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Inventions & Patents

Every year, numerous invention disclosures are made at TU Dortmund University. Many of them have significant economic potential. TU Dortmund University protects this evidence of its scientific reputation under patent law and, together with the exploitation agency PROvendis GmbH, actively seeks marketing and exploitation opportunities. The BMWi supports universities, companies and independent inventors in securing and exploiting their innovative ideas with the newly established program "WIPANO - Knowledge and Technology Transfer through Patents and Standards".

We support you in all aspects of inventions, industrial property rights, validation funding and transfer.

Answers to frequently asked questions can be found in our FAQ.

All links to the required forms and additional information related to your patent application.

Complete overview of all priority-based patent applications of TU Dortmund University since 2011.

Together with PROvendis GmbH, TU Dortmund University has created technology offers for a large number of its property rights, which clearly illustrate the content and economic application possibilities of the invention and thus provide an initial decision-making aid for interested parties. New inventions are added continuously. We recommend a regular visit to this page.

Support measures for the further development of prototypes and support for spin-offs.

Ongoing CET projects in the area of "Inventions and property rights".

The CET regularly offers events on research results protected by intellectual property rights.

Contact

Emil-Figge-Straße 80, Room 2.085 Tel: +49 231 755-2446

Postal address TU Dortmund University, Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer, D-44221 Dortmund

Delivery address TU Dortmund University, Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6,  D-44227 Dortmund

Campus address Campus North, Building Seminar Room Building I

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

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