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Patents and intellectual property

So that innovations can become established on markets and maintain their position: Do you want to protect your invention? Intellectual property needs to be protected effectively – nationally and especially internationally. You will find information and contacts here.

There are 10 services for Patents and intellectual property

  • Apply for a patent

    Technical inventions that are new, inventive and industrially applicable can be protected as patents at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA).

  • Examination for patentability

    Patents allow you to protect your technical inventions from unwanted imitation. To assess the patentability of your invention, the process from the application to the request for examination and possible grant of a patent is described here.

  • Extend trademark protection

    When the term of protection of your trademark ends, you can extend the protection.

  • Filing a search request for a preliminary assessment of the protectability of a patent application

    If you want a rough assessment of whether your invention applied for as a patent is new and inventive before the request for examination, you can file a request for a search.

  • Inspecting the DPMA register

    If you need information on the current legal and procedural status of patents, utility models or trade marks, you can carry out online searches in the "DPMAregister" service.

  • Intellectual property rights

    Here you will find information on your rights and obligations regarding company formation, management and closure, in particular regarding the registration of patents, utility models, trademarks and designs.

  • Lodge an appeal against decisions of the DPMA

    You can lodge an appeal against decisions of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) in IP proceedings.

  • Register design

    Designs that are new and have individual character can be protected as a registered design at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).

  • Register trademark

    Trademarks that serve to distinguish the goods and services of one company from those of other companies can be protected as a trademark at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).

  • Submit product information texts

    As a pharmaceutical company, you must submit the product information texts to the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) via a specialist application once the procedure has been completed. The texts will be published.