- Determination of legal status
- Transfer of intellectual property rights
- Summary search: Preliminary examination of patentability and examination of right of use (Freedom-to-operate)
- Extensive professional novelty search
- Extensive professional search and examination of right of use (Freedom-to-operate)
- Preparation and filing of a utility model application with documents of the client (EcoPat)
- Search request
- Assessment of the search report
- Submitting of a utility model derivation
- Submitting of a utility model with domestic priority
- Renewal of German utility models
- Filing of a European patent application and taking over representation
- Entry of an international application in the European phase
- Reply to a European office action: Working out new claims and arguments to convince the examiner of the patentability
- Taking over representation of the German national part
- Taking over representation of a foreign national part
- Validation of a European patent
- National annuity for a European patent
- Representation of opponent
- Working out a European opposition
- Counterstatement in opposition proceedings (with new claims)
- Filing of formalities appeal in opposition proceedings and execution of the appeal proceedings before the European board of appeal
- Annuity / renewal
- Preparation and filing of a patent application
- Preparation of a patent application with documents of the client (EcoPat)
- Parallel application for a utility model
- Filing of a patent application with domestic priority
- Request for examination – after filing
- Suspension of the examination procedure
- Examination of the application on a patentable surplus after the receipt of the first office action
- Suggestion for new claims
- Reply to the office action: working out new claims and arguments to convince the examiner of the patentability
- Appeal from decision of rejection and execution of the appeal proceedings before the Federal Patent Court
- Annuity / Renewal
