DPMAregister - Help - Search modes - Monitoring

Input options in the request form

Monitoring of patents/utility models includes monitoring service of supplementary protection certificates.

In the patents/utility models area, monitoring is available on the basis of the criteria "Applicant/Owner", "Inventor", "IPC main class" and "IPC secondary class".

A link to the International Patent Classification (IPC) is provided above the input fields.

Monitoring offers the following options:

monitoring by name of applicant/owner
monitoring by name of inventor
monitoring by name of applicant/owner including inventor
monitoring by IPC main class
monitoring by IPC secondary class
monitoring by IPC main class including IPC secondary class
combined monitoring with regard to above items

After finding a specific IP right or IP application by means of monitoring, do you wish to also monitor possible future changes in the legal status of that IP right?
In that case, we recommend you to submit the respective file number to our " DPMAkurier" online service (monitoring by file number/ publication number).
For more information please see chapter DPMAkurier.

Monitoring by name of applicant/owner

Please specify the period to be covered by the search in the field "Monitoring period".

The monitoring service by name of applicant/owner only provides information on IP applications or IP rights published for the first time in DPMAregister (first publications on a specific procedure or file number).
For detailed information on this service please read the below section "Configure result list"/ explanations on the field "Date of first publication".

Tick the check box "Applicant/Owner" and enter a name or a company name in the respective input field, for which you want to find a first publication from the data available in <.
If you are unsure about the exact spelling of a name or company name, you can use the following wildcards:

? represents any number of characters or no characters
! represents precisely one character
# represents one character or no characters

Examples:
ABC Electronic#
finds "ABC Electronic", "ABC Electronics", "ABC Electronica" ...

ABC Electroni?
finds "ABC Electronic", "ABC Electronica", "ABC Electronical" ...

The search is case insensitive.

For more information and other examples please see the "Expert search" menu item.

Monitoring by name of inventor

Please specify the period to be covered by the search in the field "Monitoring period".

The monitoring service by name of inventor only provides information on IP applications or IP rights published for the first time in DPMAregister (first publications on a specific procedure or file number).
For detailed information on this service please read the below section "Configure result list"/ explanations on the field "Date of first publication".

Tick the check box "Inventor" and enter a name in the respective input field, for which you want to find a first publication from the data available in DPMAregister.
If you are unsure about the exact spelling of a name or company name, you can use the following wildcards:

? represents any number of characters or no characters
! represents precisely one character
# represents one character or no characters

Examples:
schmi#d
finds "Schmid", "Schmied"

schmi#d?
finds "Schmid", "Schmied", "Schmidleitner"...

The search is case insensitive.

For more information and other examples please see the "Expert search" menu item.

Monitoring by IPC main class

Please specify the period to be covered by the search in the field "Monitoring period".

The monitoring service by IPC main class only provides information on IP applications or IP rights published for the first time in DPMAregister (first publications on a specific procedure or file number).
For detailed information on this service please read the below section "Configure result list"/ explanations on the field "Date of first publication".

Tick the check box "IPC main class" and enter an IPC symbol in the respective input field, for which you want to find a first publication from the data available in DPMAregister.

You can either enter the complete IPC symbols or truncate them according to the main group, for example F17D5/?
Possible entry formats:
F17D5/00
F17D 5/00 (with space)
F17D5/?

For more information on the International Patent Classification (IPC) please see the "Classifications" menu item of this Help section.

Monitoring by IPC secondary class

Please specify the period to be covered by the search in the field "Monitoring period".

The monitoring service by IPC secondary classes only provides information on IP applications or IP rights published for the first time in DPMAregister (first publications on a specific procedure or file number).
For detailed information on this service please read the below section "Configure result list"/ explanations on the field "Date of first publication".

Tick the check box "IPC secondary class" and enter an IPC symbol in the respective input field, for which you want to find a first publication from the data available in DPMAregister.

You can either enter the complete IPC symbols or truncate them according to the main group, for example F17D5/?
Possible entry formats:
F17D5/00
F17D 5/00 (with space)
F17D5/?

For more information on the International Patent Classification (IPC) please see the "Classifications" menu item of this Help function.

Monitoring by names/company names and IPC class

Please specify the period to be covered by the search in the field "Monitoring period".
For combined monitoring, follow the instructions given in the above sections.

Configure result list

In the "Hide result list configuration" section you can customise your result list. Tick the checkboxes provided which correspond to the columns to be displayed on the result list.
The fields "File number" and "Type of IP right" are selected by default and cannot be unchecked.

You can choose from the following fields

Status
current legal status
Title
- patents: title of the invention/the patent
- utility models: title of the utility model
- protection certificates: designation of the product
- topographies: designation of the topography
IPC main class
IPC secondary class(es)
Application date
Only one date is displayed:
- Patents and utility models:
  The date of the field " DE application date " (filing date at the DPMA) is displayed.
  In case of an EP procedure with German designation for which no "DE application date" exists yet, the date of the field "EP application date" (filing date at the European Patent Office) is displayed.
  As a rule: One date from one of the fields "DE application date", "EP application date", "WO application date" (filing date at WIPO) is displayed - following the sequence: DE-EP-WO - depending on which field contains the first date in the sequence.
- Protection certificates and topographies:
  The content of the field "DE application date" is displayed.
Date of first publication
- DE patents:
  case a) Date of publication of the application:
  First publication of the application while the grant of the patent takes place later
  case b) Date of publication of grant:
  Publication of the grant, patent grant takes place without prior publication of the application (as a rule, 18 months after the application date)
- EP patents designating DE and PCT applications designating DE:
  day when the public is for the first time notified of a certain patent procedure by the European Patent Office or by WIPO;
  as a rule: publication date of the application
- utility models: date of registration
- protection certificates: publication date of the application for a certificate
- topographies: publication date of the registration
Registration date
day, when a utility model/a topography has been recorded in the register (not in case of patents and protection certificates).
Applicant/Owner
Name and seat/domicile of the applicant: natural/legal person(s) of an application (only for applications for patents and for certificates)
Name and seat/domicile of owner: natural/legal person(s) of a granted/registered IP right
Inventor
Name and seat/domicile of natural person(s) - only for patents, when the name of the inventor has been indicated
Representative
Name and seat/domicile of the domestic representative, above all, patent attorneys/attorneys-at-law

The drop-down menu "Sort result list by" allows you to determine the sequence of the results by one of the data fields provided. Select the desired data field and choose (ascending/descending) order.

The drop-down menu labelled "Results/page" allows you to choose the number of results (10, 25, 50, 100, 250 or 1,000) to be displayed per page. The default value is 50.

For more information on this section, please see "Result list".

"Start search" button:

Click the button labelled "Start search" to submit a query with your search terms. If the search returns at least one file number, a result list will be displayed.