What is a patent?
A patent is the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years.
Find full texts of patents
You can get full texts of patents from most of these websites – if full text is not available, contact us to get a copy for you.
- Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand – including information on patents, trademarks and designs
- European Patent Office
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- FPO: Free Patents Online
- Google Patents
Ask a librarian
We're here to help you find the resources you need for your study. Ask a librarian by email, over the phone, or at a service point in any campus library.
Auckland campus library
- Library@massey.ac.nz
- Free phone inside New Zealand
- Phone outside New Zealand
- Location
Postal address
Library
Private Bag 102904
North Shore Mail Centre
Auckland 0745Physical address
Library
Gate 1, East Precinct
Albany Expressway (SH17)
Albany
Auckland 0632
Manawatū campus library, Palmerston North
- Library@massey.ac.nz
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- Phone outside New Zealand
- Location
Postal address
Private Bag 11054
Palmerston North 4442Physical address
Tennent Drive
Palmerston North 4410
Wellington campus library
- Library@massey.ac.nz
- Free phone inside New Zealand
- Phone outside New Zealand
- Location
Postal address
Massey University Library
Private Bag 756
Wellington 6140
Physical address
Massey University Library
Block 5
63 Wallace Street
Wellington 6021
Remote and distance contacts
- Library@massey.ac.nz
- Free phone inside New Zealand
- Phone outside New Zealand