 37 ( 3) of the Act any person may give 
notice of opposition thereto in fonn 40. 
( 2) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof together 
with a statement ( in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the 
opponent's interest and the facts upon which he relies. 
( 3) A copy of the notice and of the statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the applicant. 
( 4) Upon notice of opposition being given the provisions of regula-­
tions 49 to 54 hereof shall apply. IP IN/ 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Order of Commissioner Restoring Application to be Subject to 
Provisions 23 
98. Every order of the Commissioner under section 3 7 of the Act 
for the restoration of an application and extension of the period for 
complying with the requirements imposed on the applicant by or 
under the Act shall be subject to the same provisions for the protection 
of persons who have begun to avail themselves of the invention between 
the date when the period prescribed by section 19 of the Act, and 
every extension of that period granted under that section or under 
section 93 of the Act for complying with all the requirements imposed 
on the applicant by or under the Act expired, and the date of the 
application for an order under section 3 7 of the Act, as are specified in 
regulation 89 hereof for the protection of persons who have begun to 
avail themselves of a patented invention between the date when the 
patent ceased to have effect and the date of the application for 
restoration, there being substituted for references to the date when the 
patent ceased to have effect references to the date when the period 
prescribed by section 19 of the Act and every extension of that period 
granted under that section or under section 93 of the Act for complying 
with all the requirements imposed on the applicant by or under the Act 
expired. 
PART XIX-AMENDMENT OF SPECIFICATION OR APPLICATION 
FOR PATENT 
Application to Amend Accepted Complete Specification 
99. ( 1) An application to the Commissioner for leave to amend an 
accepted complete specification under section 38 of the Act shall be 
made in form 41 and, subject to the proviso to section 38 ( 3) of 
the Act, shall be advertised by publication of the application and the 
nature of the proposed amendment in the Journal, and in such other 
manner, if any, as the Commissioner may in each case direct. 
( 2) Unless the Commissioner otherwise directs, an application or 
proposal for amendment of an accepted complete specification shall be 
accompanied by a copy of the specification and drawings clearly showing 
in red ink the amendment sought. 
Opposition 
100. ( 1) Any person wishing to oppose the application shall, within 
one month from the date of the advertisement in the Journal, or such 
further period not exceeding three months from the said date as the 
Commissioner may in special cases allow, give notice to the Com­
missioner in form 42. 
( 2) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a state­
ment (in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the opponent's 
interest, the facts upon which he relies, and the relief which he seeks. 
A copy of the notice and of the s ta temen t shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the applicant. 
(3) Upon such notice of opposition being given and a copy thereof 
sent to the applicant the provisions of regulations 49 to 54 hereof shall 
apply. 24 Patents Regulations 1954 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Application to Amend Unaccepted Complete Specification 
101. An application for leave to amend a complete specification 
which has not been accepted, except when the amendment is made to 
meet an objection contained in an examiner's report, shall be made in 
form 43. 
Application to Amend Application for Patent 
102. An application for leave to amend an application for a patent,. 
except when the amendment is made to meet an objection made by the 
Paten.t Office, shall be made in form 44. 
New Specification and Drawings as Amended May Be Required 
103. Where leave to amend a specification is given, the applicant 
shall, if the Commissioner so requires and within a time to be fixed 
by him, file a new specification and drawings as amended, which shall 
be prepared in accordance with regulations 10 and 30 to 35 hereof. 
PART XX-REYOCATION AND SURRENDER OF PATENT 
Application for Rn,ocation 
104. ( 1) An application for the n~vocation of a patent under section 
42 of the Act shall be made in form 45, and shall be accompanied by a 
copy thereof and a st~tement ( in duplicate) setting out fully the nature 
of the applicant's interest, the facts upon which he relies, and the relief 
which he ~eeks. 
( 2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent 
by the Commissioner to the patentee. 
Oppositio.n Procedure 
105. Upon any such application being made and a copy thereof sent 
to the patentee, the provisions of regulations 49 to 54 hereof shall 
apply with the substitution of references to the patentee for references 
to the applicant and of references to the applicant for references to the 
opponent. 
Application for Surrender 
106. If the patentee offers under section 43 of the Act to surrender 
his patent, the Commissioner, in deciding \vhether costs should be 
awarded to the applicant for revocation, shall consider whether 
proceedings might have been avoided if the applicant had given 
reasonable notice to the patentee before the application was filed. 
Form of Off er to Surrender a Patent 
107. A notice of an offer by a patentee under section 43 of the Act 
to surrender his patent shall be given in form 46, and shall be advertised 
by the Commissioner in the ]ollrna!. 
Opposition 
108. ( 1) At any time within one month from the advertisement 
any person may give notice of opposition to the Commissioner in 
form 47. which shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement 
( in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the opponent's interest, 
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(2) A copy of the notice and of the statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the patentee. 
( 3) Upon such notice of opposition being given and a copy 
thereof sent to the patentee, the provisions of regulations 49 to 54 
hereof shall apply with the substitution of references to the patentee 
for references to the applicant. 
PART XXI-VoLUNTARY ENDORSEMENT OF PATENTS "LICENCES 
OF RIGHT" 
Application Under Section 44 (I) of the Act 
109. An application under section 44 ( 1) of the Act for endorse­
ment of a patent "licences of right" shall be made in form 48, and shall 
be accompanied by evidence verifying the statement in the application, 
and by the letters patent. 
Applications Under Section 44 (2) ( a) and (b) of the Act 
110. ( 1) An application under paragraph (a) or paragraph ( b) of 
section 44 (2) of the Act for settlement of the terms of a licence under a 
patent endorsed "licences of right " shall be made in form 49, and shall 
be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement (in duplicate) 
setting out fully the facts upon which the applicant relies and the 
terms of the licence which he is prepared to accept or grant. 
(2) A copy of the application and statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the patentee or the person requiring a licence, 
as the case may be, who, if he does not agree to the terms set out 
in the statement, shall within six weeks of the receipt of those copies 
file a counterstatement setting out fully the grounds of the objection and 
send a copy thereof to the applicant. 
( 3) The Commissioner shall give such directions as he may think 
fit with regard to the filing of evidence and the hearing of the parties. 
Cancellation of Endorsement Under Section 45 ( 1) of the Act 
111. An application under section 45 ( 1) of the Act for the 
cancellation of an endorsement shall be made in form 50., and shall 
be accompanied by evidence verifying the statement in the application, 
and by a memorandum in form 28 with fees to the amount of the 
balance of all renewal fees which would have been payable if the 
patPnt had not been endorsed. 
Cancellation of Endorsement Under Section 45 (2) of the Act 
112. An application under section 45 (2) of the Act for the cancella­
tion of an endorsement shall be made in form 51 two months after the 
patent has been endorsed, and shall be accompanied by a copy and a 
statement ( in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the applicant's 
interest and the facts upon which he relies. 
Advertisement and Opposition 
113. ( 1) Every application under subsection ( 1) or subsection ( 2) 
of section 45 of the Act shall be advertised in the Journal, and the 
period within which notice of opposition to the cancellation of an 
endorsement may be given under section 45 ( 5) of the Act shall be 
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( 2) Such notice shall be given in form 52, and shall be accompanied 
by a copy thereof and a statement (in duplicate) setting out fully 
the facts upon which the opponent relies and, in the case of opposition 
to an application under section 45 ( 1) of the Act, the nature of his 
interest. 
( 3) A copy of the notice and of the statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the applicant for cancellation of the endorsement, 
and thereafter the Commissioner may give such directions as he may 
think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. 
Balance of Renewal Fees Payable on Cancellation 
114. Where the Commissioner cancels the endorsement pursuant to 
section 45 ( 3) of the Act, the patentee shall within one month from the 
cancellation of the endorsement file a memorandum in form 28 with 
fees to the amount of the balance of all renewal fees which would have 
been payable if the patent had not been endorsed. 
PART XXII-CoMPULSORY LICENCE, CoMPULSORY ENDORSEMENT OF 
PATENT "LICENCES OF RIGHT", AND REVOCATION 
Application Under Section 46 of the Act 
115. An application under section 46 of the Act for a licence under 
a patent or for endorsement of a patent "licences of right" shall be 
made in form 53. 
Application Under Section 49 ( 1) of the Act 
116. An application under section 49 ( 1) of the Act for the 
endorsement of a patent "licences of right" or for the grant of a 
licence under a patent to a specified person shall be made in form 54. 
Application Under Section 50 of the Act 
117. An application under section 50 of the Act for the revocation 
of. a patent shall be made in form 55. 
Evidence 
118. An application under section 46, section 49, or section 50 of the 
Act shall be accompanied by evidence verifying the statements in the 
application. 
Preliminary Consideration by Commissioner 
119. ( 1 ) If upon consideration of the evidence the Commissioner is 
not satisfied that a prima facie case has been made out for the making 
of an order, he shall notify the applicant accordingly, and unless within 
one month the applicant requests to be heard in the matter the Com­
missioner shall refuse the application. 
(2) If the applicant requests a hearing within the tim.e allowed, the 
Commissione~, after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, 
shall determine whether the application may proceed to advertisement 
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( 3) If the Commissioner allows the application to proceed to 
advertisement, he shall direct the applicant to serve copies of the 
application and of the evidence filed in support thereof upon the patentee 
and any other persons appearing from the register to be interested in 
the patent and upon any other person on whom, in his opm1on, copies 
should be so served. 
Opposition 
120. ( 1) The time within which notice of opposition under subsection 
( 3) of section 52 of the Act may be given shall be two months after 
the advertisement of the application under subsection ( 2) of that section. 
( 2) Such notice shall be given in form 56, and evidence verifying 
the statements made therein shall be filed within one month of the 
filing of the opposition. 
( 3) The opponent shall serve a copy of the notice and of the evidence 
on the applicant. 
( 4) Thereafter the Commissioner may give such directions as he 
may think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. 
Application Under Section 51 of the Act 
121. ( 1) An application under section 51 of the Act for a licence 
under a patent shall be made in form 57. 
( 2) The procedure to be followed in connection with any such 
application shall be the same as that prescribed in regulations 118 to 
120 hereof for an application under section 46 of the Act. 
PART XXIII-DIRECTIONS To Co-owNERS 
Application V nder Section 64 ( 1) of the Act 
122. ( 1) An application for directions under section 64 ( 1) of the 
Act by a co-grantee or co-proprietor of a patent shall be made in form 
58, and shall be accompanied by a statement sP-tting out fully the facts 
upon which the applicant relies and the directions which he seeks. 
( 2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent 
by the Commissioner to each other person registered as grantee or 
proprietor of the patent, and the applicant shall supply a sufficient 
number of copies for that purpose. 
( 3) Thereafter the Commissioner may give such directions as he 
may think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. 
Application Under Section 64 (2) of the Act 
123. ( 1) An application for directions under section 64 ( 2) of the 
Act by a co-grantee or co-proprietor of a patent shall be made in form 
59, ~nd shall ?e accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement ( in 
duplicate) setting out fully the facts upon which the applicant relies, 
and the directions which he seeks. 
( 2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent by 
the Commissioner to the person in default. 
( 3) Thereafter the Commissioner may give such directions as he may 
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PART XXIV-DISPUTES AS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY EMPLOYEES 
Application Under Section 65 ( 1) of the Act 
124. ( 1) An application under section 65 ( 1) of the Act to determine 
a dispute as to rights in an invention shall be made in form 60, and shall 
be accompanied by a copy thereof together with a statement (in 
duplicate) setting out fully the facts of the dispute and the relief which 
is sought. 
(2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent 
by the Commissioner to the other party to the dispute, who within 
three months after receipt thereof shall file a counterstatement ( in 
duplicate) setting out fully the grounds on which he disputes the right 
of the applicant to the relief sought. 
( 3) The Commissioner shall send a copy of this counterstatement 
to the applicant, and thereafter, subject to such directions as the Com­
missioner may think fit to give, the provisions of regulations 50 to 54 
hereof shall apply with the substitution of references to the applicant 
for references to the opponent and references to the other party for 
references to the applicant. 
PART XXV-REGISTER OF PATENTS 
Register to Record Grant of Patents 
125. ( 1) Upon the sealing of a patent the Commissioner shall caust.. 
to be entered in the register the name, address, and nationality of the 
patentee as the grantee thereof, the title of the invention, the date of 
the patent, and the date of the sealing thereof, together with the address 
for service. 
( 2) The Commissioner may at any time enter in the register such 
other particulars as he may deem necessary. 
Alteration of Entries 
126. ( 1) A request by a patentee for the alteration of a name, 
nationality, or address, or address for service entered in the register in 
respect of his patent shall be made in form 61. 
( 2) Before acting on a request to alter a name or nationality, the 
Commissioner may require such proof of the alteration as he may think 
fit. 
( 3) If the Commissioner is satisfied that the request may be allowed, 
he shall cause the register to be altered accordingly. 
Registration of Assignments, etc. 
127. ( 1) An application for the registration of the tide of any person 
becoming entitled by assignment, transmission, or operation of law to 
· a patent or to a share in a patent, or becoming entitled by virtue of a 
mortgage, licence, or other instrument to any other interest in a patent, 
shall be made,-
( a) In the case of an application under section 84 ( 1) of the 
Act, by the person becoming so entitled, in form 62 or form 63, 
as the case may be: 
( b) In the case of an application under section 84 (2) of the Act, 
by the assignor, mortgagor, licensor, or other party con­
ferring the interest, in form 64 or form 6.5, as the case may be. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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( 2) Application may be made in form 6ti for entry in the register 
of notification of any other document purporting to affect the pro­
prietorship of a patent. 
Copies of Documents 
128. ( 1) An official or certified copy of a document which is 
referred to in an application under regulation 127 hereof and is a 
matter of record in New Zealand shall be produced to the Com­
missioner with the application. 
( 2) Unless the Commissioner otherwise directs, the original of any 
other document so referred to shall be produced to him with the 
application and a certified copy of any such document shall be filed 
therewith. 
Public Inspection of Register, etc. 
129. There shall be open for inspection without fee at any con­
venient time,-
( a) The register; 
( b) Copies of deeds, licences, and other documents affecting the 
proprietorship in any patent, or in any licence thereunder, 
which are supplied to the Commissioner under regulations 
127 and 128 hereof; 
(c) Specifications and abridgments of specifications (New Zealand 
and foreign) filed in the Patent Office library; 
( d) The register of patent attorneys; and 
( e) Except as otherwise provided in the Act or these regulations, 
all applications, specifications, drawings, requests, notices, 
and other documents filed, made, or given under the Act or 
these regulations in respect of any patent, any application 
for patent, or in any proceedings relating to any such matters. 
Payment of Renewal Fees to be Entered 
130. Upon the issue of a certificate of payment under regulation 76 
hereof, the Commissioner shall enter in the register the fact that the 
fee has been paid, and the date of payment as stated on the certificate. 
Entry of Claim Arising from Special Provision in Order for Extension 
of Term of Patent 
131. Where an order for the extension of the term of a patent 
under section 31, section 32, or section 33 of the Act contains ·a 
provision that persons claiming to be deemed to have acted with the 
licence of the patentee or exclusive licensee shall make application for 
entry of their claim upon the register, the application shall be made in 
form 67. 
Application for Dispensing With Probate or Letters of Administration 
132. An application under section 86 of the Act for leave to 
dispense with the production of probate or letters of administration 
shall be made in form 68, and shall be supported by such evidence 
as may be required by the Commissioner. 30 Patents Regulations 1954 
PART XXVI-CoRRECTION oF ERRORS 
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133. A request under section 88 ( 3) of the Act for the correction of 
a mistake in the register, in any patent, or application for a patent, 
or any document filed in pursuance of such an application, or in pro­
ceedings in connection with any patent, shall be made in form 69. 
Advertise rn en t 
134. Where the Commissioner requires notice of the nature of the 
proposed correction to be advertised, the advertisement shall be made 
by publication of the request and the nature of the proposed correction 
in the Journal, and in such other manner (if any) as the Commissioner 
may direct. 
Opposition 
135. ( 1) Any person may, at any time within one month from 
the date of the advertisement in the Journal, give notice to the 
Commissioner of opposition to the proposed correction in form 70. 
( 2) Every such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and 
a statement ( in duplicate) setting out fully the nature of the opponent's 
interest, the facts on which he relies~ and the relief which he seeks. 
(3) A copy of the notice and of the statement shall be sent by the 
Commissioner to the perrnn making the request, and thereafter the 
provisions of regulations 49 to 54 hereof shall apply. 
Hearing 
136. Where in accordance with section 88 ( 4) of the Act a hearing 
is appointed, at least fourteen days' notice of the appointment shall 
be given to the patentee or the applicant for a patent and to any other 
person to whom notice of the proposed correction has been given by 
the Commissioner. 
PART XXVII-CERTIFICATES AND INFORMATION 
Request for Certificate 
137. A request for a certificate of the Commissioner for the purposes 
of section 89 ( 1) of the Act shall be made in form 71. 
Certified Copies of Entries, etc. 
138. The Commissioner may, on payment of the prescribed fees, 
furnish certified copies of any entry in the register, or certified copies 
of, or extracts from, patents, specifications, and other public documents 
in the Patent Office, or of or from registers and other records kept 
there, and may give certificates as to any matter relating to the Act 
or these regulations. 
Request for Information 
139. ( 1) A request under section 90 of the Act for information 
relating to any patent or application for a patent may be made-
( a) As to when a complete specification following a provisional 
specification has been filed or when a period of fifteen months 
· from the date of the application has expired and a complete 
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( b) As to when a complete specification is or will be published, 
or when an application for a patent has become void; 
( c) As to when a patent has been sealed or when the time for 
requesting sealing has expired; 
( d) As to when a renewal fee has been paid; 
( e) As to when a patent has expired; 
(/) As to when an entry has been made in the register or application 
has been made for the making of the entry; or 
(g) As to '\vhen any application is made or action taken involving 
an entry in the register or advertisement in the Journal. 
( 2) Any such request shall be made in form 72, and a separate 
form shall be used in respect of each of the said matters. 
Lost Patent 
140. An application under section 92 of the Act for a further 
patent to be sealed shall be made in form 73 and shall be accompanied 
by evidence setting out fully and verifying the circumstances in which 
the patent was lost or destroyed, or cannot be produced. 
PART XXVIII-EvrnENCE AND ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES BEFORE 
COMMISSIONER 
Form of Evidence 
141. Where under these regulations evidence is required to be filed 
it shall be by statutory declaration or affidavit unless otherwise expressly 
provided in these regulations. 
Pre pa ration 
142. ( 1) The statutory declarations and affidavits required by these 
regulations, or used in any proceedings thereunder, shall be headed 
in the matter or matters to which they relate, and shall be divided 
into paragraphs consecutively numbered, and each paragraph shall so 
far as possible be confined to one subject. 
( 2) Every statutory declaration or affidavit shall state the description 
and true place of abode of the person making the same, and shall be 
written, typed, lithographed, or printed. 
Manner of Making Declarations, etc. 
143. ( 1) The statutory declarations and affidavits shall be made 
and subscribed as follows: 
(a) If made in New Zealand,. in the manner prescribed by the 
Justices of the Peace Act 192 7 or by the Evidence Act 1908, 
as the case may be; 
( b) If made in any other part of the Commonwealth or in the 
Republic of Ireland, before any Court, Judge, Commissioner 
of Oaths, Justice of the Peace, or any person authorized by 
law to administer an oath there for the purpose of a legal 
proceeding, or before any Commonwealth representative; 
and 
( c) If mat.4!e elsewhere, before a Commonwealth representative or 
a Notary Public, or before a Judge or Magistrate. 32 Patents Regulations 1954 IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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(2) For the purposes of this regulation the expression "Common­
wealth representative " means any Ambassador, High Commissioner, 
Minister, Charge d' Affaires, Consular Officer, Trade Commissioner, or 
Tourist Commissioner of a Commonwealth country (including New 
Zealand) ; and includes any person lawfully acting for any such officer; 
and also includes any diplomatic secretary on the staff of any such 
Ambassador, High Commissioner, Minister, or Charge d' Affaires. 
Recognition of Signatures on Documents 
144. Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed, or sub­
scribed thereto or thereon the seal or signature of any person authorized 
by regulation 143 hereof to take a declaration or affidavit, in testimony 
that the declaration or affidavit was made and subscribed before him, 
may be admitted by the Commissioner without proof of the genuineness 
of the seal or signature or of the official character of the person or his 
authority to take the declaration or affidavit. 
Further Evidence 
145. At any stage of any proceedings before the Commissioner 
he may direct that such documents, information, or evidence as he 
may require shall be furnished within such period as he may fix. 
Issue of Summons 
146. In any proceedings before the Commissioner under the Act or 
these regulations, the Commissioner may summon any person to appear 
and give evidence before him, or to appear and produce any books, 
deeds, papers, or other writings in his possession or under his control 
relating to the matter of the said proceedings. Every summons i5sued 
in pursuance of this regulation shall be in form 7 4. 
Penalty for Non-compliance with Summons 
147. Any person upon whom any such summons is served, and to 
whom at the same time payment or tender of his expenses is made in 
accordance with the scale referred to in regulation 148 hereof and who 
fails to attend or to give evidence or to produce any such books, deeds, 
papers, or other writings in accordance with the terms of the summ0ns, 
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeJing £20 
for each such default. 
Expenses of Witness 
148. Witnesses in any such proceedings shall be entitled to receive 
payment for expenses in accordance with the scale of allowances for 
the time being payable to witnesses for attendance in proceedings in a 
Magistrate's Court. All payments made in pursuance of this regulation 
shall be payable by the party on whose behalf the witness is summoned, 
or by any or all of the parties to the proceedings in such proportions 
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Place of Hearings 
149. ( 1) Except as provided in subclause ( 2) of this regulation, 
every hearing before the Commissioner shall be at Wellington. 
( 2) One or more of the parties may, not later than fourteen days 
before the date appointed for the hearing, apply to the Commissioner 
to conduct the hearing at some other place in New Zealand. The 
Commissioner may in his discretion, on payment by the party making 
the application of such sum to cover expenses and subject to such 
conditions as to notice and costs as the Commissioner thinks fit, conduct 
the hearing at the place named in the application. 
( 3) Where an application under subclause ( 2) of this regulation 
is not made by all the parties to the proceedings, the Commissioner 
shall not decide the application without giving the parties an 
opportunity to be heard. 
PART XXIX-APPLIC.-\TIONS TO AND ORDERS OF COURT 
Service of Copy of Application on Commissioner 
150. Where an application to the Court under section 87 of the 
Act for rectification of the register has been made, the applicant shall 
forthwith serve an office copy of the application on the Commissioner, 
who shall enter a notice of the application in the register. 
Action Consequent Upon Court Order 
151. Where any order has been made by the Court under the Act 
revoking a patent or extending the term of a patent, or allowing a 
patentee to amend his specification or affecting the validity or pro­
prietorship of a patent or any rights thereunder, the person in whose 
favour the order has been made shall file an application in form 7 5 
accompanied by a sealed duplicate of the order or a certified copy 
of the order, and thereupon the specification shall be amended or the 
register rectified or altered, as the case may be. 
PART XXX-PATENT ATTORNEYS 
Register of Patent Attorneys 
152. A register of patent attorneys shall be kept by the Commissioner 
subject to the provisions of the Act and these regulations and shall 
contain th~ full names of all patent attorneys who are registered under 
the Act, and in respect of each patent attorney so registered shall, in 
addition, record-
( a) His business address; 
( b) The date of registration; 
( c) Any honours, degrees, memberships, or other additions which 
the Commissioner may consider worthy of mention; and 
( d) The payment of the prescribed annual practising fees. 34 Patents Regulations 1954 
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153. The Commissioner shall publish in the Journal at least once 
in each year a list of all patent attorneys who have paid for that year 
the prescribed annual renewal fee, together with their business addresses. 
Qualification for Registration 
154. ( 1) Any person shall b~ entitled to be registered as a patent 
attorney who,-
( a) Is a British subject or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland; 
( b) Is not less than twenty-one years of age; 
( c) Is of good character; 
( d) Has passed the Patent Attorneys Examination as hereinafter 
prescribed; and 
( e) Not being a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zeaiand or 
a patent agent or patent attorney registered in the United 
Kingdom or in the Commonwealth of Australia, has been 
employed for a period or periods totalling not less than 
three years-
( i) By a pa tent attorney in New Zealand; or 
(ii) In the Patent Office; or 
(iii) In some other employment which, in any particular 
case in the opinion of the Commissioner and the Council 
of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys Incorporated, 
affords substantially similar practical experience to that given 
by either of the last two mentioned forms of employment: 
Prov.ided that if the Commissioner and the Council are 
unable to agree, the Minister shall decide as to the adequacy 
of the employment. 
( 2) On being satisfied that an applicant for registration possesses 
the required qualifications and on payment of the prescribed registration 
fee, the Commissioner shall enter the name of the applicant in the 
register of patent attorneys with other appropriate entries, and shall 
issue to the applicant a certificate of his registration as a patent attorney. 
Examination 
155. An examination to be called the Patent Attorneys Examination 
shall be conducted when required as hereinafter set forth jointly by the 
Commissioner and the Council of the New Zealand Institute of Patent 
Attorneys Incorporated. 
Persons Entitled to Sit Examination 
156. No person shall present himself for the examination unless he 
satisfies the Commissioner and the Council of the New Zealand Institute 
of Patent Attorneys Incorporated that he has passed the New Zealand 
School Certificate Examination or the New Zealand University Entrance 
Examination or an examination which in the opinion of the Commis­
sioner and the Council is equivalent thereto or has been accredited for 
entrance to the University of New Zealand: 
Provided that if the Commissioner and the Council are unable to 
agree whether an examination is equivalent, the Minister shall decide. IP /N / l /NZL/P /2 
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Entries for Examination and Appointment of Examiners 
157. ( 1) Any person desiring to present himself for examination in 
any subject shall notify the Commissioner accordingly not later than 
the 1 st day of August in the year in which he desires to be examined 
and shall pay the fee prescribed in the First Schedule hereto. 
( 2) Upon receiving such notice the Commissioner shall inform the 
Council of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys Incorporated, 
and the time and conduct of the examination shall be jointly arranged 
bv the Commissioner and the Council. The papers for the examination 
shall be set and marked bv three examiners. one of whom 
shall be the Commissioner and a't least one of \vhom shall be a patent 
attorney nominated by the Council. Should the Commissioner and the 
Council be unable to agree upon the third examiner, that examiner 
shall be appointed by the Minister. 
Subjects of Examination 
158. The examination shall be conducted by means of written papers 
upon the following subjects, namely,-
( a) The New Zealand law and practice relating to patents and 
designs-two pa per.s each of three hours; 
( b) The New Zealand law and practice relating to trade marks­
one paper of three hours; 
( c) Foreign patent law and practice---one paper of three hours; 
( d) Patent ~!torney practice-two papers each of four hours, 
compns1ng-
First paper: the preparation of specifications for New 
Zealand patents: 
Second paper: the interpretation and criticism of New 
Zealand patent specifications. 
Rules for Examination 
159. ( 1) No candidate shall present himself for examination 1n 
fewer than two or more than three subjects in any year, and no 
candidate shall be credited with a pass in fewer than two subjects in 
any year: 
Provided that a candidate who has passed in the subjects specified 
in paragraphs (a), ( b), and ( c) of regulation 158 hereof may in any 
subsequent year present himself for examination in the subject specified 
in paragraph ( d) of that regulation, and may be credited with a pass 
in that subject. 
( 2) No candidate shall present himself for examination in the 
subject specified in paragraph ( d) of regulation 158 hereof until he 
has been credited with a pass in two of the subjects specified in 
paragraphs (a)~ ( b), and ( c) of that regulation. 
Requiremt!nts for Pass 
160. To pas::; in a subject having only one paper a candidate must 
obtain not less than 50 per cent of the marks for that paper, and to 
pass in a subject having two papers he must obtain not less than 
50 per cent of the aggregate of the marks for both papers. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Signature of Documents 
165. ( 1) A document purporting to be signed for or on behalf 
of a partnership shall contain the names of all the partners in full 
and shall be signed by any qualified partner, or by any other person 
who satisfies the Commissioner that he is authorized to sign the 
document. 
( 2) A document purporting to be signed for or on behalf of a 
body corporate shall be signed by a director or by the secretary or 
other principal officer of the body corporate, or by any other person 
who satisfies the Commissioner that he is authorized to sign the 
document. 
Exercise of Discretionary Power by Commissioner 
166. The Commissioner shall, before exercising adversely to any 
party any discretionary power given him by the Act or these regulations, 
afford to that party an opportunity of being heard. In such a case the 
Commissioner may require the party to put his case before the Com­
m1ss10ner in writing. Thereupon the Commissioner shall give not less 
than ten days' notice to the party of the time when he may be heard, and 
shall hear the party, if he so desires. The decision or determination of 
the Commissioner in the exercise of any such discretionary power 
as aforesaid shall be notified by him to the party, and to any other 
person who appears to him to be affected thereby. 
Amendment of Documents 
167. ( 1) In any proceedings before the Commissioner, if he thinks 
fit,-
(a) Any document filed in the proceedings for the amendment of 
which no express provision is made in the Act or these 
regulations may be amended during the course of the 
proceedings : 
( b) Any irregularity in procedure may be rectified. 
(2) Any approval given by the Commission·er under this section may 
be on such terms as he may direct, including, if he thinks fit, the 
payment of a fee not exceeding £1. 
Power of Commissioner to Extend Times 
168. The times prescribed by these regulations for doing any act, 
or taking any proceeding thereunder, other than the times prescribed 
by regulations 68, 81 (1), 87 (1), 92 (1), 97 (1), 108 (1), 113 (1), 
and 135 ( 1) hereof, may be extended by the Commissioner, if he thinks 
fit, upon such notice to the parties and upon such terms as he may 
direct, and such extension may be granted although the time ha3 
expired for doing the act or taking the proceeding. An application 
for an extension of time under this regulation shall be made in form 76. 38 Patents Regulations 1954 
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169. ( 1) Where, under these regulations, any person is required to 
do any act or thing, or any document or evidence is required to be 
produced or filed, the Commissioner may, upon the production of 
such evidence and subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks 
fit, modify or dispense with the doing of the act or thing or the 
production or filing of the document or evidence if he is satisfied that 
it is reasonable so to do. 
(2) ·The Commissioner may allow an application for a patent or 
a provisional or complete specification: although not in accordance with 
these regulations: to be left on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit. 
In any such case the Commissioner shall require the applicant to comply 
with these regulations within the time specified by him. Until the 
prescribed requirements are complied with no further action shall be 
taken by the Commissioner in respect of the application. 
( 3) The Commissioner may dispense with any fee payable in respect 
of any application under this regulation if he is satisfied that the necessity 
for the application arises out of the coming into force of the Act or of 
these regulations. 
Destruction of Records 
170. ( 1) Where under section 9 (2) of the Act an application for a 
patent has been deemed to be abandoned for a continuous period of 
six years, the Commissioner may, at the expiration of that period, 
destroy the application and all or any of the file records in respect 
of the said application~ including the specification an<l drawings ( if any) 
accompanying or left in connection with the said application. 
( 2) Where under section 19 of the Act an application for a patent 
remains void for a continuous period of six years, or \vhere a patent 
remains unsealed for a period of six years after the last date on which 
it could lawfully be sealed, or where the prescribed renewal fees in 
respect of a patent remain unpaid for a period of six years after the 
due date of payment, or where a period of six years has elapsed since 
the expiration of the patent and any extension thereof, the Commissioner, 
at the expiration in each case of the ~aid period of six years, may 
destroy the relevant application and all or any of the file records in 
respect of the said application or patent except, in the ca:,e of an 
application which is open to public inspection under the Act, the 
specifications, drav,;ings, and office search data in respect thereof. 
P.-\RT XXXII-Rnoc.-\no;:-..;s A~D SAVINGS 
Revocations and Savings 
171. ( 1) The regulations specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto are 
hereby revoked. 
( 2) Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 
1924: it is hereby declared that the revocation of any provision by these 
regulations shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever 
done under the provision so revoked or under any corresponding 
former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is 
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been made or done under these regulations, shall continue and have 
effect as if it had been made or done uuder the corresponding provision 
of these regulations and as if that provision had been in force when 
the document was made or the thing was done. 
( 3) Notwithstanding anything in regulation 73 hereof or in the 
Fourth Schedule to these regulations, and notwithstanding the revocation 
of the Patents Amending Regulations 1951 *, the renewal fees to keep in 
force for the full term thereof patents granted upon applications made 
before the 1st day of September 1951 shall be in accordance with 
regulation 3 of the said Patents Amending Regulations 1951, and the 
provisions of that regulation shall continue to apply to the said patents. 
Item 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 * Statutory Regulations 1951, Serial number 1951/185, page 631. 
SCHEDULES 
FIRST SCHEDULE 
FEES 
Matter 
On application for a patent 
On convention application for a patent: 
In respect of each application for protection in a 
convention country 
On application for grant of patent of addition 
instead of an independent patent under section 
34 (2) of the Act .. 
On filing specification: 
Provisional 
Complete 
On request for post-dating of an application under 
section 12 (3) of the Act . . . . . . 
On request to advance e:is:.amination of application 
On application for result of search made under 
sections 13 and 14 of the Act 
On application under section 16 (2) of the Act 
for deletion of reference . . . . . . 
For postponement of acceptance of complete 
specification: 
Up to sixteen months from date of filin~ of 
complete specification . . . . 
From sixteen months to seventeen months 
From seventeen months to eighteen months 
On hearing by Commissioner: 
By each party 
On a request or claim under section 23 of the Act 
On an application for a certificate under section 
23 (8) of the Act . . . . . . 
On a claim und~z: section 24 (I) of the Act for 
application to proceed iri name of daimants Amount 
£ s. d. 
2 0 0 
2 0 0 
5 0 0 
5 0 0 
2 0 0 
2 0 0 
0 10 0 
1 0 0 
2 0 0 
2 0 0 
2 0 0 
2 0 0 
0 10 0 
1 0 0 
I O 0 Corresponding 
Patents Form 
No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
8 
9 
11 
12 
14 
14 
14 
17 
18, 19 
21 
22 40 
Item 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
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FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Matter 
On application for directions under section 24 (5) of 
the Act 
On a request for sealing of a patent 
On application under section 28 of the Act for 
amendment of a patent 
On application under section 31, section 32, or 
section 33 of the Act for extension of term of 
patent 
On application for restoration of a patent 
Additional fee on restoration of patent .. 
On application under section 36 of the Act for 
sealing of pa tent 
Additional fee for sealing under section 36 of the Act 
On application under section 37 of the Act for 
restoration of an application 
On application to amend specification after 
acceptance: 
Up to sealing (by applicant) 
After sealing (by patentee) .. 
On application to amend specification not yet 
accepted .. 
On application to amend an application for a patent 
On application for revocation of a patent under 
section 42 of the Act 
On application for endorsement of patent" Licences 
of Right" 
On application for settlement of terms of licence 
under patent endorsed " Licences of Right" 
On application for cancellation of endorsement 
'' Licences of Right '' 
On application under section 46 of the Act for 
grant of a corn pulsory licence or endorsement of 
a patent " Licences of Right " or grant of licence 
in respect of one or more patents in the name of 
the same proprietor 
On application under section 49 ( 1) of the Act for 
endorsement of patent " Licences of Right " or 
grant of licence in respect of one or more 
patents in the name of the same proprietor 
On application under section 50 of the Act for 
revocation 
On application for licence under section 51 of the 
Act 
On application under section 64 of the Act for 
directions of Commissioner .. 
On application under section 65 ( l) of the Act 
to determine dispute 
For altering name or nationality or address or 
address for service in register: 
For each patent 
On application for entry of name of subsequent 
proprietor in the register .. 
On each application covering more than one 
patent, the devolution of title being the same 
as in the first patent: 
For the first patent 
For each additional patent Amount 
£ s. d. 
5 0 0 
1 0 0 
2 0 0 
5 0 0 
3 0 0 
10 0 0 
3 0 0 
10 0 0 
3 0 0 
2 0 0 
3 10 0 
1 10 0 
1 10 0 
2 0 0 
1 0 0 
·S O 0 
2 0 0 
5 0 0 
5 0 0 
5 0 0 
5 0 0 
5 0 0 
5 0 0 
0 10 0 
1 10 0 
I 10 0 
0 10 0 Corresponding 
Patents Form 
No. 
23 
24 
27 
31 
33 
35 
36 
38 
39 
41 
41 
43 
44 
45 
48 
49 
50, 51 
53 
54 
55 
57 
58, 59 
60 
61 
62. or 64 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Item 
38 
39 
40 
41 
-4-2 
43 
44 
-4-5 
46 
-4-7 
48 
-4-9 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 Matter 
On application for entry of notice or notification 
of a mortgage, licence, or other document in 
the register 
On each application covering more than one 
patent, the devolution of title being the same 
as in the first patent: 
For the first patent 
For each additional patent 
On application for entry in the register of claim to 
a licence under a patent extended under section 
3 1, section 32, or section 33 of the Act .. 
On application under section 86 of the Act to 
dispense with production of probate or letters of 
administration 
On request to Commissioner to correct an error or a 
mistake: 
Up to sealing 
After sealing 
For certificate of Commissioner under section 89 
(I) of the Act 
On request for information as to a matter affecting a 
patent or an application therefor 
On application under section 92 of the Act for a 
further patent 
On notice of order of Court 
On application under regulation 169 for waiver of 
requirements 
On entry for examination for registration as a 
patent attorney: 
For each paper 
For entry of name, etc., 1n the register of patent 
attorneys 
On annual renewal of registration as a patent 
attorney .. 
On restoration of registration as a patent attorney 
under regulation 161 
For all extensions of time, except extensions of 
term of patent and extensions in respect of 
which no fee is payable under the Act or these 
regulations: 
For each month or part thereof 
On all notices of opposition 
For typewritten or photographic copies of docu­
ments or drawings 
For office copy of patent 
For certifying office copies, manuscripts, printed or 
photographic Ainount Corresponding 
Patents Form 
No. 
£ s. d. 
1 10 0 63, 65, or 66 
1 10 0 
0 10 0 63, 65, or 66 
0 0 67 
1 0 0 68 
0 10 0 69 
1 0 0 69 
0 10 0 71 
0 10 0 72 
1 0 0 73 
0 10 0 75 
0 10 0 
1 0 0 
5 5 0 
5 5 0 
2 2 0 
0 15 0 7, 10, 13, 16, 
20, 25, 26, 
76 
2 0 0 15, 32, 34, 
37, 40, 42, 
47, 52, 56, 
70 
Reason­
able cost 
fixed by 
Com­
missioner 
0 10 0 
0 10 0 42 Patents Regulations 1954 
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Patents Form No. 1 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR PATENT 
[To be accompanied by two copies of either a provisional specification 
( patents form 4) or a complete specification ( patents form 5 )] 
NoTE.-This is a comprehensive form and parts inappropriate to a 
particular application should be cancelled. In the case of an application 
by the inventor, only sections 1, 4, and 6 of this form are appropriate, 
and section 5 if a patent of addition is applied for. 
1. I (or We), [Insert (in full) name., address., and nationality of 
applicant(s)], am (or are) in possession of an invention which is 
described in the accompanying provisional ( or complete) specification 
under the title [Insert title of invention]. 
I, ( or We or The said) [Insert name of inventor if inventor is thtJ 
applicant] claim(s) to be the true and first inventor(s) of the invention. 
Or.,-
2.· I (or We) believe [Insert (in full) name, address., and nationality 
of inventor(s) if inventor is not the applicantr to be the true and first 
inventor of the invention, and I (or we or the said) am (or are or is) 
the assignee(s) of the said inventor(s) in respect of the right to make 
this application ( or personal representative ( s) of the .said inventor ( s)). 
3. The invention or a part of the invention was communicated from 
abroad to me (or us or the said) ........................ by [Insert (in full) name., 
address, and nationality of communicator]. 
4. I ( or We) declare that to the best of my ( or our) knowledge and 
belief the statements made above are correct and there is no lawful 
ground of objection to the grant of a patent to me ( or us) on this applica­
tion, and I ( or we) pray that a patent may be granted to me ( or us) for 
the said invention. 
[Use of the invention in New Zealand before the date of the applica­
tion for a patent may be a lawful ground of objection.] 
5. And I ( or we) request that the patent may be granted as a patent 
of addition to patent No. ........................ ( or the patent to be granted on 
application No. .. ...................... ). 
6. And I ( or we) request that all notices, requisitions, and com-
munications relating to this application may be sent to ........................ at [The 
address must be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed 
to act for me ( or us). 
[To be signed by applicant(s).] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 2 
Patents Act 1953 
CONVENTlON APPLICATION FOR A PATENT 43 
fTo be accompanied by two copies of complete specification ( patents 
form 5 )] 
NoTE.-This is a comprehensive form, and parts inappropriate to a 
particular application should be cancelled. 
1. I ( or \Ve), [Insert ( in full) name, address, and nationality of 
applicant(s)], hereby declare that an application (or appiications) for 
protection for an invention or inventions has ( or have) been made in the 
following country or countries and on the following official date or dates, 
namely: 
In [Insert the name of the convention country in which the first 
application was made] on [Insert th~ official date of the first 
application in a conz•f'ntion country.] by [Insert name of 
applicant and (if invt>ntor is not the applicant) address and 
nationality. Particulars of any further applications should 
be given on the back of this form or on a separate sheet]: 
In, etc. · 
In, etc. 
and that the said application or each of the said applications was the 
first application in a convention country in respect of the relevant 
invention by me ( or us) or by any person from whom I ( or we) derive 
title. 
2. I am ( or ,v c are) the assignee ( s) of the said [Insert name of 
applicant and (if inventor is not the applicant) address and nationality. 
Particulars of any further applications should be giuen on the back of this 
form or on a separate sheet] by virtue of [Give particulars of the 
assignment] or the personal represen ta ti ve ( s) of the said [/ nsert name 
of applicant and (if inventor is not tlze applicant) address and nation­
ality. Particulars of any further applications should be given on the 
back of t lz is f o r m or o n a separate s lz u t]. 
3. I ( or We) declare that to the best of my ( or our) knowledge and 
belief there is no lawful _ground of objection to the grant of a patent 
to me ( or u~) on this application, and pursuant to subsection ( 2) ( and 
subsection (3)) of section 7 of the Patents Act 1953 I (or we) pray that 
a patent may be granted to me (or us) with priority founded on the 
above-mentioned application ( s) in a convention country or countries 
as provided by sub~cction ( 4) of section 11 of that Act for the invention 
described in the accompanying complete specification under the title 
4. And I ( or we) request that the patent may be granted as a patent 
of addition to patent No. ( or the patent to be granted on 
application No. . ) . 
5. And I ( or we) request that all notices, requisitions, and com­
munications relating to this application may be sent to ..... at [The 
address must be within New Zealand] who is (or are) hereby appointed 
to act for me ( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. [To be signed by applicant(s).] 44 Patents Regulations 1954 
SECOND SCHEDULE-continued 
Patents Form No. 3 
Patents Act 1953 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF A PATENT OF ADDITION INSTEAD OF AN 
INDEPENDENT PATENT 
I ( or WE), [State full name, address, and nationality of patentee or 
patentees], hereby request that patent No. -···-············------- of which I am ( or 
we are) the patentee(s) be revoked and that instead thereof a patent of 
addition to patent .No ........................ of which I am ( or we are) also the 
patentee be granted to me ( or us), such patent of addition to bear the 
same date as the patent so revoked. 
[To be signed by the patentee.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 4 
Patents A et 1953 
PROVISION AL SPECIFICATION 
(To be furnished in duplicate) 
[Insert title agreeing with that in the application form.] 
I (or WE), [State (in full) name, address, and nationality of applicant 
or applicants as in application form], do hereby declare this invention 
to be described in the following statement: [Here begin description of 
the invention. The continuation of the specification should be upon 
paper of the same size as this form on one side only, with the lines well 
spaced and with a margin of lf in. on the left hand part of the paper. 
The specification and the duplicate thereof must be signed at the end]. 
Patents Form No. S 
Patents Act 1953 
[Where priority as provided by subsection (2) or subsection (3) of 
section 11 of the Patents Act 1953 is desired in respect of one or more 
provisional specifications, quote number or numbers and date or dates.] 
No ............................. . 
Date: ............................. . 
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 
(To be furnished in duplicate) 
[Insert title of invention.] 
I ( or WE), [State ( in full) name, address, and nationality of applicant or 
applicants as in application form], hereby declare the invention, for which 
I (or we) pray that a patent may be granted to me (or us), and the 
method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in 
and by the following statement: [Here begin full description of inven­
tion. The continuation of the specification should be upon paper of the 
same size as this form, on one side only, with the lines well spaced and 
with a margin of li in. on the left hand part of the paper. The com­
pletion of the description should be followed by the words "What I ( or 
we) claim is " after which should be written the claim or claims 
numbered consecutively. (See note below.) The specification and the 
duplicate thereof must be signed at the end]. IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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NoTE.-The claims must relate to a single invention, must be clear 
and succinct, and must be fairly based on the matter disclosed in the 
specification. They should form in brief a clear statement of that which 
constitutes the invention. Applicants should be careful that their claims 
include neither more nor less than they desire to protect by their patent. 
Any unnecessary multiplicity of claims or prolixity of language should 
be avoided. Claims should not be made for the efficiency or advantages 
of the invention. 
Patents Form No. 6 
Patents Act 1953 
DECLARATION AS TO lNVENTORSIIlP [SECTION 10 (5)] 
I (or WE) [Insert name(s) of applicant(s)], hereby declare that the true 
and first inventor ( s) of the invention disclosed in the complete specifica-
tion filed in pursuance of my (or our) application(s) numbered ....................... . 
and dated the ........................ day of ..................... 19 ...... is ( or are) : [ State name, 
address, and nationality of inventor or of each inventor] and that my ( or 
our) right to apply for a patent for the invention is as follows: [This 
need not be filled in if the inventor( s) named above is or are an 
applicant or applicants, or if the right to apply is as stated on the applica­
tion form]. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 7 [To be signed by applicant(s).] 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING A COMPLETE 
SPECIFICATION 
I ( or WE) hereby, in respect of application No ......................... , dated .................. , 
request an extension of time until ....................... in which to file a complete 
specification. 
[To be signed by applicant or applicants, or his or their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 8 
Patents Act 1953 
KEQUEST FOR THE PosT-DATING OF AN APPLICATION UNDER 
SECTION 12 (3) 
I ( or WE) hereby request that application No. . ..................... , filed on the 
................... day of . . . ...... ... 19 .... , be deemed to have been made on the 
following date, namely, the ...................... day of ·····-····-··········· 19 ..... . 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. [To be signed by applicant(s).] 46 Patents Regulations 1954 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 9 
Patents Act 1953 
REQUEST UNDER R~GULATION 38 FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EXAMINATION 
I ( or WE) hereby request that application No. . ........... , filed on the 
...... ......... day of ... .... 19 ... , be advanced for examination and 
investigation on the following grounds: [Here set out grounds in full and 
verify by accompan;1ing statutory declaration or other evidence to the 
satisfaction of the Commissioner]. 
[To be signed by applicant ( s) or his or their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tents Office, 
\,V ellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 10 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR EXTENSfO:'.'J OF TIME UNDER REGULATION 
40 (5), 41, 44, 58, OR 59 
Application No. , dated 
I ( or \\TE) hereby apply for .. 
which-. . month(s) exten~ion of time within 
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) To remove an objection under section 14 
( regulation 41, Patents Regulations 
1954). 
Agreement to the amendment of the 
specification or to the insertion of a 
reference under regulation 40 ( 5) or 
regulation 44 of the Patents Regulations 
1954 may be notified. 
To submit an amendment under section 22 
( regulation 59 of the Patents Regulations 
195"1). 
Agreement to the amendment of the 
'specification under regulation 59 of the 
Patents Regulations 1954 may be notified. [Delete the words 
which are not 
applicable.] 
· [To be signed by aJJp!icant or applicants~ or his or their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, ,v ellington C. 1. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 11 
Patents Act 1953 47 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 91 (2) FOR THE RESULT OF A SEARCH MADE 
UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 14, OR FOR INFORMATION FURNISHED 
UNDER SECTION 15 ( b) (i) 
I (or WE) hereby request that I (or we) may be informed of the result 
of the search made under sections 13 and 14, and of the information 
furnished under section 15 ( b) (i), of the Patents Act 1953 1n 
connection with application for patent No. -------------··--------
[Insert name and full address to which information is to be sent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 
( This part to be filled in at the Patent Office.) 
Result of the search made under sections 13 and 14 of the Patents 
Act 1953 in connection with application for patent No. -··-·----·-·-···--·-··· and 
information furnished under section 15 ( b) (i) of that Act. 
Specifications or other 
Publications Cited as the 
Result of the Search 
Made Under Section 13 Specifications Cited as 
. the Result of the Search 
Made Under Section 14 Information Furnished 
Under Section 15 (b) (i) 
NoTE.-Citations may be made during the examination of the 
specifications which are not relevant to the specification as accepted. 
Citations under section 13 are completed before acceptance of the 
specification, but citations under section 14 may be made subsequently. 
Patents Form No. 12 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 16 (2) FOR DELETION OF REFER~NCE 
I (or WE), [State (in full) name and address of applicant(s)] hereby 
apply for deletion of the reference to patent No ..................... which has 
been inserted in the complete specification of my ( or our) ( application 
for a) [Delete the words in parentheses if a patent has been granted] 
patent No. ·····--·-·---····--- .. in pursuance of a direction under section 16 ( 1) 
of the Patents Act 1953. 
The facts relied upon in support of this application are [The facts 
must be stated fully]. 
Communications should be sent to ... ·-·--·-····--·----·- at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by applicant(s) or his or their authorized agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 48 Patents Regulations 1954 IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 13 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF DESIRE FOR EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR PUTTING AN 
APPLICATION IN ORDER 
I ( or WE) hereby give notice that I ( or we) desire the period for putting 
in order application No ..................... dated ... .................. to be extended to 
months from the date of filing of the complete specification. 
[To be signed by applicant or applicants or his or their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 14 
Patents Act 1953 
REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT OF ACCEPTANCE OF COMPLETE 
SPECIFICATION [SECTION 20 ( 1) ] 
I ( or WE) hereby request a postponement of the acceptance of the 
complete specification of application No. ....... . .... dated ...................... to 
a date not later than the expiration of ................. months from the date 
of filing of the complete specification. 
[To be signed by applicant or applicants or his or their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\\T ellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 15 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO GRANT OF PATENT (~ECTION ll) 
(To be accompanied by copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State full name and address], hereby give notice of opposition 
to the grant of a patent upon application No. . ............. applied for 
by ..... upon the ground [State upon which of the grounds of 
opposition pennitted by section 21 of the Patents Act 1953 the grant is 
opposed, and identify all specifications and other publications relied 
upon]. 
Communications should be sent to .. . ............... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. l. [To be signed by opponent ( s) .] IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 16 
Patents Act 1953 49 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 21 (2) (PROVISO) FOR AN EXTENSION OF 
THE PERIOD FOR GIVING NOTICE OF OPPOSITION 
I ( or WE), [State name and address]., hereby apply for one month's 
extension of the period for giving notice of opposition to the grant of 
letters patent in respect of application No. ........................ ~ 
The circumstances in and grounds upon which this extension is 
applied for are as follows: [The circumstances and grounds must be 
stated in detai[J. 
Communications should be sent to ....................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand]. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 17 Signature:·········-·······-····· 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE THAT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE ATTENDED 
I ( or WE), [State name and address]., hereby give notice that the hearing 
fixed for the f / nsert date of hearing] in reference to [Give particulars 
( i.e . ., number of application or patent., names of parties and nature of 
proceedings)] -will be attended by myself ( or ourselves) or by some 
person on my ( or our) behalf. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 18 Signature: ....................... . 
Patents Act 1953 
REQllEST UNDER SECTION 23 ( 3) 
I ( or WE), [State (in full) name., address., and nationality of applicant 
or applicants for the patent]., who made application No ......................... on 
the . 19 for the grant of a patent for an invention the title 
of which is [Insert title of invention] and I ( or We), [State the name., 
address., and nationality of the deviser or devisers if inventor is not the 
applicant], hereby declare that the said [Insert name of deviser or devisers] 
is ( or are) the inventor ( s) in the sense of being the actual deviser ( s) of 
( a substantial part of) the invention, and that the application for the 
patent is a direct consequence of his ( or their) being such inventor ( s), 
and we hereby request that the said [Insert name of deviser or devisers] 
be mentioned as such inventor(s) in accordance with section 23 of the 
Patents Act 1953. 
A statement setting out the circumstances upon which we rely to 
justify this request is attc:tched. 
Communications should be sent to ..................... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for us. 
[To be signed by all the persons making the request.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 50 Patents Regulations 1954 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 19 
Patents Act 1953 
CLAIM UNDER SECTION 23 ( 4) 
(To be accompanied by copy or copies as required by regulation 61 of 
the Patents Regulations 1954) 
I, [State ( in full) name, address, and nationality of the claimant], 
hereby declare that I am the inventor in the sense of being the actual 
deviser of (a substantial part of) the invention entitled [Insert title of 
invention] in respect of which application No ......................... for a patent was 
made by [Insert name and address of applicant or applicants for the 
patent] on the ........................ 19 ..... , and that the application for the patent 
is a direct consequence of my being such inventor, and I hereby claim 
to be mentioned as such inventor jn accordance with section 23 ( 4) of 
the Patents Act 1953. 
A statement setting out the circumstances upon which I rely to justify 
this claim is attached together with a copy ( or copies) thereof as 
required by regulation 61 of the Patents Regulations 1954. 
Communications should be sent to .................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is (or are) hereby appointed to act for me. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 20 [To be signed by the claimant.] 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 23 ( 5) 
I ( or WEL [State {in full) name, address., and nationality of the person 
or persons making this application], hereby apply for an extension of 
time ( not exceeding one month) for making a request under section 
23 (3) of the Patents Act 1953 ( or a claim under section 23 ( 4) of the 
Patents Act 1953) in respect of application No .................. for a patent made 
by [Insert name, address, and nationality of applicant or applicants for 
the patent] on the ........................ 19 ..... in respect of an invention the title of 
which is [Insert title of the invention]. 
Communications should be sent to . . ........... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand]. 
[To be signed by the person or all the persons making the 
application or by his or their duly authorized agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 21 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 23 (8) 51 
(To be accompanied by copies as required by regulation 63 of the 
Patents Regulations 1954) 
I (or WE), [State (in full) name, address, and nationality of the person 
or persons making this application], hereby declare that [Insert the name 
of the person mentioned as the actual deviser] ought not to have been 
mentioned under section 23 of the Patents Act 1953 as the inventor in 
the sense of being the actual deviser of ( a substantial part of) the 
invention covered by application No. ·····-················· dated the ........................ 19 ...... , 
and entitled [Insert title of invention], and I (or we) hereby apply for a 
certificate to that effect. 
A statement setting out the circumstances upon which I ( or we) rely 
to justify this application is attached together with copies thereof as 
required by regulation 63 of the Patents Regulations 1954. 
Communications should be sent to .................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
[To be signed _by all the persons making the application.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 22 
Patents Act 1953 
CLAIM UNDER SECTION 24 ( 1) TO PROCEED AS AN APPLICANT OR 
Co-APPLICANT 
I (or WE) [State name of claimant(s)] hereby request that the patent 
application No. [State the number and date of the application for patent] 
dated .. . ................ made by [State name of the applicant or applicants for 
patent] may proceed in the name(s) of [Insert (in full) name, address, 
and nationality of the person or persons in whose name ( s) it is requested 
that the application shall proceed]. 
I (or We) claim to be entitled to proceed as applicant(s) for the 
patent by virtue of [Give the particulars of the document, giving its 
date and the parties thereto, and showing how the claim here made 
is substantiated]. 
And in proof whereof I ( or We) transmit the accompanying [ State 
the nature of the document. The certified copy should be written, 
typewritten, or printed on foolscap paper]. 
My (or Our) address for service in New Zealand is ....................... . 
[To be signed by claimant(s).] 
I (or We) [To be signed by the applicant(s)] consent to the above 
request. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. IP /N / l/NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 23 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS UNDER SECTION 24 (5) AS TO PROCEEDING 
WITH AN APPLJCATION FOR A PATENT IN CASE OF DISPUTE BETWEEN 
JOINT APPLICANTS 
(To be accompanied by a statement of case and by copies of the 
application and statement as required by regulation 66 of the 
Patents Regulations 1954) 
I, [State name and address], being a joint applicant with [State name 
and address of other applicant(s)] in the application for a patent 
numbered ....................... , hereby declare that a dispute has arisen between 
us and request that an order of the Commissioner be made giving 
directions for enabling that application to proceed. 
Particulars of the matters in dispute arc given in the annexed 
statement setting out the facts upon which I rely, and the relief which 
I seek. 
Communications should be sent tu 
be within New Zealand], who is hereby 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 24 .............. at [The address must 
appointed to act for me. 
Signature: ....................... . 
Patents Act 1953 
REQUEST FOR THE SEALING OF A PATENT 
I ( or \VE), [State name of applicant or applicants], request that a patent 
may be sealed on my ( or our) application No ......................... and that the 
foll~wing may be entered on the register as my ( or our) address for 
service: 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 25 Signature: ....................... . 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 27 (3) FOR EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD 
FOR MAKINO A REQUEST FOR THE SEALING OF A PATENT 
I ( or WE) hereby apply for ........................ month ( s) ...................... extension of 
the period for making a request for the sealing of a patent upon 
application No ........................ . 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature: ....................... . IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
Page 54 
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Patents Form No. 26 
Pate'l7.ts Act 1953 53 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 27 (4) FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD 
FOR MAKING A REQUEST FOR THE SEALING OF A PATENT 
I (or WE) hereby apply for [Not more than six months' extension may 
be applied /or at one time] month ( s) extension of the period for making 
a request for the sealing of a patent upon application No ........................ . 
The circumstances in and grounds upon which this extension is 
applied for are as follows: [The circumstances and grounds must be 
stated in detail.] 
I ( or We) hereby declare that-
An extension of time of three months for 
making a request for sealing has been 
allowed under section 27 ( 3) and has 
not yet expired. 
An extension of time of ........................ months 
for making a request for sealing has 
been allowed under section 27 ( 4) and 
has not yet expired. [Delete the words 
which are not 
applicable.] 
Signature: 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 27 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 28 FOR AMENDMENT OP LETTERS PATENT 
(To be accompanied by evidence verifying the statements made in this 
application) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby request that letters patent 
No ......................... granted to ........................ may be amended by substituting the 
name of [State name, address, and nationality of person to whom patent 
should have been granted] for the name of the grantee. 
My (or Our) address for service in New Zealand is ....................... . 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature: ....................... . 54 Patents Regulations 1954 
SECOND SCHEDULE-continued 
Patents Form No. 28 
Patents Act 1953 
PAYMENT OF RENEWAL FEE IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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I (or WE), [State name of person tendering the fee], hereby transmit 
the fee prescribed for the continuation in force of [Here insert name of 
patentee(s)] patent No ......................... for a further period of... ..................... and 
request that the certificate of payment may be sent to me (or us) at 
[Here insert full address]. 
Signature: 
NoTE.-If the address given above is not that entered in the register 
of patents as the patentee's address for service and it is desired to amend 
the entry in the register, application therefor must be made on patents 
form 62. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 29 
Patents Act 1953 
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR PAYMENT OF RENEWAL FEE 
I (or WE) hereby apply for an extension of . . ...... months(s) of the 
period prescribed for payment of the renewal fee of ........ . ......... upon my 
( or our) patent No ....................... . 
[State name and full address to which receipt is to be sent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 30 Signature: ............ . 
Patents Act 1953 
CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT OF RENE\VAL FEE 
Letters Patent No ........................ . 
Tms is to certify that ........................ did this ........................ day of ........................ 19 ..... . 
make the prescribed payment of £ ........................ in respect of a period of 
........................ from ....................... . 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Commissioner of Patents. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
Page 56 
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Patents Form No. 31 
Patents Act 1953 55 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 31, SECTION 32, OR SECTION 33 FOR 
EXTENSION OF TERM OF PATENT 
(To be accompanied by evidence in support of the application) 
I (or WE), [State (in full) name., address., and nationality of applicant 
or applicants], hereby apply for extension of the term of patent 
No .... ----··---......... for [Insert period for which extension is sought]. 
Communications should be sent to ...................... at ....................... [The addr11ss 
must be within New Zealand], who is (or are) hereby appointed to act 
for me (or us) . 
[To be signed by the applicant or applicants.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 32 
Patents A et 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TERM OF 
PATENT 
(To be accornpanied b )' a copy:, and evidence (in duplicate) in support 
of the opposition) 
I (or WE), [State {in full) name., address, and nationality of opponent 
or opponents], hereby give notice of opposition to the application for 
extension of the term of pa tent No. .... ....... ... .. ... .. . 
Communications should be sent to ...... . ...... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand] who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
LTo be signed by the opponent or opponents.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 56 Patents Regulations 1954 
SECOND SCHEDULE-continued 
Patents Form No. 33 
Patents Act 1953 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 35 FOR THF. RESTORATION OF A PATENT 
(To be accompanied by evidence ve1ifying the statements made in 
this application) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby apply for an order for the 
restoration of patent No ..................... . 
The circumstances which led to the failure to pay the renewal fee 
of [State amount of fee] on or before the [State date when fee was due] 
are as follows: [The circumstances rnust be stated in detai[J. 
Communications should be sent to .......... ... ......... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 34 [To be signed by applicant.] 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 35 FOR THE 
RESTORATION OF A PATENT 
(To be accompanied b;• a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby give notice of opposition 
to the application for restoration of patent No ......................... for the following 
reason: ...................... .. 
Communications should be sent to ........................ at [The address must be 
within New Zealand]., who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( OT US). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 35 Signature of opponent: ...................... . 
Patents Act 1953 
ADDITIONAL FEE ON AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 35 FOR 
RESTORATION OF A PATENT 
I (or WE), [State name and address]., the applicant(s) for the restoration 
of patent No ......................... , hereby transmit the prescribed additional fee, 
together with a memorandum in form 28 in respect of the unpaid 
renewal fee ( s) . 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature of applicant(s): ..................... . IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Patents Form No. 36 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 36 FOR THE SEALING OF A PATENT 57 
(To be accompanied by evidence verifying the statements made m 
I (or WE), [State 
numbered .... 
sealed thereon. this application) 
·name and address], the applicant (s) for a patent 
, hereby apply for an order for a patent to be 
The circmnstances which led to the failure to make the prescribed 
request for sealing on or before the [State date when request was due] 
are as follows: [The circumstances must be stated in detail]. 
Communications should be sent to at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me ( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 37 Signature: ....................... . 
Patents A et 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 36 FOR 
THE SEALING OF A PATENT 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a staternent of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby give 11otice of opposition 
to the application for the sealing of a paten~ on application No ...................... . 
for the following reasons: 
Communications should be sent to .. at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
\Nellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 38 Signature: . 
Patents Act 1953 
ADDITIONAL FEE ON AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 36 FOR THE 
SEALING OF A PATENT 
I (or WE), [State name and address], the applicant(s) for the sealing of 
a patent on application No ..................... , hereby transmit the prescribed 
additional fee. together with a request in form 2-l bearing the fee 
prescribed in respect of the making of the request for sealing. 
Sign at u re of a pp Ii can t s for sea lz n ,l; : . _ 
· To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 58 Patents Regulations 1954 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 39 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 37 FOR RESTORATION OF AN APPLICATION 
(To be accompanied by evidence verifying the statements made in 
this application) 
I (or WE), [State narne and address], the applicant(s) for a patent 
numbered ..................... , hereby apply for an order of the Commissioner 
restoring the application and extending the period for complying with 
the requirements imposed on me ( or us) by or under the Patents Act 
1953 to the ........................ day of ........................ 19 ..... . 
The circumstances which led to the failure to comply with the 
requirements imposed on me (or us) under that Act are as follows: 
[The circumstances must be stated in detail]. 
Communications should be 5ent to .. . . .............. at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 40 Signature: ...................... . 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 37 FOR 
RESTORATION OF AN APPLICATION 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address] hereby give notice of opposition to 
the application for restoration of the application for a patent numbered 
....................... for the fallowing reasons: ...................... . 
Communications should be sent to ...................... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature: ....................... . IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 41 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 38 FOR AMENDl\lENT OF A COMPLETE 
SPECIFICATION AFTER ACCEPTANCE 
I (or WE), [State full name and address of applicant or patentee], seek 
leave to amend the complete specification No ....................... as shown in 
red ink in the copy of the printed specification hereunto annexed. 
I ( or We) declare that no action for infringement or proceeding before 
the Court for revocation of the patent is pending. [These words are to 
be struck out when a patent has not been sealed.] 
My ( or Our) reasons for making this amendment are in detail as 
follows: [State full particulars of the reasons for seeking amendment. If 
this space is not sufficient the particulars may be continued on a separate 
sheet]. 
Communications should be sent to at [The address must be 
zDithin New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
(or us). 
[To be signed by applicant or patentee.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, ,v ellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 42 
Patents Act 1953 
NoTICE OF OPPOSITION To AMENDMENT oF SPECIFICATION UNDER 
SECTION 38 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State full name and address], hereby give notice of opposition 
to the proposed amendment of specification No. . ....................... for the 
following reason: ....................... . 
Communications should be sent to ............. at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by the opponent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 60 Patent) J:egulations 1954 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Patents Form No. 4·3 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF A COMPLETE SPECIFICATION NoT 
YET ACCEPTED 
I ( or WE), [State (in full) name and address of applicant or applicants], 
seek leave to amend the specification of application No. ........... ........... of 
........................ as shown in red ink in the copy of the original specification 
hereunto annexed. 
My ( or Our) reasons for making this amendment are as follows : 
[State reasons for seeking amendment]. 
[To be signed by a pp l i cant or a p fJ l i cants, or his or their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 44 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A PATENT 
I ( or WE), [State full name and address of applicant or applicants], 
seek leave to amend my ( or our) application No. . ........ of .................... . 
as shown in red ink in the copy the original application hereunto 
annexed. 
My ( or Our) reasons for making this amendment are as follows: 
[State reasons for seeking amendment]. 
[To be signed by applicant or applicants.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 45 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 42 FOR THE REVOCATION OF A PATENT 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State full 11ame and address], hereby apply for an order for 
the revocation of patent No ...................... on the following grounds: [The 
ground or grounds of the application can only be one or more of the 
grounds on which the grant of the patent could have been opposed 
under section 21.] I ( or We) declare that no action for infringement 
or p~oceeding in any Court for the revocation of the patent is pending. 
[If such action or proceeding is pending in any Court the application 
cannot be made without the leave of the Court.] 
Communications should be sent to ........................ at [The address must be 
within l',l ew Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
(or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Velling-ton C. 1. [To be signed by applicant.] IP IN I 1/NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 46 
Patents Act 1953 
OFFER Ur--.i1>CR SECTION 43 TO SURRENDER A PATENT 61 
I ( or WE), [State full name and address], hereby offer to surrender 
patent No ...................... . 
I ( or \Ne) declare that no action for infringement or proceeding in any 
Court for the rt•\·ocation oi the patent is pending. [Delete if any action 
or proceeding is pending, and furnish full particulars of the action or 
proceeding.] 
My ( or Our) reasons for making this off er are as follows: .................. .. 
Communications should be sent to ....................... at [The address must be 
within .. .,._./ ew Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by the patentee.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 47 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION UNDER SECTION 43 TO OFFER TO SURRENDER 
A PATENT 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State full name and address], hereby give notice of opposition 
to the offer to surrender patent No. for the following 
reason: ..................... . 
Communications should be sent to ........ ·--·-···· .... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by the opponent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
vVellington C. 1. 62 Patents Regulations 1954 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Patents Form No. 48 
Patents Act 1953 
VOLUNTARY APPLICATION FOR ENDORSEMENT OF PATENT "LICENCES 
OF RIGHT,, 
(To be accompanied by evidence verifying the statement in the 
application and by the letters patent) 
I ( or WR), [State name and address], hereby request that patent 
No. .... may be endorsed " Licences of right ". 
I am ( or We are) not precluded by contract from granting licences 
under the patent. 
Communications should be sent to ... . .. at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by the patentee.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington, C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 49 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 44 (2) FOR SETTLEMENT OF TERMS OF 
LICENCE UNDER PATENT ENDORSED cc LICENCES OF RIGHT,, 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby apply for settlement of 
the terms of a licence to be granted under patent No. 
I am ( or \Ve are) the-
Patentee (s). 1 Person(s) requiring a licence. [Delete the two 
Holder (s) of a licence under the patent J catcJ;ories not applicable.] granted before endorsement. 
I ( or We) request that an order may be made entitling me ( or us) 
to exchange my ( or our) existing licence for a licence to be granted 
upon the terms as settled. [Delete if the applicant is not the holder of 
a licence.] 
Communications should be sent to ....................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is (or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
(or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature of Applicant: ...... . IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 50 
Patents Act 1953 63 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 45 ( 1) BY PATENTEE FOR CANCELLATION 
OF ENDORSEMENT OF A PATENT "LICENCES OF RIGHT,, 
(To be acc01npanied by evidence in support of the application) 
I ( or \VE), [State narne and address], hereby request that the endorse-
ment of patent No. . ........ "Licences of right" may be cancelled, 
and I ( or we) enclose memorandum in patents form 28 forwarding 
the balance of all renewal fees which would have been payable if 
the patent had not been endorsed. 
I (or We) declare-
t e e e w zc ever That there is no existing licence under the }(D z t h · h 
paten ; or . z· bl ] All the licensees consent to this application. zs not app zca e · 
Communications should be sent to .......... ____ .. --··-at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 51 [To be signed by the patentee.] 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 45 (2) BY ANY PERSON INTERESTED FOR 
CANCELLATION OF ENDORSEMENT OF PATENT" LICENCES OF RIGHT" 
(To be accompanied by a copy, and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby claim that the endorsement 
of patent No. ------------------··-··· "Licences of right" is and was at the time of 
the endorsement contrary to a contract in which I am ( or we are) 
interested and I ( or we) request that the endorsement may be cancelled. 
Communications should be sent to ........................ at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. [To be signed by the applicant(s).] 64 Patents Regulations 1954 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 52 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF 0PP0S~TION BY PATENTEE OR BY ANY PERSON INTERESTED TO 
CANCELLATION OF ENDORSEMENT OF A PATENT "LICENCES OF 
RIGHT,, 
(To be accornpa11ied by a copy, and a statement of a case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [Stale name and address], hereby give notice of opposition to 
the application for the cancellation of the endorsement "Licences of 
. ht '' . t f t t N ng 1n respec o pa en o. ............ . ....... . 
Communications should be sent to ......... . ......... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by the opponent] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 53 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR CoMPULSORY LICENCE oR FOR CoMPlTLSORY 
ENDORSE::\1ENT "LICENCES OF RIGHT" 
I ( or \VE L [State name and address], hereby apply for 
Commissioner in respect of patent No ... an order of the 
For a licence under the patent 
g-ranted to me ( or us) ; or 
For the endorsement of the 
"licences of right!',-to be1 [Delete whichever is 
patent J not applicable.] 
for the following reasons: [State the nature of the applicant's interest, the 
facts upon which he relies, and the grounds upon which the application 
is made]. 
Communications should be sent to ..................... at [The address must be 
within N cw Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
(or us). 
[To be signed by the applicant(s).] 
To the Comrnis~ioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 54 
Patents Act 1953 65 
APPLICATION BY GovERN MENT DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION 49 ( 1) 
THE [State name and address of department] hereby applies for an 
order of the Commissioner in respect of patent No .. 
For the endorsement of the patent1 
" licences of right "; or 
For the grant of a licence under the [Delete whichever is 
patent to [Insert name, address., ands not applicable.] 
nationality of person to whom licence 
is to be granted],-
for the following reasons: [State the facts and grounds on which the case 
is based.] 
The address for service m New Zealand of the said [State name of 
department] is 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 55 Signature of applicant: .. 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 50 FOR REVOCATION OF A PATENT 
I ( or WE), [State name and address]., hereby apply for the revocation 
of patent No. . ..................... for the following reasons: [ State the nature of 
applicant's interest., the facts upon which he relies, and the grounds upon 
which the application is made]. 
Communications should be sent to ...................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature: 66 Patents Regulations 1954 IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 56 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION UNDER SECTION 52 TO AN APPLICATION FOR AN 
ORDER UNDER SECTION 46, 49, 50, OR 51 
(To be accompanied by evidence verifying the statement below of 
grounds on which application is opposed) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby give notice of opposition 
to the application made in respect of patent No ....................... by ....................... -
For a licence under the patent. 
For the endorsement of the patent 
" Licences of right ". 
For the grant of a licence to the person 
specified in the application. 
For the revocation of the patent under 
section 50 of the Patents Act 1953. [ Delete whichever 
is not applicable]. 
My (or Our) grounds for opposing are [Insert statement of grounds 
on which application is opposedj. 
Communications should be sent to ..................... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me (or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 57 . Signature: ....................... . 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 51 FOR LICENCE 
I (or WE), [State name and address], hereby apply for a licence under 
patent No ........................ for the making, using, exercising, and vending the 
invention-
As food or medicine; } 
For the purposes of the production of food [D z t h · h . . e e e w ic ever or med1c1ne; or · t z· bl ] As or as part of a surgical or curative is no app zca e. 
device,-
for the following reasons: [State nature of applicant·'s interest, and the 
facts relied upon]. 
Communications should be sent to ........................ at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. Signature of applicant: ....................... . IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 58 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS UNDER SECTION 64 ( 1) 67 
( To be accompanied by a statement of case and by copies of the 
application and statement as required by regulation 122) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby apply for the following 
directions in respect of patent No ......................... : [State the directions sought]. 
Communications should be sent to ...................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be signed by the patentee seeking directions.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 59 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS UNDER SECTION 64 (2) 
{To be accompanied by a copy and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I ( or WE), [State name and address of patentee or joint patentees], 
hereby apply for directions in respect of the failure of [State name of 
person in default] to comply with the directions of the Commissioner 
given under section 64 ( 1) of the Patents Act 1953 on the ... ........... m 
the following matter: [State the directions sought]. 
Communications should be sent to ....................... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is (or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me ( or us). 
[To be signed by the patentee.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 68 Patents Re,~ulations 1954 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 60 
Patents A et 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 65 ( 1) TO DETERMINE A DISPUTE BETWEEN 
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE AS TO RIGIITS IN AN INVENTION 
(To be accompanied by a copy and a statement in duplicate setting out 
the facts of the dispute and the relief sought) 
I ( or \VE) [State name and address], hereby declare that in respect of 
the rights in the invention for which an application for a patent was 
made by .... ....... and numbered ..... . ... (and upon which a patent 
has been granted*), a dispute has arisen between me (or us) and [State 
name and address of other party to dispute] and I (or we) hereby apply 
to the Commissioner to determine the dispute. 
The facts of the dispute, and the relief which I ( or we) seek are 
set out fully in the accompanying statement. 
Communications should be sent to ................... at [The address must 
be within New Zealand], who is (or are) hereby appointed to act for 
me ( or us). 
Signature: 
* Delete if a patent has not been granted. 
To the Cmnmissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 61 
Patents Act 1953 
REQl'.EST FOR ALTERATION OF A NAME OR NATIONALITY OR AN ADDRESS 
OR AN ADDRESS FOR SER\'ICE IN THE REGISTER OF PATENTS 
In the matter of Patent No ........... . 
I (or WE), [State (in full) name and address of applicant or applicants], 
hereby request that the name ( or nationality or address or address for 
service) now upon the register of patents may be altered to [Insert name, 
nationality, or address or address for service, as the case may be]. 
Signature of Applicant or Applicants: ..................... . 
NoTE.-Where the request is for alteration in a name or nationality, 
evidence of the alteration must be furnished. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Patents Form h2 
Patents Act 1953 69 
APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF NAME OF PROPRIETOR OR Co-PROPRIETOR IN 
THE REGISTER OF PATENTS 
I (or WE)., [Insert (in full) name, address, and nationality], hereby 
apply that you will enter my ( or our) name in the register of patents 
~s proprietor ( s) ( or co-proprietor ( s)) of patent No. ___________ at present 
registered in the name of [Give name of registered proprietor].* 
I ( or We) claim to be so entitled by virtue of [Specify the particulars 
of the document., giving its date and the parties thereto., and showing 
how the claim here made is substantiated]. 
And in prcx::>f whereof I ( or we) transmit the accompanying [Insert 
the nature of the document. The certified copy should be written., 
typewritten., or printed on foolscap paper on one side only] with a 
certified copy thereof. 
1\1y ( or Our) address for service in New Zealand 1s ...................... . 
Signature: ................... . 
[State in what capacity the signatory is acting.] 
* If the application is in respect of more than one patent, the numbers 
thC'reof, as well as the particulars required above as to the registered proprietor, 
should be given in a separate schedule, which should be attached to this form. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
W cllington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 63 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF NOTICE OF A MORTGAGE OR LICENCE IN THE 
REGISTER OF PATENTS 
I (or WE), [Insert (in full) name., address., and nationality] hereby apply 
that you will enter in the register of patents a notice of the following 
interest in a patent: 
I (or We) claim to be entitled [Insert the nature of the claim., whether 
by way of mortgage or licence] to an interest in patent No ......................... ,* 
at present registered in the name of [Give name of registered proprietor] 
by virtue of [Specify the particulars of the document., giving its date and 
the parties thereto]. 
And in proof whereof I ( or we) transmit the accompanying [Insert 
the nature of the document. The certified copy should be written., 
typewritten, or printed on foolscap paper on one side only] with a 
certified copy thereof. 
My ( or Our) address for service in New Zealand is __ ... . 
Signature: ....................... . 
[State in what capacity the signatory is acting.] 
* If the application is in respect of more than one patent, the numbers 
thereof, as well as the particulars required above in respect of the nature of the 
claim and the document, should be given in a separate schedule, which should 
be attached to this form. 
To The Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 70 Patents Regulations 1954 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 6+ 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 84 (2) BY ASSIGNOR FOR ENTRY OF N.-\ME 
OF PROPRIETOR OR Co-PROPRIETOR IN THE REGISTER OF PATENTS 
I ( or \VE), [Insert (in full) name and address], hereby apply that you 
will enter the name (s) of [Insert name, address, and nationality of 
person (s) to be registered] in the register of patents as proprietor ( or 
part proprietor) of patent No. . .. ,* of which I am (or we) are 
the registered proprietor ( s). 
He is ( or they are) entitled to the said patent or to a share therein 
by virtue of [Specify the particulars of the document, giving its date 
and the parties thereto, and showing how the claim here made is 
subs tan t i ate d]. 
And in proof whereof I ( or we) transmit the accompanying [Insert 
the nature of the document. The certified copy should be written, type­
written, or printed on foolscap paper on one side only] with a certified 
copy thereof. 
My ( or Our) address for service in New Zealand is 
The address for service in New Zealand of the person (s) to be 
registered as proprietor or co-proprietor is: 
S(gnature: 
[State in what capacit)' the signatory is acting.] 
* If the application is in respect of more than one patent, the numbers 
thereof, as well as the particulars required above in respect of the person ( s) to 
be registered and the document, should be given in a sep:1r.1.te schedule: which 
should be attached to this form. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 65 
Patents Act 195.1 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 84 (2) BY MORTGAGOR OR LICENSOR FOR 
ENTRY OF NOTICE OF A MORTGAGE OR LICENCE IN THE REGISTER OF 
PATENTS 
I (or WE), [Insert (in full) name and address], hereby apply that you 
will enter in t,tie register of patents a notice of the following interest in 
a patent: [Insert name, address, and nationality of mortgagee or licensee.] 
He is ( or they are) entitled [Insert the nature of the claim, whether 
by way of mortgage or licence] to an interest in patent No. .. ... . .. .......... , * 
of which I am ( or we are) the registered proprietor ( s), by virtue of 
[Specify the particulars of the document, giving its date and the 
parties to the same.] 
* If the application is in respect of more than one patent, the numbers 
thereof, as well as the particulars required above in respect of the nature of the 
claim and the document, should be given in a separate schedule, which should 
be attached to this form. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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And in proof whereof I ( or we) transmit the accompanying [Insert 
the nature of the document. The certified copy should be written, 
typewritten, or printed on foolscap paper on one side only] with a 
certified copy thereof. 
My (or Our) address for service in New Zealand is ·--·---·-··············· 
The address for service in New Zealand of the person ( s) to be 
registered as mortgagee or licensee is ....................... . 
Signature: ....................... . 
[State in what capacity the signatory is acting.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 66 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF NOTIFICATION OF DOCUMENT IN REGISTER 
OF PATENTS 
I ( or WE), [Insert ( in full) na,ne, address, and nationality of the party 
who benefits under the document]., transmit the accompanying [Specify 
the particulars of the document, giving its nature, date, and the parties 
thereto] ( together with a certified copy thereof) [The certified copy 
should be written, typewritten, or printed on foolscap paper on one 
side only] affecting the proprietorship of patent No ...................... ,*at present 
registered in the name of [State name of registered proprietor], and 
request that a notification thereof may be entered in the register of 
patents. 
Signature: ....................... . 
[State in what capacity the signatory is acting.] 
* If the application is in respect of more than one patent, the numbers and 
particulars thereof should be given in a separate schedule, which should be 
attached to this form. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 72 Patents Regulations 1954 
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Patents Form No. 67 
Patents Act 1953 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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APPLICATION FOR ENTRY IN THE REGISTER OF PATENTS OF A CLAIM TO 
BE DEEMED A LICENSEE 
I (or WE), [State name, address, and nationality], hereby apply that you 
will enter my ( or our) claim to be deemed to have acted with the 
licence of the patentee ( exclusive licensee) in accordance with the 
conditions in the order dated extending the term of patent 
No ............. . 
Evidence in support of my ( or our) claim accompanies this 
application. 
My ( or Our) address for service in New Zealand is ..... . 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1 . 
Patents Form No. 68 Signature: .. . 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 86 FOR LEAVE TO DISPE:.--.JSE WITH 
PRODUCTION OF PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION 
I (or WE), [State {in full) name, address, occupation, and nationality], 
hereby apply for leave to dispense with the production of probate of the 
will ( or letters of administration in the estate) of [Name of deceased, in 
full], deceased ( hereinafter referred to as the deceased), who was the 
[Inventor., applicant, or patentee] of the invention entitled [Short title of 
invention] the subject of application for the grant of letters patent 
No. __ in New Zealand. 
The circumstances in and the grounds upon which this application 
is made are as follows: 
1. The deceased died testate ( or inte~tate) at . .. on the ·-···--·· ......... . 
day of ... ..... __ 19 .... , and at his death was domiciled in [State country 
of domicile]. 
2. I am entitled to obtain probate of the will of the deceased ( or 
letters of administration in the deceased's estate). 
Or,-
1 am the legal representative of the deceased in the count~y of his 
domicile by virtue of probate ( or letters of administration) granted to 
me by [Title of official or name of Court making] at . ·-·---. _ .... __ on the 
----------------·--··-- day of ----·-···--··-··--··--- 19 _____ _ IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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3. Probate of the will of the deceased has ( or letters of adminis­
tration in the deceased's estate have) not been granted or resealed in 
New Zealand. 
4. No duty is payable in New Zealand in the estate of the deceased, 
as is evidenced by the certificate by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue 
annexed hereto. 
5. The interests of the creditors of the deceased and of all persons 
beneficially interested under his will or in his estate will be adequately 
safeguarded in the manner fallowing: ....................... . 
Communications should be sent to . . at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
(or us). 
[To be signed by all persons making thii application.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Pa tent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 69 
Patents Act 1953 
REQl.TEST FOR CORRECTION OF ERROR ( SECTION 88) 
I ( or WE), [ State full name and address], hereby request that the clerical 
error ( s) in the [ State whether in application, specification, entry in 
register, patent, or the jJarticular relevant document] relating to applica-
tion ( or patent) No ......................... indicated in red ink in the annexed copy 
of the said [State whether in application, specification, entry in register, 
patent, or the particular relevant document] or shown as follows ....................... . 
may be corrected. 
Communications should be sent to ........................ at [The address must be 
within New Zealand], who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
[To be s·igned by applicant or his authorized agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 74 Patents Regulations 1954 IP /N / 1/NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 70 
Patents Act 1953 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO THE CORRECTION OF A CLERICAL ERROR 
(To be accompanied by a copy and a statement of case in duplicate) 
I (or WE), [State (in full) name and address], hereby give notice of 
opposition to the correction of an alleged clerical error in ........................ , 
which said correction has been applied for by ...................... . 
The grounds upon which the said correction is opposed are as 
follows: ...................... . 
Communications should be sent to ....................... at [The address must be 
within New Zealand]., who is ( or are) hereby appointed to act for me 
( or us). 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 71 [To be signed by opponent or opponents.] 
Patents Act 1953 
REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF Corvi MISSIONER 
Patent ( or Application) No. of 19 ..... 
I ( or WE), , of hereby request you to furnish me 
(or us) with your certificate to the effect that [Here set out the 
particulars which the Commissioner is requested to certify, and of 
any copies of documents which are to be annexed to the certificate, 
stating also the purpose for which the copies are required. Give the 
name and full address to which certificate is to be sent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1 . 
Patents Form No. 72 
Patents Act 1953 
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AS TO A MATTER AFFECTING A PATENT OR 
AN APPLICATION THEREFOR 
Patent (or Application) No .................. of 19 ..... . 
I ( or WE), ............... , of . . , hereby req~est you to furnish me 
( or us) with the following information affecting the patent ( or 
application) aforesaid: [Here set out particulars as to the matter in 
respect of which information is sought]. 
(To be signed by the person nr person.~ seekin; 
information., or by their agent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Form No. 73 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 92 FOR LETTERS PATENT 75 
I (or WE), have to inform you that the letters patent dated [State date, 
number, and full name and address of grantee or grantees], No ........................ . 
granted to ..................... for an invention the title of which is [Insert title of 
invention] has been lost or destroyed, or cannot be produced in the 
following circumstances: [State (in full) the circumsf (i!LCes of the case, 
which must be verified by evidence]. 
I ( or We) beg therefore to apply for the reissue of the letters patent. 
[State interest possessed by applicant or applicants in the patent.] 
[Signature of patentee or patentees and full 
address to which the duplicate is to be sent.] 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
Patents Form No. 74 
Patents Act 1953 
In the matter of . 
To [State name., address., and occupation]. 
SUMMONS TO WITNESS 
IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section 96 of the 
Patents Act 1953 and by the regulations in force thereunder, I hereby 
require you to attend before me at . . , on . . .... , the .. ----------·--···--· 
day of , 19 . at . o'clock of the .. ...... . noon, to 
give evidence on behalf of .. in the above-mentioned proceedings 
( and then and there to have and produce [State any particular 
documents required], and all other books, deeds, papers, or other 
writings in your possession or under your control relating to the said 
proceedings.)* If you fail to comply with the provisions of this summons 
you are liable to a fine of £20. 
19 Given under my hand at ... , this __ .............. day of ..................... . 
Commissioner of Patents. 
* Delete if not applicable. 
Patents Form No. 75 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF ORDER OF COURT IN THE REGISTER 
I ( or WE), [State { in full) name and address of applicant or applicants], 
hereby transmit a sealed duplicate ( or certified copy) of .an order of 
the Court with reference to [State the purport of the order]. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
\Vellington C. 1. Signature: 76 Patents Regulations 1954 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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Patents Form No. 76 
Patents Act 1953 
APPLICATION UNDER REGULATION 168 FOR EXTENSION OF TIME 
I ( or WE), [State name and address], hereby apply for an extension of 
the time for [State matter in respect of which extension of time sought] 
in respect of application No ....................... . 
The circumstances in and grounds upon which this application is 
made are as follows: [The circumstances and grounds must be stated in 
detail]. 
Communications should be sent to 
in New Zealand]. 
To the Commissioner, 
The Patent Office, 
Wellington C. 1. 
THIRD SCHEDULE at [The address must be 
Signature: ..................... . 
FORMS OF PATENT AND PATENT OF ADDITION 
Patents Form A 
Form of Patent 
(New Zealand Arms) 
LETTERS PATENT 
ELIZABETH THE SECOND., by the Grace of God of the United I<.ing­
dom, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories 
Queen, Head of the Comn10nwealth, Defender of the Faith: 
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: 
\VHEREAS pursuant to the Patents Act 1953 an application has been 
made for a patent of an invention for _ .... .. ......... (more particularly 
described in the complete specification relating to the application) 
AND WHEREAS . . .... ....... .. of ........................ (hereinafter together with his 
or their successors and assigns or any of them called "the patentee") 
is entitled to be registered as the proprietor of the patent hereinafter 
granted: 
Now, THEREFORE; \Ve by these letters patent give and grant to the 
patentee our special licence, full power, sole privilege, and authority, 
that the patentee by himself, his agents~ or licensees and no others, 
may subject to the provisions of any statute or regulation for the time 
being in force make, use, exercise, and vend the said invention within 
New Ze'aland and its dependencies ·during a term of sixteen years 
from the date hereunder written and that the patentee shall have and 
enjoy the whole profit and advantage from time to time accruing by 
reason of the said invention during the said term: IP /N/ 1/NZL/P /2 
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AND we strictly command all our subjects whomsoever within New 
Zealand and its dependencies that they do not at any time during the 
said term either directly or indirectly make use of or put into practice 
the said invention, nor in any way imitate the said invention without 
the consent, licence, or agreement of the patentee in writing under his 
hand, on pain of incurring such penalties as are prescribed by law 
and of being answerable to the patentee according to law for his 
damages thereby occasioned: 
PROVIDED ALWAYS: 
( 1) That these letters patent shall determine and become void if 
the patentee does not from time to time pay the renewal 
fees prescribed by law in respect of the patent: 
( 2) That these letters patent are revocable on any of the grounds 
prescribed by the Patents Act 1953 as grounds for revoking 
letters patent: 
( 3) That nothing in these letters patent shall prevent the granting 
of licences in the manner in which and for the considerations 
on which they may by law be granted: 
( 4) That these letters patent shall be construed in the most bene­
ficial sense for the advantage of the patentee. 
IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these letters patent to be signed 
and sealed as of the day of .............. -··-· .. 19 ..... . 
Commissioner of Patents. 
[SEAL OF PATENT OFFICE] 
Patents Form B 
Form of Patent of Addition 
(New Zealand Arms) 
LETTERS PATENT 
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United King­
dom, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories 
Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith: 
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: 
\VHEREAS pursuant to the Patents Act 1953 an application has been 
made for a patent of an invention for ... (more particularly 
described in the complete specification relating to the application) 
AND WHEREAS it has been requested that the patent may be granted as a 
patent of addition to patent No .. --··-. .. _____ dated the ............. __ __ day of 
. ........ 19 .. , ( hereinafter called " the main patent") AND WHEREAS 
of .. (hereinafter together with his or their successors 
and assigns or any of them called " the pa ten tee ") is entitled to be 
registered as the proprietor of the patent hereinafter granted: 78 Patents Regulations 1954 
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Now, THEREFORE, We by these letters patent give and grant to the 
patentee our special licence, full power, sole privilege, and authority, 
that the patentee by himself, his agents, or licensees and no others, 
may subject to th~ provisions of any statute or regulation for the time 
being in force make, use, exercise, and vend the said invention within 
New Zealand and its dependencies during a term beginning on the 
.. day of ....... 19 ... and ending at the expiration of sixteen 
years from the day of 19 , the <late of the said 
mam patent and that the patentee shall have and enjoy the whole 
profit and advantage from time to time accruing by reason of the 
said invention during the said term: 
AND we strictly command all our subjects whomsoever within New 
Zealand and its dependencies that they do not at any time during the 
said term either directly or indirectly make use of or put into practice 
the said invention, nor in any way imitate the said invention without 
the consent, licence, or agreement of the patentee in writing under 
his hand, on pain of incurring such penalties as are prescribed by law 
and of being answerable to the pa ten tee according to law for his 
damages thereby occasioned : 
PROVIDED ALWAYS: 
( 1) That these letters patent are revocable on any of the grounds 
prescribed by the Patents Act 1953 as grounds for revoking 
letters patent: 
( 2) That nothing in these letters patent shall prevent the granting 
of licences in the manner in \.vhich and for the considerations 
on \.vhich they may by law be granted: 
( 3) That these letters patent shall be construed in the most bene­
ficial sense for the advantage of the patentee. 
IN \VITNESS whereof \Ve have caused these letters patent to be signed 
and sealed as of the day of 19 
Commissioner of Patents. 
[SEAL OF PATENT OFFICE] 
FOUR TH SCHEDULE 
RE!',.;E\V,\L FEES PAY.-\BLE 
Before the expiration of the­
Fourth year 
Seventh. year 
Tenth n.'ar 
Th irtf'f'.n tL n.·a1· 
from the d,tte of thl' patent. Corresponding Fee 
£ s. d. 
4 0 0 .., 0 0 I 
10 0 0 
13 0 0 IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
Page 80 
1954/211] 
Date of 
Order in Council 
26 June 1922 
26 June 1922 
26June 1922 
7 June 1923 
12 December 1924 
6 April 1925 
29 August 1945 
14 August 1946 
23 .January 1947 .. 
14 l\f a y 194 7 
I 7 September 194 7 
I 7 September 194 7 
3 October 1947 
3 October 194 7 
17 December 1947 
I 7 March 1948 
I l August 1948 
13 October 1948 
7 September 1949 
19 July 1950 
8 May 1951 
15 August 1951 Patents Regulations 1954 
FIFTH SCHEDULE 
REGl TLATIONS REVOKED 
Title or Subject Matter 
Regulations under the Patents, Designs, 
and Trade Marks Act 1921-22 relating 
to patents 
Regulations as to patent agents under the 
Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 
1921-22 
Regulations under section 129 of the 
Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 
1921-22 
Amendment of regulations under the 
Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 
1921-22 relating to patents 
Regulations under the Patents, Designs, and 
Trade Marks Act 1921-22 
Regulations under the Patents, Designs, and 
Trade Marks Act 1921-22 
The Patents Amending Regulations 1945 
The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks 
Amending Regulations 1946 (in their 
application to patents) 
The Patents Amending Regulations I 94 7 
The Patents and Designs (United States of 
America) Regulations 194 7 in their 
application to patents 
The Patents (Canada) Regulations 1947 
The Patents Amending Regulations I 94 7, 
:\"o. 2 
The Patents (Union of South Africa) 
Regulations 1947 
The Patents and Designs (United States of 
America) Regulations 1947, Amendment 
No. I, in their application to patents 
The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks 
(Neuchatel Agreement) Regulations 1947 
in their application to patents 
The Patents .:\.mending Regulations 1948 
The Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, and 
Copyright (Treaties of Peace with Italy, 
Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Fin­
land) Regulations I 948 in their appli- 1 
cation to patents 
The Patents (London Accord) Regulations 
1948 
The Patents Amending Regulations 1949 
The Patents Amending Regulations 1950 
The Patents Extension of Time (Germany) 
Regulations 1951 
The Patents Amending Regulations 1951 79 
Published in 
Gazette 
Year Page 
1922 Vol. II, 
p. 1669 
1922 Vol. II, 
p. 1694 
1922 Vol. II, 
p. 1695 
1923 Vol. II, 
p. 1634 
1924 Vol. III, 
p. 2972 
1925 Vol. I' p. 1041 
Published in 
Statutory 
Regulations 
Year 
1945 
1946 
1947 
1947 
1947 
1947 
1947 
1947 
1947 
1948 
1948 
1948 
1949 
1950 
1951 
1951 Serial 
Number 
1945/121 
1946/143 
1947/2 
1947/70 
1947/134 
1947/136 
1947/150 
1947/151 
1947/197 
1948/39 
1948/136 
1948/164 
1949/139 
1950/124 
1951/106 
1951/185 
T. J. SHERRARD, 
Clerk of the Executive Council. 80 Patents Regulations 1954 
EXPLANATORY NOTE IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
Page 81 
[1954/211 
[This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their 
general effect.] 
These regulations replace the existing general regulations relating to patents. 
The revision of the regulations is consequential on the passing of the Patents Act 
1953. The regulations cover various matters which arc left by the Act to be 
prescribed by regulations. 
Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. 
Date of notification in Gazette: 9 December 1954. 
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice. 
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Printed wider the authority of the 
New Zealand Government by V. R. WARD, Government Printer-1988 
83 l 12B-88PTK IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
Page 82 
1972/259 
THE PATENTS REGULATIONS 1954, AMENDMENT NO. 2 
DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General 
ORDER IN COUNCIL 
At the Government House at Wellington this 27th day of November 1972 
Present: 
His ExcELLENCY THE GovERNOR-GENERAL IN CouNCIL 
PURSUANT to the Patents Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, 
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, 
hereby makes the following regulations. 
REGULATIONS 
1. Title and oommencement-( 1) These regulations may be cited as 
the Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 2, and shall be read 
together with and deemed part of the Patents Regulations 1954* (here­
inafter referred to as the principal regulations). 
( 2) Regulations 2, 3, and 4 of these regulations shall come into foirce 
on the 1st day of January 1973. 
(3) Regulation 5 of these regulations shall come into force on the 1st 
day of December 1972. 
2. Entries for examination and appointment of examiners-The prin­
cipal regulations are hereby an1ended by revoking regulation 15 7, and 
substituting the following regulation: 
"15 7. ( 1) Any person desiring to present hi1nself for examination in 
any subject shall notify the Commissioner and pay the fee prescribed in 
the First Schedule to these regulations not later than the 1st day of 
February in the year in which he desires to be examined, or not later 
than such other day in that year ( not being a day earlier than the 1st day 
of February) as the Commissioner may advertise in the Journal. 
" ( 2) On receiving such notice the Commissioner shall inform the 
Council of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys Incorporated., 
and the Commissioner and the Council shall jointly arrange the time 
and conduct of the examination. 
" ( 3) The papers for the examination shall be set and marked by 2 
examiners, of whom 1 shall be the Commissioner and 1 a registered 
patent attorney nominated by the Council. 
*S.R. 1954/211 
Am.endment No. 1: S.R. 1966/203 
Price Code: 4-B 2 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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" ( 4) If the 2 exatniners cannot agree ·on any rn.atter, the Commis­
sioner and the Council shall jointly appoint a third examiner in respect 
of that n1atter, which shall be determined by the 3 examiners or by a 
majority of them. 
" ( 5) If the Commissioner and the Council cannot agree on the 
appointment of a third examiner, the Minister shall appoint him." 
3. Subjects of examination--The principal regulations are hereby 
further amended by revoking regulation 158, and substituting the 
following regulation: 
"158. ( 1) The examination shall be conducted by means of written 
papers on the following subjects: 
"(a) The New Zealand law and practice relating to patents and 
designs-2 papers each of 3 hours: 
"(b) The New Zealand law and practice relating to trade marks-
1 paper of 3 hours: 
" ( c) Foreign patent law-1 paper of 3 hoU1rs: 
" ( d) The preparation of specifications for New Zealand patents-I 
paper of 4 hours: 
" ( e) Patent attorney practice in New Zealand, including the interpre­
tation and criticism of patent specificationsr--1 paper of 4 
hours. 
" ( 2) Every candidate who before the commencement of this regula­
tion has been credited with a pass in the subject foreign patent law 
and practice shall be deemed to have been credited with a pass in 
the subject specified in paragraph ( c) of subclause ( 1) of this 
regulation. 
" ( 3) Every candidate who before the commencement of this regula­
tion has been credited with a pass in the subject patent attorney 
practice shall be deemed to have been credited with a pass in each 
of the subjects specified in paragraphs ( d) and ( e) of subclause ( 1) 
of this regulation." 
4. Rules for examination-The principal regulations are hereby 
further amended by revoking regulation 159, and substituting the 
following regulation: 
"159. ( 1) No candidate shall present himself for examination in more 
than 3 subjects in any one year. 
"(2) Where a candidate has been credited with a pass in a single 
subject only in any one year, that credit shall lapse if the candidate 
fails to complete all the subjects of the examination by the end of 
the fifth year after the year in which he was credited with that 
subject. 
"(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2) of this regulation, the Commis­
sioner may allow the candidate to be credited with that subject for a 
further period not exceeding 2 years if the candidate applies for the 
credit before the end of the seventh year after the year in which he was 
credited with that subject and the Commissioner is satisfied that the 
candidate has pursued his studies with diligence. 
" ( 4) No candidate shall present himself for examination in the sub­
jects specified in paragraphs ( d) and ( e) of subclause ( 1) of regulation 
158 of these regulations until he has been credited with a pass in the 
subject specified in paragraph (a) of that subclause." IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
Page 84 
1972/259 Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 2 3 
5. Crediting of single subjects before 1973-( 1) Notwithstanding sub­
clause ( 1) of regulation 159 of the principal regulations (as revoked 
by regulation 4 of these regulations), every candidate who at any time 
before the 1st day of April 1973 has in any one year-
(a) Presented himself for examination in both of the subjects patent 
attorney practice and foreign patent law and practice; and 
(b) Passed the subject patent attorney practice but failed to pass 
the subject foreign patent law and practice-
shall be credited with a pass in the subject patent attorney practice. 
(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of regulation 159 of the princi­
pal regulations ( as revoked by regulation 4 of these regulations), any 
candidate who has been credited with a pass in the subject patent 
attorney practice under subclause ( 1) of this regulation may in the 
year 1972 present himself for examination in the single subject foreign 
patent law and practice and shall, if he passes in that subject, 
be credited with the pass accordingly. 
P. J. BROOKS, 
Olerk of the Executive Council. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general 
effect. 
These regulations revise the provisions of the principal regulations dealing with 
the appointinent of examiners, entries, subjects., and procedure for examinations 
for candidates for registration as patent attorneys. 
Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. 
Date of notification in Gazette: 30 November 1972. 
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice. 
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Printed under the authority of the 
New Zealand Government by V. R. WARD, Government Printer-1988 
83114A-88PTK IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
Page 85 
197S/a8 
™E PATENTS REGULATIONS 1954, AMENDMENT NO. 3 
DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General 
ORDER IN COUNCIL 
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 24th day of March 1975 
Present: 
TnE HoN. R . .J. T1zARD PRESIDING IN CouNCIL 
PuR.suANT to the Patents Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor­
General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive 
Council, hereby makes the fallowing regulations. 
REGULATIONS 
1. Title and commencement-( 1) These regulations may ,be cited as 
the Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 3, and shall be read 
together with and deemed part of the Patents Regulations 1954* 
(hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations). 
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the day after the date 
of their notification in the Gazette. 
2. Form and size of documents-The principal regulations are hereby 
amended by revoking regulation 10, and substituting the following 
regulation: 
"10. All documents and copies of documents ( except drawings) filed 
at the Patent Office shall, unless the Commissioner otherwise directs, 
be typewritten, lithographed, or printed, in the English language-­
"(a) On strong white paper of approximately A4 international size; 
and 
"(b) In legible characters with a permanent deep black ink; and 
"(c) With a space of approximately 0.6 cm between each line; and 
" ( d) Except in the case of statutory declarations and affidavits, on 
one side only; and 
"(e) With a margin of at least 2.5 cm on the left-hand side; and 
"(f) In the case of provisional and complete specifications, leaving a 
space of approximately 13 cm blank at the top of the form." 
Prict. A *S.R. 1954/211 
Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1966/203 
Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1972/259 2 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
Page 86 
Patents Regulations 1954, A niendment No. 3 1975/58 
3. Drawing paper-Regulation 30 of the principal regulations is 
hereby amended by omitting from subclause ( 1) the expression "100 
sheets to the inch", and substituting the expression "40 sheets to the 
centimetre". 
4. Size of sheets-Regulation 31 of the principal regulations is hereby 
amended by revoking subclause ( 1), and substituting the following 
subclause: 
" ( 1) Drawings shall be on sheets of approximately A4 international 
size, and a clear margin of at least 1.5 cm shall be left at the edges of 
the sheet." 
5. Preparation of drawings-Regulation 32 of the principal regula­
tions is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (i) the words 
"one-eighth of an inch", and substituting the expression "0.3 cm". 
6. Descriptive matter-Regulation 34 of the principal regulations is 
hereby amended by omitting from subclause (3) the words "one-quarter 
of an inch", and substituting the expression "0.4 cm". 
7. Further metric conversions-The Second Schedule to the principal 
regulations is hereby amended-
( a) By omitting from Patents Form No. 4 the expression "li in." in 
the instructional notes, and substituting the expression 
"2.5 cm": 
(b) By omitting from Patents Form No. 5 the expression "1! in." 
in the instructional notes, and substituting the expression 
"2.5 cm": 
( c) By omitting from Patents Form Nos. 22, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 
respectively, the word "foolscap", in every place where it 
occurs in the instructional notes in those forms, and sub­
stituting in every case the expression "A4 international stan­
dard size". 
P. G. MILLEN, 
Clerk of the Executive Council. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their 
general eflect. 
The effect of these regulations is to convert measurements in the Patents Regu­
lations 1954 to metric measurements. 
In the course of the conversion, the measurements relating to margins on 
documents, and the height of the lettering of descriptive matter on drawings, 
have been altered. All other conversions are to the metric equivalents of present 
measurements. 
The regulations also require A4 international siz.e paper to be used instead 
of foolscap paper in documents filed in the Patent Office. 
Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. 
Date of notification in Gazette: 26 March 1975. 
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice. 
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Printed under the authority of the New Zealand 
Government by P. D. HASSELBERG, Government Printer-1984 
19577H-84 M IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
Page 87 
1991/270 
THE PATENTS REGULATIONS 1954, AMENDMENT NO. 18 
CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General 
ORDER IN COUNCIL 
At Wellington this 9th day of December 1 991 
Present: 
HER EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL 
PURSUANT to sections 114 and 115 of the Patents Act 1 953, Her Excellency 
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the 
Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. 
REGULATIONS 
1. Title and commencement-(1) These regulations may be cited as 
the Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 13, and shall be read 
together with and deemed part of the Patents Regulations I 954 ·U· 
(hereinafter ref erred to as the principal regulations). 
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of March 1992. 
Price Code: 8-BY *S.R. 1954/211 
Amendment No. 1: (Rrooked by S.R. 1976/27) 
Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1972/259 
Amendment No. 3: S.R. 1915/58 
Amendment No. 4: (Rrooked by S.R. 1977/61) 
Amendment No. 5: (Rrooked by S.R. 1980/8.J) 
Amendment No. 6: (Rrooked by S.R. 1982/84) 
Amendment No. 7: (Rroo/r.ed by S.R. 1984/124) 
Amendment No. 8: (Revoked by S.R. 1985/224) 
Amendment No. 9: (Rrooked by S.R. 1986/206) 
Amendment No. 10: (Revoked by S.R. 1987/227) 
Amendment No. 11: S.R. 1987/227 
Amendment No. 12: S.R. 1988/278 2 IP IN I 1/NZL/P /2 
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2. New scale of fees substituted-The principal regulations are hereby 
amended by revoking the First Schedule ( as substituted by regulation 2 ( 1) 
of the Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 12), and substituting the 
First Schedule set out in the Schedule to these regulations. 
8. Amount of goods and services tax not included-Except in 
relation to the item marked * in the First Schedule to the principal 
regulations ( as substituted by regulation 2 of these regulations), the fees 
prescribed by the principal regulations are exclusive of goods and services 
tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985. 
4. Revocations-Regulations 2 (1) and 3 to 7 of the Patents Regulations 
1954, Amendment No. 12 and so much of the Schedule thereto as relates 
to the First Schedule to the principal regulations are hereby 
consequentially revoked. 
Reg. 2 
Reg. 3 
Item 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 SCHEDULE 
NEW FIRST SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS 
''FIRST SCHEDULE 
FEES 
Matter 
On application for a patent 
On convention application for a 
patent: 
In respect of each application 
for protection in a convention 
country 
On application for grant of patent 
of addition instead of an 
independent patent under 
section 34 (2) of the Act 
On filing specification: 
Provisional 
Complete 
On request for post-dating of an 
application under section 12 (3) 
of the Act · . . . . 
On request to advance 
examination of application 
On application for result of search 
made under sections 13 and 14 
of the Act 
On application under section 
16 (2) of the Act for deletion of 
reference 
For postponement of acceptance 
of complete specification: Amount 
$ 
80 
80 
110 
no fee 
260 
50 
110 
40 
40 Corresponding 
Patents 
Form No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
8 
9 
11 
12 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Item 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 SCHEDULE-continued 
NEW FIRST SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS-continued 
''FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Matter 
Up to 16 months from date of 
filing of complete 
specification 
From 16 months to 1 7 months 
From 1 7 months to 18 months 
On hearing by Commissioner: 
By each party 
On request or claim under section 
23 of the Act . . . . 
On application for a certificate 
under section 23 (8) of the Act 
On a claim under section 24 (1) of 
the Act for apflication to 
proceed in name o claimants 
On application for directions 
under section 2 4 ( 5) of the Act 
On a request for sealing of patent 
On application under section 2 8 of 
the Act for amendment of a 
patent 
On application under section 31, 
section 3 2, or section 3 3 of the 
Act for extension of term of 
patent 
On grant of application under 
section 31, section 3 2, or section 
3 3 of the Act: 
For each year of extension 
granted up to and including 5 
years 
For each year of extension 
granted over 5 years 
On application for restoration of a 
patent 
Additional fee on restoration of 
patent 
On application under section 36 of 
the Act for sealing a patent 
Additional fee for sealing under 
section 3 6 of the Act .. 
On application under section 3 7 of 
the Act for restoration of an 
application Amount 
$ 
60 
60 
60 
130 
40 
40 
50 
100 
100 
60 
1100 
460 
900 
220 
220 
110 
150 
140 Corresponding 
Patents 
Form No. 
14 
14 
14 
17 
18, 19 
21 
22 
23 
24 
27 
31 
33 
35 
36 
38 
39 3 4 IP IN I l /NZL/P /2 
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Item 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 Patents Regulations 1954,, Amendment No. 1.3 1991/270 
SCHEDULE-continued 
NEW FIRST SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS-continued 
"FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Matter 
On application to amend 
specification after acceptance 
On application to amend 
specification not yet accepted 
On application to amend an 
application for a patent 
On application for revocation of a 
patent under section 4 2 of the 
Act 
On application for endorsement of 
patent 'Licences of Right' .. 
On application for settlement of 
terms of licence under patent 
endorsed 'Licences of Right' 
On application for cancellation of 
endorsement 'Licences of Right' 
On application under section 46 of 
the Act for grant of a 
compulsory licence or 
endorsement of a patent 
'Licences of Right' or grant of 
licence in respect of I or more 
patents in the name of the same 
proprietor 
On application under section 
49 (1) of the Act for 
endorsement of patent 'Licences 
of Right' or grant of licence in 
respect of 1 or more patents in 
the name of the same proprietor 
On application under section 50 of 
the Act for revocation 
On application for licence under 
section 51 of the Act in respect 
of each patent . . . . 
On application under section 64 of 
the Act for directions of 
Commissioner 
On application under section 
65 ( 1) of the Act to determine 
dispute . . . . . . 
For altering name or nationality or 
address or address for service in 
register Amount 
$ 
110 
60 
40 
500 
40 
110 
60 
330 
330 
220 
330 
110 
110 
40 Corresponding 
Patents 
Form No. 
41 
43 
44 
45 
48 
49 
50, 51 
53 
54 
55 
57 
58, 59 
60 
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1991/270 Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 13 
SCHEDULE-continued 
NEW FIRST SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS-continued 
"FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Item Matter 
On request covering more than 
1 patent, the alteration being 
the same as in the first patent: 
For the first patent .. 
For each additional patent 
38 On application for entry of name 
of subsequent proprietor in the 
register 
On each application covering 
more than 1 patent, the 
devolution of title being the 
same as in the first patent: 
For the first patent .. 
For each additional patent 
39 On application for entry of notice 
or notification of a mortgage, 
licence, or other document in 
the register 
On each application covering 
more than 1 patent, the 
devolution of title being the 
same as in the first patent: 
For the first patent .. 
For each additional patent 
40 On application for entry in the 
register of claim to a licence 
under a patent extended under 
section 3 1, section 3 2, or section 
33 of the Act 
41 On application under section 86 of 
the Act to dispense with 
production of probate or letters 
of administration 
4 2 On request to Commissioner 
under section 88 (3) of the Act 
to correct an error 
4 3 For certificate of Commissioner 
under section 8 9 (I) of the Act 
44 On request for information as to a 
matter affecting a patent or an 
application therefor: 
For each matter 
45 On application under section 92 of 
the Act for a further patent Amount 
$ 
40 
20 
50 
50 
25 
50 
50 
25 
50 
50 
50 
60 
40 
50 Corresponding 
Patents 
Form No. 
62 or 64 
63, 65, or 
66 
67 
68 
69 
71 
72 
73 5 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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6 Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 1.3 1991/270 
SCHEDULE-continued 
NEW FIRST SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL REGVlATIONS-continued 
''FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Amount 
Item Matter $ 
46 On notice of order of Court 40 
4 7 On application under regulation 
16 9 of these regulations for 
waiver of requirements 40 
48 On entry for examination for 
registration as a patent 
attorney: 
For each paper 20 
49 For entry of name, etc., in the 
register of patent attorneys 65 
50 On annual renewal of registration 
as a patent attorney 65 
51 Additional fee on restoration of 
registration as a patent attorney 
under regulation 161 of these 
regulations I 00 
52 For all extensions of time, except 
extensions in term of patent 
and extensions in respect of 
which no fee is payable under 
the Act or these regulations: 
For each month or part 
thereof 30 
53 On all notices of opposition 500 
54 For photographic copies of 
documents: 
Per document 
Plus each page coried .. 
Each page copied/self service 
55 For typed or photographic copy of 
documents . . . . 
56 For office copy of patent 
5 7 For certifying office copies, 
manuscripts, printed or 
photographic 4 
0.28 
0.14* 
12 
42 
35 Corresponding 
Patents 
Form No. 
75 
7, 10, 13, 
16, 20, 25, 
26,. 29, 76 
15, 32, 34, 
37, 40, 42, 
4 7, 52, 56, 
70 
* Inclusive of Goods and Services Tax under the Goods and Services Tax 
Act 1985. 1991/270 IP /N / 1 /NZL/P /2 
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Patents Regulations 19 5 4, Amendment No. 1.3 
SCHEDULE-continued 
NEW FIRST SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS-continued 
''FIRST SCHEDULE-continued 
FEES-continued 
Amount 
Item Matter $ 
5 8 On notification of alteration of 
applicant's name: · . . 40 
On each notification covering 
more than 1 application, the 
change being the same as in the 
first application: 
For the first application . . 40 
For each additional 
application 20 Corresponding 
Patents 
Form No. 
', 
MARIE SHROFF, 
Clerk of the Executive Council. 7 IP/N/1/NZL/P/2 
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8 Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 13 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect. 1991/270 
These regulations, which come into force on 1 March 1992, prescribe a new scale of fees in 
respect of various matters under the Patents Regulations 1954. Some fees have been increased 
and some fees have been reduced. 
Regulation 2 substitutes a new scale of fees payable in respect of various matters. A new fee 
is prescribed for obtaining photographic copies of documents by way of self-service. 
Regulation 3 provides that, except in respect of the fee for one matter referred to in the new 
scale of fees, the fees prescribed by the principal regulations are exclusive of goods and 
services tax. 
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. 
Date of notification in Gazette: 12 December 1 991. 
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Commerce. 
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THE PATENTS REGULATIONS 1954, AMENDMENT NO. 14 
CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General 
ORDER IN COUNCIL 
At Wellington this 1 7th day of Febrnary 1992 
Present: 
THE RIGHT HON.]. B. BOLGER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL 
PURSUANT to sections 114 and 115 of the Patents Act 1953, Her Excellency 
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the 
Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. 
REGULATIONS 
1. Title and coD1JDencen1ent-(l) These regulations may be cited as 
the Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 14, and shall be read 
together with and deemed part of the Patents Regulations 1954* 
(hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations). 
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of March 1992. 
Price Code: 2-A •s. R. I 9541211 
Amendment No. I: (Revolted by S.R. 1976/27) 
Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1972/259 
Amendment No. S: S.R. 1975/58 
Amendment No. 4: (Revolted by S.R. 1977/61) 
Amendment No. 5: (Revolted by S.R. 1980/8.J) 
Amendment No. 6: (Revolted by S.R. 1982/84) 
Amendment No. 7: (Revolted by S.R. 1984/124) 
Amendment No. 8: (Revolted by S.R. 198 5/224) 
Amendment No. 9: (Revolted by S.R. 1986/206) 
Amendment No. 10: (Revolted by S.R. 1987/227) 
Amendment No. 11: S.R. 1987/227 
Amendment No. 12: S.R. 1988/278 
Amendment No. IS: S.R. 1991/270 2 IP IN I 1 /NZL/P /2 
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2. Fees-The First Schedule to the principal regulations ( as substituted 
by regulation 2 of the Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 13), is 
hereby amended by omitting from item 55 the words "For typed or 
photographic copy of documents", and substituting the words "For 
photographic copies of patent specifications". 
MARIE SHROFF, 
Clerk of the Executive Council. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This note is not part ef the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general tdfect. 
These regulations, which come into force on 1 March 1992, correct an error made in the 
Patents Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 13 (which come into force on 1 March 1992). 
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. 
Date of notification in Gazette: 20 February 1992. 
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Commerce. 
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THE PATENTS (TRANSITIONAL APPLICATIONS) 
REGULATIONS 1994 
CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General 
ORDER IN COUNCIL 
At Wellington this 19th day of December 1994 
Present: 
THE HON. Douc KIDD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL 
PURSUANT to the Patents Act 1953, Her Excellency the Governor-General, 
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby 
makes the following regulations. 
REGULATIONS 
1. Title and commencement-( 1) These regulations may be cited as 
the Patents (Transitional Applications) Regulations 1994. 
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1 st day of January 
1995. 
2. Notice under section 17 (2) of Patents Amendment Act 1994-
Every notice under section 1 7 (2) of the Patents Amendment Act 1994 
requesting that an application for a patent be determined in accordance 
with the Patents Act 1 953 as amended by the Patents Amendment Act 
1994 shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these regulations. 
8. Fee-( 1) The fee payable on the giving of a notice under section 1 7 (2) 
of the Patents Amendment Act I 994 shall be $50. 
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(2) The fee prescribed under subclause ( 1) of this regulation is exclusive 
of goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985. 
Reg. 2 SCHEDULE 
FORM OF NOTICE UNDER SECTION 1 7 (2) OF 
PA TENTS AMENDMENT ACT 1 994 
Patents Act 19 53 
NOTICE REQUESTING APPLICATION FOR PATENT TO BE DETERMINED UNDER 
PATENTS ACT 1953 As AMENDED BY PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT 1994 
Notice is hereby given by (a) ................................. , of ................................. , 
requesting that application No ........ , filed on the ................... day of ........... . 
............................... 19 ....... , be determined in accordance with the Patents 
Act 1953 as amended by the Patents Amendment Act 1994. 
Dated this ................... day of ...................................... 19 
To the Commissioner of Patents, 
Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 
(a) Insert full name and address of applicant. 
(b) Signature. (b) ..................................... . 
MARIE SHROFF, 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This note is not part ef the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general ':ifect. 3 
These regulations, which come into force on 1 January 1995, prescribe the form of notice, 
under section l 7 (2) of the Patents Amendment Act 1994, to be given by an applicant for a 
patent where the applicant requests that the application be determined under the principal 
Act as amended by the Patents Amendment Act 1994. Section 1 7 (2) provides that where a 
complete specification has not been advertised before the coming into force of the Patents 
Amendment Act 1994, the application must be determined in accordance with the principal 
Act as amended by the Patents Amendment Act 1994 if the applicant gives notice requesting 
that it be so determined. 
The regulations also prescribe the fee payable on the giving of such a notice. 
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. 
Date of notification in Gazette: 21 December 1994. 
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Commerce. 
WELLINGTON, Ni::w ZEALAND: Published under the authority of the 
New Zealand Government-1994 
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