Seven German cities and regions among the world's strongest innovation clusters President of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA): Input from numerous regions is a particular strength of the Federal Republic of Germany – Study by the World Intellectual…
International Cooperation Increasingly connected at the global level In the age of globalisation, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) relies on intensified cooperation with national and international intellectual property organisations. World Intellectual…
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2026 "Outstanding researchers and pioneering inventors" The groundbreaking invention by this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine laureates, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, was filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) in 2002 –…
Forms and other documents for Patents Please note: Links may not work temporarily Due to the migration of the DPMA website to a new content management system on 10 November 2026, all URLs and links to internal media (documents, videos) have changed. The official…
Do you wish to file a patent application, to have a change recorded for your trade mark or are you looking for information on design applications? On the following pages, you will find application forms, regulations, guidelines, information sheets and other forms…
International Patent Applications under the PCT It is possible to file an international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The PCT application is a bundle of multiple applications. This bundle is split into national national grant…
Forms and other documents for Utility Models Please note: Links may not work temporarily Due to the migration of the DPMA website to a new content management system on 10 November 2026, all URLs and links to internal media (documents, videos) have changed. The…
Notice No. 2/2026 of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office concerning the publication of the patent and utility model documents, the Patent Gazette Patentblatt), the Trade Mark Journal (Markenblatt) and the Design Gazette (Designblatt) on the…
Other forms and documents Please note: Links may not work temporarily Due to the migration of the DPMA website to a new content management system on 10 November 2026, all URLs and links to internal media (documents, videos) have changed. The official forms provided…