About us Centre of intellectual property protection The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) is the centre of expertise in the field of industrial property protection in Germany. Protection of intellectual property is our statutory duty. Just under 2,800 staff…
DPMAconnectPlus The interface for the official register DPMA connectPlus offers you direct online access to all official register and publication data from DPMA register through an automated interface. The query options correspond to the expert search via DPMA…
DPMA kurier IP information by e-mail DPMA kurier is an alert service which you can use to monitor IP rights. You will receive the results through automated e-mails. DPMAkurier is based on our DPMA register online service which contains statutory publications and…
Fees for trade mark rights Detailed fee information for: National trade mark applications Payment periods and notices International trade mark applications Warning against misleading requests for payment Overview of trade mark fees Type of fees Amount Application fee…
The 'Big bang' of microelectronics The very first IC Here is the story of an engineer who was not allowed to take a vacation - and who made a groundbreaking invention during this time. Jack Kilby had just started his new job at Texas Instruments in Dallas in the…
Imprint Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office) Zweibrückenstr. 12 80331 München, Germany Phone: +49 89 2195-1000 Fax: +49 89 2195-2221 E-mail: info@dpma.de VAT ID number: DE 811 208 709 The DPMA is a higher Federal authority acting…
Press Further topics Press releases Interesting facts Do you have questions about patents, trade marks and more? Find the answers here! On our media pages, you can find information about the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and its responsibilities. We…
Trade fairs Trade fair calendar Please refer to the calendar on the German website . Contact If there are any questions concerning the planning of trade fairs, please contact us: messeorganisation@dpma.de Exhibition priority For utility models, trade marks and…
DPMAdatenabgabe - Backfile For the purpose of setting up, developing and updating your own IP rights database, as well as other information systems and services, you can retrieve data from previous years in addition to current published data. Please see the following…
Protection Requirements Further topics Computer-implemented inventions Biotechnology and patents What is patentable? Due to the constant further development of science and technology, it must be continuously redefined what is available for patent protection. In…