Restrictions to Filing Divisional Applications Under New Zealand’s New Patent Law
The New Zealand Patents Regulations 2014 have effectively introduced a five year deadline for filing divisional applications.
The deadline arises as a result of restricting the period in which examination of a divisional application may be requested. In this regard, examination must be requested within five years of the date of filing of the parent application, or for a series of divisional applications, within five years of the date of filing of the first application in the series. Read More