Dr. Heidemarie Seidel „‘If you don’t fight, you’ve to get back into the kitchen’ – I saw this slogan on a sign in early December 1989. This inspired me to co-found the ‘Independent Women’s Association’ in Berlin and to speak up for the interests of working women…
Thomas Walther „The colleagues from the DPA were quite astonished that we used boilerplates on the computer to write office actions. At that time, this was not common practice at the DPA in Munich.“ Patent examiner and head of division at the AfEP and the DPMA At…
Bernd Antonius „The AfEP had an organisational structure that can also be found at the patent office today, with a president, a vice-president and directorates general subdivided according to technical aspects. The Directorate General ‘Documentation’, responsible…
30 years of German unity – two German patent offices merged to become one office Further topics Personal memories Traditional East Brands The DPMA today 30 years of German unity in intellectual property On 3 October 1990, the German Patent Office (DPA), as the German…
Monika Gerstmann „After I had come to Munich with fears and certain prejudices, I quickly realised that they did not have any magic formula either and I was well able to fulfil my tasks.“ Former patent examiner at the AfEP and the DPMA "It was clear that there had to…
Hubert Rothe „There was great optimism – even if not all of us were convinced of ‘blossoming landscapes’. The merger of the two offices was a great success but, in some cases, also left wounds that took long to heal.“ Head of Directorate General “Information” at the…
Bernhard Neumayer „I had the impression that there was a strong bonding, across divisions, among the colleagues from the former Office for Inventions and Patents.“ Former patent examiner at the DPMA Bernhard Neumayer did not have any relatives in East Germany – this…
What happened on 3 October 1990 Personal memories of the events 30 years ago On our sites concerning the German Unity Day and the merger of the patent offices in West Germany and East Germany, people who worked at the Office for Inventions and Patents and the German…
Micky Mouse Of mice and men and money In September 1951, the number one edition of "Micky Maus Magazin“appeared in Germany. The first real comic magazine on the black-and-white dominated (West) German print magazine market hit like a colourful bomb. Post-war educated…
History Further topics Gallery of presidents 30 years of German unity The German Patent and Trademark Office is one of the most long-established authorities in Germany When the first institution for the protection of intellectual property in Germany was founded in…