The Journal of the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand contains information the Commissioner is required by the Patents Act 1953 and the Patents Act 2013 to advertise. It's a monthly publication consisting of a General Information section in PDF format, and, an online section for applications and registrations. 

Latest publications

The journal publications below contain general information.

If you need information from earlier publications, please see our journal facility or contact us to request a copy of that Journal publication. Please indicate the needed dates or issue numbers in your request.

For case specific information that the Commissioner is required to advertise under the Patents Act 1953 see our journal facility.

General information published in the Journal for the last 6 months

• December 2024 - Journal 1746 [PDF, 285 KB]
• November 2024 - Journal 1745 [PDF, 236 KB]
• October 2024 - Journal 1744 [PDF, 255 KB]
• September 2024 - Journal 1743 [PDF, 286 KB]
• August 2024 - Journal 1742 [PDF, 270 KB]
• July 2024 - Journal 1741 [PDF, 239 KB]

This section of the journal contains the following information:

• Gazetted industrial exhibitions
• Public notices
• Expected publication dates
• Fees
• Official closed days

We also publish the Plant Variety Rights Journal on a quarterly basis. It contains details of applications for and grants of plant variety rights, notice of legislative changes and information about plant variety protection in other countries.

Patent, trade mark and design applications and registrations

In this section of the journal you search for details of patent, trade mark and design applications and registrations. For example, you can view the abridgement and drawing(s) of accepted patent applications and the details of accepted trade marks and designs in the Journal. The period during which oppositions to grant or registration can be filed commences upon the advertisement of acceptance in the Journal.

Viewing the online journal

Choose from the links below to view the sections of the Journal.

• General information
• Patent, trade mark and design applications and registrations. As of 10 December 2012 all patent, trade mark and design journal information is only available through the online search function.

You may use the Journal to search for details of patent, trade mark and design applications and registrations. For example, you can view the abridgement and drawing(s) of accepted patent applications and the details of accepted trade marks and designs. The period during which oppositions to grant or registration can be filed commences upon the advertisement of acceptance in the Journal.

Read more on how to search the Journal.

Expected journal publication dates

The cut off date for all publications is one day prior to publication.

Classification of data

Key information relating to a patent, trade mark or design is tagged with a number. These numbers are called INID codes [149 KB PDF] [PDF, 148 KB].

Because these numbers are consistent in every country, they allow you to read important information from a patent, trade mark or design even if you don't understand the language it's printed in.

The INID numbers can be found in brackets after field titles on our database extracts and on the online journal search screen.

Trade mark classification information in the journal

New Zealand uses the latest version of the Twelfth edition of the Nice Classification of Goods and Services for Trade Marks, which is maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Trade marks applied for in New Zealand since 1 January 2023 are recorded on the IPONZ database as being applied for or registered under Classification System 12, referring to the current edition of Nice Classification. New versions of the current classification edition are released annually.

Prior to 1 January 2023 IPONZ defined the version of classification system, that a trade mark is registered in respect to, as either schedule 8, 9, 10 or 11. 

Schedule 11 covers trade marks applied for between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022.

Schedule 10 covers trade marks applied for between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2016.

Schedule 9 covers trade marks applied for between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2011.

Schedule 8 covers trade marks applied for between 20 August 2002 and 31 December 2006.

For more information about the Nice Classification system please see the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) website.

Request a copy of the Journal

Contact us to request a copy of the New Zealand Patent Office journal.

The Journal publications contain information that the Commissioner is required by the Trade Marks Act 2002, Patents Act 1953, Patents Act 2013, and the Designs Act 1953 to advertise. You can read our latest journal publications, or if you need information from earlier publications complete the form below.

From 10 December 2012 only the General Information section of the journal is available in PDF. Patent, trade mark and design application and registration information is only available from our online journal facility.