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Opening hours of the DPMA from 22 December 2018 to 1 January 2019
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office will be closed between Saturday 22 December 2018 and Tuesday 1 January 2019 (inclusive). Cash payments will not be possible during that period. The search rooms will be closed. The enquiry units will not be staffed.
Furthermore, the desk of the Document Receiving Service in the Munich office will be closed from Saturday, 22 December 2018 to Friday, 4 January 2019 (inclusive). Please note that the Document Receiving Service cannot accept business documents during that period. As an alternative, you can use the night letterboxes of the three offices in Munich, Jena and Berlin.
The DPMAdirekt services (Pro and Web) for online filing of IP applications as well as the DPMAregister service will be fully available during the closure period of the office. (Notice No. 4/18 of the President of the DPMA of 31 October 2018)
We are ready to help you
The contact persons of our Central Customer Care and Services will answer your general questions, questions about industrial property rights or about your IP applications. If necessary, we also forward your enquiry to the responsible unit at our office. We would like to expressly point out that the Customer Care and Services is not authorised to give legal advice.
- Phone: +49 89 2195-1000
(Monday through Thursday from 8:00 to 16:00 and Friday from 8:00 to 14:00 local time)
- E-mail: info@dpma.de
- You can find our fax numbers here.
| Service section | Phone number | |
|---|---|---|
| Central Customer Care and Services | +49 89 2195-1000 | info@dpma.de |
| Hotline for Database Users | +49 89 2195-3435 | datenbanken@dpma.de |
| DPMAdirekt Hotline for E-Filing | +49 89 2195-2500 | DPMAdirekt@dpma.de |
| Press and Public Relations | +49 89 2195-3222 | presse@dpma.de |
| Arbitration Board under the Employee Inventions Act | +49 89 2195-3943 +49 89 2195-3936 |
info@dpma.de |
| Arbitration Board under the Act on Collective Management Organisations (CMO Act) | +49 89 2195-2673 | info@dpma.de |
| Zentraler Rechnungseingang DPMA Invoices to the DPMA (does not apply to the payment of fees and costs relating to IP matters or arbitration boards) |
ZRE@dpma.de | |
| Enquiries to the Jena Sub-Office (delivery of goods, etc.) | +49 3641 40-5700 |
In administrative affairs, you can reach the German Patent and Trade Mark Office also via the De-Mail address "info@dpma.de-mail.de".
Please note that procedural acts such as applications, requests, communications concerning proceedings of the Arbitration Boards at the DPMA and under the CMO Act (Verwertungsgesellschaftengesetz) cannot be submitted via e-mail; submission is only admitted by post, fax, using the DPMAdirektPro software, or in person to be legally valid.
Mailing address and fax number
| Mailing address | Fax number | Communications |
|---|---|---|
| Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt 80297 München |
+49 89 2195-2221 | Applications for patents and utility models plus communications concerning pending procedures enquiries and other |
| +49 89 2195-4000 | Trade mark applications and communications for pending trade mark procedures | |
| Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Zentraler Rechnungseingang 80297 München |
Invoices to the DPMA (excluding IP matters) | |
| Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Dienststelle Jena 07738 Jena |
+49 3641 40-5690 | General enquiries and other |
| +49 3641 40-5800 | Communications for pending design procedures (It is not admissible to file design applications by fax.) |
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| Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Informations- und Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin 10958 Berlin |
+49 30 25992-404 | General enquiries and other |
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Last updated: 14/12/18