IPC Navigation The German Patent and Trade Mark Office’s IPC application will make your searches even more efficient. Features include: Flexible search fields: You can add custom search fields and search specifically for IPC symbols, search terms or cross-references.…
Carl Barks & Donald Duck When the drake turned human He was one of the great artists of the 20th century: Carl Barks. You don't know this name? Well, so did many of his biggest fans for a long time. In his active days, he was known only as the anonymous "good artist"…
Events Further topics Trade fairs Workshops/Online seminars DPMAnutzerforum 2026 Events, conferences and information meetings Calendar in German Image: iStock.com/Matej Kastelic
Protection Outside Germany Further topics European Patents International Applications PCT Patent Prosecution Highway Patents are only valid in the country for which they have been granted (principle of territoriality). Patents granted by the DPMA have effect in the…
Patents, Trade Marks and more at a Glance Patents add value to technical inventions The patent is an important industrial property right which gives its owner the exclusive right to exploit the invention within a period of up to 20 years. No other person may, without…
European Cooperation Our partner for patents: the European Patent Office The European Patent Office (EPO) is an organ of the European Patent Organisation. The legal basis for the EPO is the European Patent Convention ( EPC ), which currently has 39 member states ,…
Jugend forscht - research with patent protection in mind Julia Trapp, winner of a special prize in the field of chemistry in 2025 The German Patent and Trade Mark Office, with the support of patent attorneys, is offering ‘patent coaching’ for the first time at the…
Data Protection Statement Data protection is important to us. On these pages you will find our updated data protection declaration in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU-DSGVO), which will apply from 25 May 2018. Controlling body Data…
Data protection Information on data protection for using social media platforms The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) is strongly committed to data security on the Internet and data protection in general. The DPMA uses social media platforms to provide…
DPMA register a) Provision of DPMA register and creation of log files (1) Data processing When DPMA register is used, our system automatically collects data and information of the computer system of the accessing computer. In this process, the following data will be…