Federal Act Governing Access to Information held by the Federal Government The Federal Act Governing Access to Information held by the Federal Government (Freedom of Information Act) entered into force on 1 January 2006. Under this Act, every citizen is…
Website a) Provision of the website and creation of log files (1) Data processing Every time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information of the computer system of the accessing computer. In this process, the following data will be…
Good Reasons for a Patent Application at the DPMA German patents will continue to be highly attractive even after the introduction of the European Unitary Patent. What are the arguments for filing your invention with the DPMA? Proven quality The DPMA is renowned for…
Apply for Trade Marks Further topics Complying with formal requirements makes processing faster... ... and that way you will contribute to the speedy handling of your trade mark application. Our information sheet in German So tragen Sie zu einer zügigen Bearbeitung…
Poster Gallery Jens Frahm, Inventor of real-time MRT Patents made in Germany: big and small inventions that influence our lives From ingenious everyday inventions to results of highly complex research: the DPMA poster gallery shows what people can achieve with…
Tips for your patent application Are you planning to apply for a patent at our office? To find out which documents you need and how to file your application, choose Application from the drop-down menu under "Application" on the menu bar. Here we have compiled some…
Examination and Grant Examination procedure In the examination procedure, the DPMA patent examiners make sure that your invention fulfils the following criteria: novelty inventive step industrial applicability In addition, the invention must be of technical character…
Topographies Protection of semiconductor products Topographies are three-dimensional structures of microelectronic semiconductors. According to the Semiconductor Protection Act ( Halbleiterschutzgesetz ), the DPMA is responsible for this IP right. Topography…
Classifying patents and utility models Further topics International Patent Classification IPC IPC Navigation IPC Revisions IPC versions XML Systematic searches for technical IP rights Classifications allow the performance of language-independent, systematic searches.…
Gallery of presidents Kaiserliches Patentamt (Imperial Patent Office) 1877 - 1919 From Karl Rudolf Jacobi to Heinrich Robolski: The presidents of the Kaiserliches Patentamt Kaiserliches Patentamt 1877 - 1919 Reichspatentamt 1919 - 1945 From Friedrich von Specht to…