"Impressive and highly innovative technical solutions" A high-tech welding process, intelligent glasses and an AI-based method of surveying the oceans originating from Upper Bavaria: The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office congratulates the winners…
“Extraordinary innovative capacity, excellent innovations” Surface cleaning using ice particles, communication system for collective sports, contactless fingerprint reader: DPMA President congratulates companies on being honoured with the 2022 Thuringia Innovation…
Fight against product piracy: G7 IP leaders intend to intensify cooperation Patent and trade mark offices of the leading economies deliberate under Germany’s presidency of the G7 – counterfeiting causes damage to all industries – consumers can help fight…
Patent grants at a record level again Annual figures for 2022: German Patent and Trade Mark Office was once again very efficient – the number of patent applications stabilised, but far fewer inventions came from Germany – trade mark applications back at their…
Considerable increase in innovations in battery technology DPMAnutzerforum 2023: Analysis shows a leap in the number of patent applications concerning battery technology, a key technology, especially from Asia and the United States – stagnation of innovation activity…
More and more women inventors in Germany Increase in the share of women inventors in Germany, albeit at a very slow rate – German Länder ranking: Hamburg at the top and Baden-Württemberg at the bottom – DPMA President: “There are great women inventors, but we need a…
European Inventor Award 2023: DPMA President congratulates LiFi pioneer Harald Haas on being selected as a finalist High-speed transmission of data through light: German electrical engineer Harald Haas has been selected as a finalist in the “Research” category of the…
DPMA-Jahresbericht 2022: Deutschland fällt bei Digitaltechnologien weiter zurück DPMA-Analyse: Starke Zunahme an Patentanmeldungen zu digitalen Schlüsseltechnologien aus den Vereinigten Staaten und China, rückläufige Zahlen aus Deutschland – DPMA-Präsidentin:…
Connecting with the innovative industry: kick-off for the exchange format DPMAimpuls Series of events for the user group “large companies and Mittelstand firms very active in terms of applications filed” – focus on the European Unitary Patent and patent quality –…
How to benefit from patents, trade marks and other IP rights: Free consultations for SMEs, start-ups and founder teams As part of a nationwide campaign week, the Association of German Patent Information Centres provides companies with information on the use of IP…