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We offer extensive advice on all aspects of the protection of industrial property and act as legal representatives in such matters. This includes not only matters concerning applications for protective rights and the assertion thereof but also measures for counteracting claims of third parties.

We check small and medium-sized businesses and business starters to ascertain whether they might be eligible for German federal funding . The actual federal funding programme WIPANO runs until 30.06.2023 (last day for the submission of an application). Business starters that are not eligible for funding are charged a reduced hourly rate for their first application for a patent or utitility patent.

We supplement our regular office activities by the provision of free councelling for inventors at the Rhein-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)and at the Mannheim Chamber of Handicrafts (IWK).

The inventors consultation day as organized by the Rhein-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) takes place on the first Friday (as workday) of each month. Since January 2018 on, place and time is alternately either in Mannheim in Building L 1, 2, between 14:30 hours and 16 hours, and in Heidelberg between 10 hours and 11:40 hours at Hans-Böckler-Straße 4. Prior registration is necessary. Relevant information of the IHK Rhein-Neckar is available (in German) under Erfinderberatung durch Patentanwälte (Councelling for Inventors by Patent Attorneys) .

The inventors consultation day as organized by the Mannheim Chamber of Handicrafts (HWK) takes place every other month on a Thursday between 15:30 hours and 17:30 hours in B1, 1-2,68159 Mannheim. Prior registration is required for acquisition of a fixed thirty-minute appointment. Relevant information of the HWK Mannheim is available (in German) under Erfinderberatung (Councelling for Inventors).

In the period from May 2016 to May 2019 we have been a cooperation partner for a research project of the University Heidelberg concerning biopatenting, the project being sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).