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Information on the payment of fees at the DPMA

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Please note:
The timely and complete fee payment is crucial for the filing of your IP applications and the maintenance of your IP rights.
The day of payment is particularly important. If due fees are not received in time at the DPMA or if the DPMA does not receive the full fee amount, your request for IP protection or your application is deemed to be withdrawn; your IP right lapses. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that you make sure that the full fees are paid in due time.

Change in payments to the DPMA

Since 9 October 2025, payment service providers have been carrying out recipient checks for payment accounts within the EU. This recipient check is also known as IBAN name matching or Verification of Payee (VoP for short). This involves checking whether the name of the payee specified by the payer matches the name stored with the recipient institution for the specified IBAN.
This implements the requirements of the so-called "Instant Payment Regulation" [Regulation (EU) No. 2024/886 amending Regulation (EU) No. 260/2012 (known as the "SEPA Regulation")]. As a payment service provider, the Federal Cash Office is also obliged to carry out recipient verification.

What does this mean for the DPMA?
For all payments in future, the name of the account holder must be given as Bundeskasse (i.e. without the addition of DPMA). The IBAN remains unchanged. The name of the authority DPMA should only be mentioned in the reference field.

The following bank details apply to (fee) payments in the field of intellectual property rights:
Payee: Bundeskasse
IBAN: DE 84 7000 0000 0070 0010 54
BIC: MARKDEF1750
Bank: Deutsche Bundesbank, Munich branch, Leopoldstr. 234, 80807 Munich
Purpose of payment: File number (optionally with the addition "DPMA")

It will take a little time to update our forms, templates and notices. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

How to pay the fees at the DPMA:
Mode of payment How Notices
Cash payment directly at the DPMA At the counters of the document receiving service in Berlin and Jena Please consider the Opening hours of the respective document receiving service
Cash payment into an account of Bundeskasse At a national or foreign financial institution;
Beneficiary: Bundeskasse
IBAN: DE84 7000 0000 0070 0010 54
BIC (SWIFT-Code): MARKDEF1700		 For proof of the payment day, please send a copy of the payment slip by fax to +49 89 2195-2192 or an e-mail to zahlungsverkehr@dpma.de (particularly if the payment period expires soon and you want to meet the deadline).
Credit transfer from an account in Germany Beneficiary: Bundeskasse
IBAN: DE84 7000 0000 0070 0010 54
BIC (SWIFT-Code): MARKDEF1700		 See also collective payments
Cross-border credit transfer Beneficiary: Bundeskasse
IBAN: DE84 7000 0000 0070 0010 54
BIC (SWIFT-Code): MARKDEF1700		 See also Information on cross-border credit transfers
SEPA direct debit scheme By using the forms A 9530.1 (mandate) and A 9532.1 (purpose of use) Only euro accounts can be debited. Access requirement is a SEPA core direct debit mandate. In addition, a specification of the purpose of use of the mandate is obligatory.
Further information on direct debiting is available here or at "Questions about the SEPA direct debit scheme".

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Notices on all payment options:

Contact & questions

  • Do you have any questions? Then please have a look at the overview of frequently asked questions.
  • For all general questions concerning fees and payment transactions you can call our Central Customer Care and Services +49 89 2195-1000.
  • For questions on the SEPA direct debit scheme, you can call our collecting hotline +49 89 2195-4500 or send an e-mail to: sepa-hotline@dpma.de
  • For information on all other payment options or for concrete questions about individual payment transactions, please send an e-mail to zahlungsverkehr@dpma.de. You can call us at +49 89 2195-2532.

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Last updated: 13 October 2025