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erfinden

Reading material on tomorrow's solutions

Comprehensible, informative, inspiring: our publication "erfinden" (invent) highlights the contributions that inventions and industrial property rights make to solving societal challenges. From the energy transition to lightning protection and bionics in vehicle construction: the articles written by our patent examiners cover a wide range of topics. The publication erfinden replaces the previous "Erfinderaktivitäten" (inventor activities). We hope you enjoy reading it and find it inspiring.

The first issue of erfinden is now available for download as a PDF file (8,19 MB) (in German). Printed copies can be ordered via presse@dpma.de.

Are you familiar with our previous "Erfinderaktivitäten"? You can still find them in the archive — informative and with examples of technical developments from previous years (only in German).

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Last updated: 15 October 2025