{"id":2048,"date":"2025-07-02T13:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patguard.de\/eng\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:13:39","slug":"patents-and-utility-models-for-state-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patguard.de\/eng\/patents-and-utility-models-for-state-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Patents and utility models for state secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2048\" class=\"elementor elementor-2048\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6949e61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no rael-particle-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6949e61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78ccf59 exad-glass-effect-no rael-particle-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"78ccf59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20964d3 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20964d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inventions in the field of <strong>defence and armaments technology<\/strong>, <strong>nuclear technology<\/strong> and <strong>secret communication<\/strong> may contain state secrets. For example the invention could contain military technology or cryptology. Increasingly, we face inventions involving the use of artificial intelligence. In this case, special handling of patent applications is required.<\/p><p>Inventors of state secrets may have their inventions supervised by patent attorneys, who are, however, subject to a security check. The patent attorneys must ensure, for example, through organisational measures and technical security equipment, that only those persons for whom knowledge of the state secret is essential for compelling professional reasons receive it.<\/p><p>At the German Patent Trade Mark Office, patent applications containing state secrets are handled in the \u201cOffice 99\u201d. Here, state secrets are categorised as <strong>\u2018confidential\u2019<\/strong>, <strong>\u2018secret\u2019<\/strong> or <strong>\u2018top secret\u2019<\/strong>. If a confidentiality decision is issued by Office 99, the patent application will not be published and commercial exploitation will only be permitted under certain conditions.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Our office has the required capacities of handling military technology. We will be pleased to provide you with further information upon your request.<\/span><\/p><p>Further information (in German language) can also be found on the homepage of the DPMA:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpma.de\/docs\/patente\/geheimschutz.pdf\">https:\/\/www.dpma.de\/docs\/patente\/geheimschutz.pdf<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>July 2, 2025<\/em><br \/><em>Thorsten Br\u00fcntjen<\/em><br \/><em>Patent Attorney<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inventions in the field of defence and armaments technology, nuclear technology and secret communication may contain state secrets. For example the invention could contain military technology or cryptology. Increasingly, we face inventions involving the use of artificial intelligence. In this case, special handling of patent applications is required. 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