Request for examination of an innovation patent

Complete this form if you are requesting examination of an innovation patent.

Do not provide your home address to us if you do not want it published online. You can provide a post office box or other valid address if you want to keep your home address private. Your address for service of legal documents can be a post office box, but it must be an address in Australia or New Zealand.

To have legally enforceable patent rights, you must request that your innovation patent be examined, and pay the required fee.

Please note that the innovation patent has been phased out as of August 26, 2021. For innovation patents that were filed prior to this date or patent conversions, examinations can still be requested. Learn more about what the phase out of the innovation patent means for you.