Search - Find - Protect Baby Dreams, Dog Aid, Fight the K.O. Drops iENA 2026 At the iENA trade fair in Nuremberg, the DPMA and partner organisations provide information on patents, utility models, trade marks and designs. Hundreds of inventors are once again…
Press releases News from the DPMA Inventiveness and creativity need effective protection. The DPMA is the German centre of expertise for all intellectual property rights - for patents, utility models, trade marks and registered designs. As the largest national patent…
iENA trade fair 2026 Baby Dreams, Dog Aid, Fight the K.O. Drops At the iENA trade fair in Nuremberg , the DPMA and partner organisations provide information on patents, utility models, trade marks and designs. Hundreds of inventors are once again presenting their…
Accessibility The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) endeavours to make its websites accessible, based on the national laws on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Act on Equal Opportunities for…
Our services for you The German Patent and Trade Mark Office is a modern service provider in the field of intellectual property protection. On these pages, we present to you an overview of IP rights and our wide range of services. Here you will find out how to…
Patents Patents are the IP rights with the longest history and with the highest level of technicity among the industrial property rights. Patent protection for products or processes is not easy to obtain but can prove to be extremely useful. Patents are the…
Our Office The headquarters of the DPMA are located on Zweibrückenstraße in Munich. Inventiveness and creativity need effective protection. The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) is the centre of expertise for all intellectual property rights - for patents,…
E-filing of IP applications In addition to the "classical" paper-based application, which can be filed by mail or by fax, the DPMA also offers the option to file applications electronically. DPMA direktPro : electronic filing of applications with signature card for…
World of Design In our series, we travel through the calendar year – from the atmospheric light of the dark season to the sparkling splendour of Christmas. In between, we get romantic on Valentine's Day, surprisingly comfortable with seating furniture and cosy in…
Re-inventing the wheel John Dunlop, the (re)inventor of the pneumatic tyre This story is quite well-known: In 1888, John Boyd Dunlop can no longer watch his son struggle on a tricycle with hard rubber tyres on the bumpy road surface in Belfast and invents the…