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…
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…
Notice No. 1/2026 of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office concerning the revision of the Search Guidelines and the Examination Guidelines with regard to the use of external electronic sources of search, including by using artificial intelligence…
Required data and documents You can file your design application online (without signature) or electronically (with a signature) or file a conventional paper-based application. In any case, you must provide details of the applicant and about the products for which…
World IP Day on 26 April 2026 Sport and intellectual property rights: a springboard for innovation State-of-the-art equipment, measuring devices, training methods, broadcasting technology and much more: intellectual property plays a crucial role in sport. IP is…
Please do not send us your application for a patent, utility model, design or trade mark by email. Legally binding procedural steps (applications, requests) may only be submitted by post, by fax, via #marke#DPMAdirektWeb# , using the #marke#DPMAdirektPro# software,…
As a natural person applying for an IP right at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, you must submit the supplementary declaration, see Notice of the President No 1/2024 . Without the supplementary declaration ( Zusatzerklärung von natürlichen Personen ), the…