Inspecting the DPMA register
- Register und Kataster
- Forschung und Entwicklung
Procedure
You can use DPMAregister online and free of charge without registration.
- You can choose from various search modes, from beginner to expert search.
- The search results are configurable, sortable and downloadable result lists. The current register information with the respective legal and procedural status is displayed for the individual hits.
- You can print or download the register entry. This provides you with a complete extract from the register.
- By linking to the "DEPATISnet" database, the published documents, such as patent and utility model specifications and disclosure documents, are also displayed for the individual entries.
- In addition, the official publications of the DPMA in the form of patent, trade mark and design gazettes are available online via DPMAregister or can be downloaded as documents.
- Since January 7, 2014, you also have the option of electronic file inspection in patent and utility model procedures.
- DPMAregister is updated daily. The legally prescribed publications of disclosure or patent specifications, the registration of utility models, trade marks or designs and the publication of the official patent, trade mark and design gazettes take place on fixed official publication days: for patents and utility models, as a rule, on Thursdays, for trade marks and designs, as a rule, on Fridays.
Online portal of the DPMA register [https://register.dpma.de]
Legal bases
- §§ 30 ff. Patentgesetz (PatG)
- § 8 Gebrauchsmustergesetz (GebrMG)
- § 33 Markengesetz (MarkenG)
- § 41 Markengesetz (MarkenG)
- §§ 23 ff. Markenverordnung (MarkenV)
- §§ 19 ff. Designgesetz (DesignG)
- § 4 Halbleiterschutzgesetz
More information
No legal remedies are provided for.