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…
Cooperation Further topics DPMAnutzerbeirat Patent Information Centres European Cooperation International Cooperation Good cooperation - at national, European and international level The world of intellectual property is complex and highly interconnected. As the…
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…
Protectability What can be protected by a utility model? All technical inventions can be protected by a utility model as they can be by a patent. This also includes chemical substances, foodstuffs and medicinal products. Protection is not available for: discoveries,…
Information for the legal profession On this page we have compiled the most important information for the following groups of people: Patent attorneys admitted in Germany Patent attorneys admitted in EU member states, the European Economic Area or Switzerland…
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