1. Application documents include: application letter, design expressions suitable for disclosure (such as photos, pictures, etc.).
2. Application submission method:
Submit to the offices of the German Patent and Trademark Office in Munich, Jena and Berlin;
To the Patent Information Center in Germany Submit;
Submit a utility model application online through DPMAdirekt.
3. Joint application: A utility model application can include up to 100 utility models, but these utility models must be applicable to at least one of the same product categories.
4. If you claim foreign priority through the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property or as a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization, you need to submit an application in Germany within 6 months after submitting the earlier application in China, and the priority will be Within 16 months from the right date, the date, country and case number of the prior application in China, as well as a copy of the prior application documents in China or a copy of the prior application documents issued by the State Intellectual Property Office must be submitted.
5. If a utility model application is filed within 6 months after the utility model is first exhibited at an exhibition, the first exhibition priority can be claimed.
6. Parties who do not have a permanent residence or business office in Germany need to hire a German lawyer or patent agent as their agent.
7. The existing design refers to the utility model that is known to the public in any way before the filing date. It only has unimportant detailed differences from the utility model before the filing date and is still an existing design. However, the utility model before the filing date is still an existing design. If it is disclosed by the applicant within 12 months, it will not affect the judgment of the novelty of the utility model.
8. The parties can also obtain a German registered utility model through a domestic utility model application or an international utility model application.
9. The party may apply to postpone the disclosure of the utility model manifestation for up to 30 months, and only needs to submit a two-dimensional sample (not the utility model manifestation). During the postponement period, the utility model The protection period is only 30 months, and protection is limited to unauthorized copying of utility models. During this period, the party concerned can decide whether to extend the protection period to 5 years from the date of application. After paying the renewal fee and submitting the utility model After the object is manifested, the registered utility model will be published in the "Utility Model Gazette".
10. Utility models disclosed in Germany can automatically obtain 3 years of non-registered identical utility model protection in the EU, and the protection is limited to unauthorized copying.
11. Germany has joined a large number of international conventions related to utility models, including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Industrial The Hague Agreement on the International Registration of Utility Models of Industrial Products, the Locarno Agreement on the Establishment of an International Classification of Utility Models of Industrial Products, etc.