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and date of patent for innovation patent application that is a divisional application of a petty patent or petty patent application
23.33 Transitional: examination of innovation patents converted from petty patent applications
23.34 Transitional: certain PCT applications
23.35 Transitional: payment of fees for petty patents
Part 2—Amendments made by particular instruments
23.36 Amendments made by Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (Raising the Bar) Regulation 2013 (No. 1)
23.37 Amendments made by Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (TRIPS Protocol and Other Measures) Regulation 2015
Part 3—Transitional provisions for Schedule 4 to the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2015 and Schedule 1 to the Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (Single Economic Market and Other Measures) Regulation 2016
23.38 Definitions
23.39 Removal of name from Register if New Zealand court determines person should not practise as a patent attorney in New Zealand
23.40 Restoring attorney's name after advice from New Zealand Commissioner of Patents
23.41 Transitional—registration as a patent attorney
23.42 Continuation of certain disciplinary proceedings—individuals
23.43 Continuation of certain disciplinary proceedings—incorporated patent attorneys
23.44 Termination of appointment of Patents and Trade Marks Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal upon completion of all proceedings
23.45 Transitional—exemptions from patents knowledge requirements
Part 4—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Regulations 2018
23.46 Amendments made by Part 2 of Schedule 2
23.47 Amendments made by Part 3 of Schedule 2
23.48 Amendments made by Part 5 of Schedule 2
23.49 Amendments made by Part 7 of Schedule 2
Part 5—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (PCT Translations and Other Measures) Regulations 2019
23.50A Amendments made by Schedule 1
23.50 Amendment made by Part 3 of Schedule 2
Part 6—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Regulations 2020
23.51 Application of amendments
Part 7—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Fee Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2020
23.52 Application of amendments
Part 8—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (Fee Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2024
23.53 Fee for more than 20 potential claims in relation to an application for a standard patent at the start of the first examination report date
23.54 Fee for acceptance of a patent request and complete specification
23.55 Costs, expenses and allowances in respect of proceedings

Chapter 1—Introductory

1.1  Name of Regulations
  These Regulations are the Patents Regulations 1991.

1.3  Interpretation
 (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
abstract means abstract of a complete specification.
acceptance means:
 (a) in relation to a patent request and complete specification relating to an application for a standard patent—acceptance of the patent request and complete specification under section 49 of the Act; and
 (b) in relation