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on business, practises or acts as a patent attorney
201B Incorporated patent attorney must have a patent attorney director
202 Documents prepared by legal practitioners
202A Documents prepared by a member of a partnership
202B Documents prepared by incorporated patent attorneys and incorporated legal practices
203 Attendance at patent attorney's office
204 Time for starting prosecutions
Chapter 21—Administration
205 Patent Office and sub‑offices
206 Patent Office seal
207 Commissioner of Patents
208 Deputy Commissioner of Patents
209 Delegation of Commissioner's powers and functions
210 Commissioner's powers
210A Sanctions for non‑compliance with Commissioner's requirements
211 Recovery of costs awarded by Commissioner
Chapter 22—Miscellaneous
212 Copies of examination reports to be communicated
213 Making and signing applications etc.
214 Filing of documents
214A Approved means of filing documents
214B Directions by Commissioner for filing of documents
214C Directions by Commissioner for filing of evidence
215 Death of applicant or nominated person
216 Exercise of discretionary power by Commissioner
217 Assessors
218 Costs where patent invalid in part
219 Security for costs
220 Costs of attendance of patent attorney
220A Notifications by Commissioner under this Act
221 Service of documents
222 Publication of Official Journal etc.
222A Doing act when Patent Office reopens after end of period otherwise provided for doing act
223 Extensions of time
223A Computerised decision‑making
224 Review of decisions
225 Conduct of employees and agents of natural persons
226 Documents open to public inspection do not infringe copyright
227 Fees payable under this Act
227AAA Approved means of paying a fee
227AB Application of administrative law regime to decisions made in New Zealand
227A Trans‑Tasman IP Attorneys Board
227B Publishing personal information of registered patent attorneys
228 Regulations
229 Instrument determining formalities requirements for patent documents
Chapter 23—Transitional and savings provisions
237 Orders, directions etc. under 1952 Act
239 The Register of Patents and Register of Patent Attorneys
240 Registered patent attorneys
Schedule 1—Dictionary
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act relating to patents of inventions

Chapter 1—Introductory