Reichspatentamt 1919 - 1945 Friedrich von Specht Term of office: 1 May 1921 - 30 September 1928 The grandson of the famous military officer of the same name, von Specht was born in Kassel on 6 August 1860 and worked as a lawyer in various positions in the judiciary…
Computer-implemented inventions In the age of the Internet, smartphones and digitisation and as part of the 4th Industrial Revolution, it is impossible to imagine technology without software. Many of the latest innovations can be attributed to digital data…
Fees for design protection Detailed fee information for: National design applications Extension fees Notices and payment periods Warning against misleading requests for payment Fees for design applications For an initial term of protection of five years (with…
Deutsches Patentamt (1945-1998) or Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (since 1998) Prof. Dr. jur. Eduard Reimer Term of office: 1 October 1949 - 5 June 1957 The time without any Patent Office after the end of the Second World War lasted until 1 October 1949, when the…
Legal representation before the DPMA Further topics Information on granting the power of attorney Information for the legal profession FAQ: representation before the DPMA Do you want to file an application for an IP right with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office…
Carl Zeiss Jena The original sign from the trade mark application of 1904 In cooperation with science On 17 November 1846, Carl Zeiss founded an optical workshop in Jena. Only one year later, he started to build simple microscopes. It soon became clear to the young…
Information on granting the power of attorney Do you want or need to empower a person to represent you in proceedings before the DPMA? Below you will find important information on how to grant a power of attorney and what to bear in mind. How to grant powers of…
Filinchen – the waffle bread from Apolda Registered word/figurative mark "Filinchen" DE30156584 Popular in GDR times Patent 21253 from 1957 “Filinchen” is a thin waffle bread from Thuringia, which was very well known and popular in the GDR. Even today it is still…
Post-it Career of the sticky notes (with a slow start) Every invention is worthless as long as you do not know what you can use it for. At the DPMA, "industrial applicability" is therefore one of the requirements for patentability of an invention. It may occasionally…
Workshops and Online seminars Experts of the search rooms of the DPMA in Munich and Berlin offer multiple workshops on how to use our databases and search tools each year. The workshops are particularly targeted at the staff of small and medium enterprises without or…