Initially, we recommend that you contact us briefly by telephone - so that we can ‘sort’ the relevant topics.

Patent/utility model

Roughly speaking, the costs for a German patent application start at approx. 3,300 €, for a (territorially more far-reaching) European EP patent application at approx. 5,600 €. The costs for other national applications (e.g. international as PCT, or individually, e.g. for the USA, Canada, Japan, France ...) would be compiled on request (for application stage before granting comparable to EP).

Trade mark and design

The costs for trade mark or design applications, on the other hand, are considerably lower. It is therefore advisable to contact us in advance by telephone as mentioned above to find out which of these IP rights is the most important and which, if applicable, should be selected optionally and merely as a ‘flanking measure’.

The costs for a Germany-wide application are also lower than, for example, at EU level (as a so-called European Union trade mark or as a Community design).