What did the patent landscape of New Zealand look like in 2021? 

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio of New Zealand in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1893
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	22
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	394
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	22
	DEAD	CEASED	46
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1821

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in New Zealand in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in New Zealand in 2021 on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top players in the domain with their forward citation frequency

The table below depicts the inventions of the top players in the domain with their forward citation frequency. This helps to understand the strength of the portfolio of top players as players whose patents are most frequently cited have a strong group of core patents in this domain.

Publication Year	2021
Citation Count Range	0 – 2	3 – 9	10 – 19	20 – 39	40 – *
RESMED	145	0	0	0	0
GENENTECH	36	0	0	0	0
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS	36	0	0	0	0
ILLUMINA	30	0	0	0	0
QUALCOMM	30	0	0	0	0
CRYOVAC	29	0	0	0	0
QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK	21	0	0	0	0
VIASAT	20	0	0	0	0
ASSA ABLOY AUSTRALIA	18	0	0	0	0

Who were the leading Patent Filers of 2021 in New Zealand?

IPC Classification wise Patent trend in New Zealand in 2021

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	914	582	64
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS (A61P)	593	365	62
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (C07D)	342	225	66
PEPTIDES (C07K)	241	146	61
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (C12N)	198	104	53
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR (A61M)	177	117	66
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	129	86	67
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (B65D)	87	51	59
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (A61B)	84	58	69
PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (A01N)	81	46	57

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