German Patent and Trade Mark Office
E-filing notifications
- 5 October 2006 (PCT Gazette 40/2006)
- 14 December 2006 (PCT Gazette 50/2006)
Accepted means of filing
Online: DPMAdirekt, or as a WASP file created by PCT-SAFE or EPO-OLF client software.
On physical media: as a WASP file created by PCT-SAFE or EPO-OLF (on CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW or DVD-RW)
Accepted digital certificates
Valid certificates issued by one of the following Certification Authorities (CA):
- WIPO Customer CA
- CA for EPO
- FNMT (CERES)
The DPMAdirekt online filing system can only be used with certificates that comply with the German law (Signaturgesetz).
Accepted formats
This Office accepts the filing of the application body (description, claims and abstract) in character-coded (e.g. XML) and image format (e.g. PDF). It does not accept the inclusion of application documents in pre-conversion format.
Sequence listing should preferably be filed, as a separate part of the description, in WIPO's ST.25 text format (no additional fees).
Support
Help desk available between 9 am and 3 pm Monday to Friday excluding official holidays; it may be contacted:
- by telephone at +49 89 2195 2500
- by fax at +49 89 2195 2221
- by e-mail at support.dpma-direkt@dpma.de.
