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
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
Manawatū campus library, Palmerston North
- Library@massey.ac.nz
- Free phone inside New Zealand
- Phone outside New Zealand
- Location
Postal address
Private Bag 11054
Palmerston North 4442Physical address
Tennent Drive
Palmerston North 4410
Wellington campus library
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
Online and distance contacts
Online and distance contacts
- Library@massey.ac.nz
- Free phone inside New Zealand
- Phone outside New Zealand