Patents and Standards
From Inventor Consulting to R&D Strategies
We can help you bring innovative ideas to life – from the Inventor Check to clarification of property rights to strategic innovation consulting. With the services of our experts, you make sure that your new product meets all applicable standards and does not violate existing patent law. We are the official institute for patents and standards – with service from a single source. Patent research, patent analysis, monitoring of patents, and registration of your intellectual property rights. Trust in our 130 years of expertise in all matters of patents and standards.
Benefits at a Glance
With TÜV Rheinland as a contact for patents and standards, you:
- Choose complete solutions in all property rights issues
- Benefit from our years of experience in managing patent databases
- Get expert help for patent research in our own patent center and standards center
Patent Research and Inspections
Our patent center can conduct research and monitoring on various issues. For example, on your behalf, we can check:
- Whether your invention is really new
- Which patents your competitors hold
- Whether your business name is trademarked
- Whether the design of an Italian piece of furniture is protected in Germany
- Which new property rights your competition has registered
Patent-Based Analysis
With our patent center, we can offer analysis individually tailored to your business issues and empirically tested for the following fields of application:
- Business strategy development
- Strategic technology and innovation management, or TIM
- R&D management
- R&D controlling
- Product management
- Controlling
- Due diligence for M&A
- Patent management
- Patent administration
Our Services at a Glance
Invention Checks
TÜV Rheinland has developed a tool for qualitative patent evaluation, for easier recovery of your property rights.
Official Collection Point for Intellectual Property Rights
We welcome and accept your German patent registration applications.
Standards Research and Standards Monitoring
Our experts can help you research the standards that apply to your innovations and offer customized solutions for standards monitoring.