Ordinance on Patent Procedures before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (Patent Ordinance) - 1 September 2003

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Ordinance on Patent Procedures before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) defining the procedural framework for patent filings. It specifies general provisions, scope of application, standards for industrial use and measurement units, application formatting, documents required, formal requirements, inventor designation, omission and changes, patent claims and descriptions, sequence listings and language rules, drawings, abstracts, and foreign-language documents. It also covers supplementary protection certificates and final and transitional provisions, including filing rules and entry into force updates.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages10

Reading Time25 min

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Part 1 General provisions

Section 1 Scope of application

Section 2 German industrial standards, measuring units, symbols and signs

Part 2 Patent applications; patent procedures

Section 3 Format of the application

Section 4 Application for the grant of a patent

Section 5 Application documents

Section 6 Formal requirements for an application

Section 7 Designation the inventor

Section 8 Omission of the mention of the inventor; change of the mention of the inventor

Section 9 Patent claims

Section 10 Description

Section 11 Representation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences; sequence listings

Section 11a Submitting a sequence listing as electronic document; language requirements for sequence listings

Section 11b Amended or subsequently filed sequence listings

Section 12 Drawings

Section 13 Abstract

Section 14 Foreign-language documents

Part 3 Other formal requirements

Section 15 Subsequently filed application documents; amendments to application documents

Section 16 Models and samples

Section 17 Official certification of signatures

Section 18 (repealed)

Part 4 Supplementary protection certificates

Section 19 Filing of the application

Section 20 Supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products

Section 21 Supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products

Part 5 Final provisions and transitory provisions

Section 22 Transitory provisions

Section 23 Entry into force; abrogation

Ordinance on Patent Procedures before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (Patent Ordinance) 1 of 1 September 2003 (Federal Law Gazette2 I page 1702), last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 14 June 2022 (Federal Law Gazette I page 878) 1 Patentverordnung (PatV) 2 Bundesgesetzblatt (BGBl. ) Dienststelle München Dienststelle Jena Informations-und Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin Address Central mailing address: 80297 München Telephone Customer Care and Services:+49 89 2195-1000 Beneficiary: Bundeskasse IBAN: DE84 7000 0000 0070 0010 54, BIC (SWIFT-Code): MARKDEF1700 Address of the bank: Bundesbankfiliale München, Leopoldstraße 234, 80807 München P 2790.1a/10 .25 Fax Central fax number:+49 89 2195-2221 Internet: [https://www.dpma.de](https://www.dpma.de) Contents Part 1 General provisions ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Section 1 Scope of application.................................................................................................................................. 3 Section 2 German industrial standards, measuring units, symbols and signs .......................................................... 3 Part 2 Patent applications; patent procedures ................................................................................................................... 3 Section 3 Format of the application ......................................................................................................................... 3 Section 4 Application for the grant of a patent ........................................................................................................ 3 Section 5 Application documents ............................................................................................................................. 4 Section 6 Formal requirements for an application ................................................................................................... 4 Section 7 Designation the inventor .......................................................................................................................... 4 Section 8 Omission of the mention of the inventor; change of the mention of the inventor.................................. 5 Section 9 Patent claims............................................................................................................................................. 5 Section 10 Description ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Section 11 Representation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences; sequence listings .......................................... 6 Section 11a Submitting a sequence listing as electronic document; language requirements for sequence listings ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Section 11b Amended or subsequently filed sequence listings ................................................................................... 6 Section 12 Drawings ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Section 13 Abstract..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Section 14 Foreign-language documents ................................................................................................................... 7 Part 3 Other formal requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Section 15 Subsequently filed application documents; amendm

FAQs

What is the scope of this Patent Ordinance before the DPMA?

It sets procedural rules in addition to the Patent Act and the DPMA Ordinance, including scope of application and requirements governing patent proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

What must be included in a patent application under the ordinance?

The ordinance covers application formatting, required application documents, formal requirements, inventor designation, and related provisions such as omission or changes to the inventor’s mention.

How does the ordinance address sequence listings and supporting documents?

It provides rules for representing nucleotide and amino acid sequences, submitting sequence listings as electronic documents, language requirements, and handling amended or subsequently filed sequence listings, along with drawings and abstracts.

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