page_title: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
section_title: Function and status
hierarchical_section_title: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt / Function and status
context_page_description: The German Patent and Trade Mark Office is the German national patent office, with headquarters in Munich, and offices in Berlin and Jena. In 2006 it employed 2556 people, of which about 700 were patent examiners.
context_section_description: The DPMA is the central authority in the field of intellectual property protection in Germany. Its responsibilities include the granting of patents for the registration of industrial designs, trademarks and designs, as well as for informing the public about existing industrial property rights. Recognised partner of the DPMA is the Patentinformationszentrum (Patent Information Centre), united in the Deutscher Patentinformationszentren e.V (German Patent Information Centres Association).
  The legal basis of the German Patent and Trademark Office is § 26 of the Patentgesetz (German Patents Act).
caption: 1977 stamp showing the Patent Office from 1877 to 1977. Picture of the new Patent Office building in 1905 on Gitschiner Road
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