The Braunschweig region is one of Northern Germany's most inventive regions. The TU Braunschweig enjoys a pre-eminent position here with its wealth of patents. In the various research facilities, inventions with a great deal of economic potential are being made all the time.
The first step to patenting your invention is filing the patent application. After completing the patenting process, we work together with you to bring your idea to market. This process includes:
The Technische Universität Braunschweig considers knowledge and technology transfer to be extremely important. Alongside knowledge and technology transfer in the form of research cooperation projects and support to business start-ups, the protection of intellectual property (IP) is important in order to secure the knowledge generated by universities and to transfer it into practical applications in a targeted manner. The Technische Universität Braunschweig is aware of its responsibility in this regard and supports the measures and processes required here in a range of ways. You can find out more about this in the Guidelines for Handling Intellectual Property in the context of knowledge and technology transfer.
The TU Braunschweig Technology Transfer Office offers your academic staff expert consultancy services around inventions and discoveries as well as marketing.
On request we hold an advice session for inventors in collaboration with the Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland GmbH (EZN - northern Germany inventor centre). For further information please contact d.kindt(at)tu-bs.de.
The first step is filing the patent application.
During the patenting process the Technology Transfer Office works closely with the patent and marketing agency Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland GmbH (EZN) in Hanover. EZN GmbH was founded in 1982 and since then has carried out over 13,000 technology evaluations and well over 1500 patent applications or patent families. EZN:
They are also able to collaborate on other intellectual property rights such as the registration of trademarks and utility model rights.
Filing a patent application
The first and therefore most important step towards patenting your invention is filing the application.
IMPORTANT:
Filing a patent application is only possible before publication of your work.
You can complete the patent application form on your computer and then print it out. Please send the completed patent application in a sealed envelope to:
David Kindt
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Technologietransferstelle
Bültenweg 88
38106 Braunschweig
We are happy to answer your questions regarding your registration of inventions.
You will find information about patents, utility models, trademarks, protected designs, fees, and other information such as addresses and phone numbers in the leaflet An Overview of Property Rights from the German Patent and Trademark Office.
You will find information about patents, utility models, trademarks, protected designs, fees, and other information such as addresses and phone numbers in the leaflet An Overview of Property Rights from the German Patent and Trademark Office.
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