Global Innovation Index 2025: Germany no longer among the top 10 countries Latest study by the World Intellectual Property Organisation on innovative strength: Germany drops from 9th to 11th place – strengths in traditional technology products and science, weaknesses…
Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025: Innovative eye surgery, attractive plastic alternative, climate-friendly truck drive system DPMA President Schewior (4th from left) with all nominees Sharp vision for millions of people: gentle and highly innovative procedure for eye…
Computer and video games: German Patent and Trade Mark Office grants permission to collective management organisation for games industry Verwertungsgesellschaft für die Hersteller von Games mbH (VHG) receives permission to operate – Remuneration by device…
Patent offices offer a ‘showcase’ for green innovations DPMA analysis: Patent applications for recycling valuable materials from waste have tripled in ten years – Offices around the world want to help environmentally and climate-friendly innovations achieve economic…
Expansion bolts, tea bags, airbags: independent inventors are an important part of the innovation system From furniture to mechanical engineering: independent inventors registered almost 1,700 inventions with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in 2024 – DPMA…
Protecting innovation is a ‘key issue for our industrial location’ DPMA President Eva Schewior opens DPMAimpuls DPMAimpuls dialogue format: DPMA discusses Germany's innovation landscape with experts from industry, academia and the judiciary in Munich – Close exchange…
Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025: DPMA President congratulates Robert Bosch GmbH team Open description Description Close Zukunftspreis2025_Team Bosch DPMA President Eva Schewior and the winning team from Robert Bosch GmbH, Kai Weeber, Pierre Andrieu and Christoffer Uhr…
Konrad Zuse Making history in the living room In the midst of WWII, Konrad Zuse presented an apparatus in his Berlin flat that is now considered a milestone in the history of technology. What a small group of experts got to see on 12 May 1941 at Methfesselstrasse 7…
Opposition and Revocation Opposition proceedings Any person may give notice of opposition within nine months of the publication of the grant of a patent in the Patent Gazette ( Patentblatt ). If no opposition is filed, the patent becomes legally valid upon expiry of…
Good Reasons for a Patent Application at the DPMA German patents will continue to be highly attractive even after the introduction of the European Unitary Patent. What are the arguments for filing your invention with the DPMA? Proven quality The DPMA is renowned for…