Information - Patentanwalt; Beantragung der Zulassung - Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

The application shall be addressed to the Chamber of Patent Attorneys. The Chamber of Patent Attorneys is a federal corporation under public law, which is supervised by the President of the German Patent and Trademark Office.

Admission to the patent attorney profession shall become effective upon delivery of a certificate issued by the Chamber of Patent Attorneys (Sec. 18 (1) PAO). The certificate may not be issued until the applicant has been sworn in and has provided proof that professional liability insurance has been taken out or has submitted a provisional confirmation of cover (Section 18(2) PAO).

Upon admission, the applicant shall become a member of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys and may practice under the professional title of "patent attorney" (Sec. 18 (3) and (4) PAO).

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for admission to the patent attorney profession is, in particular, the acquisition of the technical qualification (Sec. 6 PAO),proof of the required legal knowledge in an examination (Sec. 8 PAO) and at least six months of employment with a patent attorney (Sec. 5 (2) PAO) or a certificate according to Sec. 2 (5) EuPAG that an equivalent professional qualification exists.

Deadlines

none

Required documents

• Application form and questionnaire
• Certified copy of the patent assessor's certificate and proof of academic degrees and titles, if applicable.

  (If the academic degree or title is included on the patent assessor's certificate, a copy of the degrees is sufficient. If you have acquired academic degrees and titles only after the patent assessor's certificate has been issued, you are requested to submit a certified copy of the degrees).

• if applicable, proof of six months' work with a self-employed patent attorney pursuant to Sec. 5 (2) PAO
• Proof of professional liability insurance

  (During the period of admission as a patent attorney, professional liability insurance must be maintained without interruption with an insurance company authorised to do business in Germany. The minimum insurance sum is 250,000 euros for the individual case of damage. The benefits of the insurer for all damages caused within one insurance year may be limited to four times the minimum insurance sum (Section 45 PAO)).

• employment contract and declaration of exemption, if applicable

  (If you are in a permanent employment relationship with a company, a copy of the employment contract must be submitted as well as a signed original declaration of the employer, bearing the company stamp, that there are no obstacles to the practice of the profession of patent attorney. Please use the template provided by the Board of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys. You can obtain the template from the office. The documents serve to determine whether there is a ground for refusal within the meaning of Section 14 no. 8 PAO).

• Copy of the identity card
• Signed curriculum vitae in tabular form with photograph

Forms

• Form, Bavaria-wide: Antrag auf Zulassung zur Patentanwaltschaft

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

• Form, Bavaria-wide: Fragebogen zum Antrag auf Zulassung zur Patentanwaltschaft

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

Fees

• The registration fee is 300 euros.

Legal bases

• §§ 5 - 29 Patentanwaltsordnung (PAO)

Links to more information

• Patentanwaltskammer - Zulassung

Related issues

• Patent attorney company; application for admission
• Chamber of Patent Attorneys; application for admission as a European patent attorney