File number Type of property right Designation Applicant/Owner Representative 1 100 23 649.9 Patent Fuel filter for motor vehicles equipped with a heating device MAHLE Filtersysteme GmbH, 70376 Stuttgart, FROM BRP Renaud & Partner, 70173 Stuttgart, DE…
predominantly positive experience with the in 2011 introduced electronic case file (Elsa) in the areas of patents and utility models
Industry meeting in the German patent- and trademark office press release dated 15. November 2012 Munich. As part of the industry meeting, the annual user conference of the German Patent- and Trademark Office (DPMA), More than 200 people found out more today…
Patent filing fees for a German patent as early as 390 EUR (at eAnmeldung)
The official fee for a German patent application with request for examination (without prior research, So Search result transmission in the examination procedure) may from 390 Amounted to EUR. However, the patent examination often takes longer than 3 Years,…
Procedural Notes of the Patent Office during registration of utility models and patents
Bulletin No. 13/12 the President of the German Patent- and Trademark Office to provide instructions for filing applications and petitions in patent- and utility model proceedings The German patent- and Trademark Office (DPMA) has on…
Figures or drawings, but patents do not disclose the exact mass of the device (BGH)
Schematic representations, as they are commonly found in patent documents, usually reveal only the principle of the claimed device, but not exact dimensions. A court is not generally held,…
Patent Application of Infineon Technologies Austria AG method for exchanging information between a data link connected units on 31.10.2012 disclosed by the DPMA
INID Criterion Field Content Protection Type SART Patent Status ST Pending/In Force 21 INID Criterion Field Content Protection Type SART Patent Status ST Pending/In Force 10 2008 064 780.2 54 INID Criterion Field Content Protection Type SART Patent Status ST Pending/In Force…
MPEG-2 video signal encoding Patent: Video images can be regarded as a sequence of video image data as a result of a manufacturing process and thus product protection under § 9 Set 2 No.. 3 Enjoy the Patent Law
a) A video images representing sequence of video image data can be regarded as indirect pre imme result of a manufacturing process and as such Ches product protection under § 9 Set 2 No.. 3 Enjoy the Patent Law. b) is…
For the contestability of a patent license agreement upon withdrawal of the patent application
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe judgment of 11.7.2012 Yeah: 6 U 114/11 Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe judgment of 11.7.2012 (6 U 114/11) Tenor: I. The partial judgment of the District Court of Mannheim is based on the defendant's appeal…
Forms in patent matters, Protection certificate, Redesigned request for publication of the translation of the claims of a European patent application
For the application for grant of a patent (P 2007), the application for the grant of a supplementary protection certificate (P 2008), the request for extension of the duration of a supplementary protection certificate (P 2040) and…
No automatic disclosure of “contained” Components to non-Contained (Newness)
Is refer to the original documents of the patent application, that a product specific components "contain" shall, is thus not readily as part of the invention disclosed, that no further…
Invention must be new, inventive, be technically and commercially applicable, in order to be registered as a patent may:
Or, inventive, technically and commercially applicable; Patent protection will be achieved. § 1 Patgan (1) Patents are granted for inventions in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, on an inventive…
DPMA started die “electronic case file”. Patent, Utility model, Topographies and supplementary protection certificates are processed immediately from registration to publication electronically
The German patent- and Trademark Office (DPMA) starts the "electronic case file". Patent, Utility model, Topographies and supplementary protection certificates are processed immediately from registration to publication completely electronically. In attendance…
New DPMA forms for supplementary protection certificates (Medicines inventions)
the President of the German Patent- and Trademark Office on the forms to be used in patent matters 14. February 2011 For the application for a supplementary protection certificate and the application for…
Examination of computer-implemented inventions in the European Patent Office under special consideration of computer-implemented business methods
Below the broad practice of the EPO European Patent Office on software patents: In this article, the EPO's practice is to set out in the examination of computer-implemented inventions. This is to patent practitioners, employees…
DPMA – as every year – at the 24.12./ 31.12 closed
The German patent- and Trademark Office on 24. and 31. December 2010 (Christmas / New Year 2010) closed. It should be noted, that on these days no cash payments are possible. The research rooms…