This browser extension is a utility for creating permanent links to searches on the IPONZ patent, design, and trade mark registers.
You can install this extension from the Chrome Web Store (which also works for Microsoft Edge) or from Firefox Add-ons (which also works on Firefox for Android).
Alternatively, you can install it from source after running git clone https://github.com/Tradeylouish/iponz_linker:
Go to "Manage Extensions" and turn Developer Mode on, then click "Load unpacked" and select the cloned repository
Follow the Firefox docs on temporary installation of extensions
The links generated by this extension are simply the URL of the GitHub Pages site with a query string appended that includes all the parameters of the search to be executed. Links are generated by clicking on the extension icon while viewing any of the IPONZ registers.
You can generate a link while viewing an individual record, or while on the search page. On the search page, the current values of text/date-based fields, dropdowns, checkboxes, and radio buttons will automatically be extracted and placed into the link (if they are not blank/default). The link will also be copied to your clipboard.
Here are examples of links to individual records on the patent, design, and trade mark registers respectively:
- https://iponz.link?register=pt&number=519157
- https://iponz.link?register=ds&number=433816
- https://iponz.link?register=tm&number=1263964
Here are examples of links that represent a search using multiple fields:
- https://iponz.link?register=pt&filingDateFrom=2025-01-01&inventor=Smith
- https://iponz.link?register=ds&locarno=06.01®istrationDateFrom=2025-01-01
- https://iponz.link?register=tm&title=shirt&specification=clothing
With this extension installed, following a link in this format will redirect you to the right register and automatically run a search using the data in the link.
See mappings.js for all supported fields, no separate documentation is provided but it's straightforward to discover how to make your own links by making some test ones with the extension.
The IPONZ search pages do validation on date input fields when submitting a search, this extension does not do any separate validation on link generation or following - following a link with an invalid date will just show you the IPONZ validation error.