• 30 January 2023
  Handover of office at the DPMA: Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer is succeeded by Eva Schewior
  

  

• 09 March 2023
  Patent grants at a record level again
• 27 March 2023
  Considerable increase in innovations in battery technology
• 25 April 2023
  More and more women inventors in Germany
  
• 09 May 2023
  European Inventor Award 2023: DPMA President congratulates LiFi pioneer Harald Haas on being selected as a finalist
• 10 July 2023
  President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office meets with heads of offices at the margins of the WIPO Assemblies
• 24 July2023
  A “stroke of luck” for the Federal Ministry of Justice and the DPMA
  

  

• 26 July 2023
  Connecting with the innovative industry: kick-off for the exchange format DPMAimpuls
  
• 10 August 2023
  How to benefit from patents, trade marks and other IP rights: Free consultations for SMEs, start-ups and founder teams
• 29 August 2023
  Exhibition: “We protect innovations — 25 years of the DPMA in Jena”
• 29 August 2023
  25 years in Jena: DPMA keeps expanding patent examination in the city of innovation
• 13 September 2023
  2023 Deutscher Zukunftspreis award: Highly advanced medical technology and technologies for climate protection
• 21 September 2023
  “German Patent and Trade Mark Office counts on Jena”
• 27 September 2023
  Germany ranks 8th in World Intellectual Property Organization‘s list of most innovative states — DPMA President: innovation system is stable, productive and efficient, yet there are risks due to digitisation deficit
  
• 26 October 2023
  Independent inventors in Germany: Where do they come from and what do they file patent applications for?
• 28 November 2023
  “The quality of patent examination is top priority”
• 01 December 2023
  Dr Maria Skottke-Klein is new Vice-President of the DPMA
• 15 December 2023
  G7 meeting on intellectual property: “Metaverse is not an area outside the law”

You can find out which topics, events and anniversaries have been on our agenda in 2023 on our website.