Inventions at RPTU

Has your work resulted in an invention? As an employee at RPTU, you are obliged to report your invention in accordance with the Employee Inventions Act (ArbnErfG).

Inventor's guide at RPTU - From the idea to exploitation

How do you deal with inventions at RPTU? What steps need to be taken in the innovation process - from the initial idea to successful exploitation?

Answers to these questions can be found in the practice-oriented handout "Property rights and exploitation at RPTU Kaiserslautern", our central guide for inventors. It contains all the important information, processes and contacts relating to IP rights at RPTU.

The guide is based on the intellectual property rights and exploitation strategy at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau. The aim is to protect innovative achievements from research and development in the best possible way, to make them visible and to make them usable for society.

The key strategic objectives at a glance:

  • Efficient use of intellectual property for the benefit of society
  • Promotion of a partnership-based culture of invention within the university
  • Increasing international visibility through scientific excellence
  • Protecting and utilizing innovative knowledge and securing innovation potential
  • Supporting spin-offs from research (start-ups / spin-offs)


Use the form below to report your invention.

Address

Paul-Ehrlich-Straße
Building 32, Room 210
67663 Kaiserslautern

Submitting an invention disclosure at RPTU

Property rights and exploitation at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau sees it as its strategic task to disseminate the knowledge, methods and technologies developed through university research and make them available to the general public. This promotes scientific progress and provides important impulses for innovations in the economy.

The aim is to promote the spirit of innovation and to secure the results of publicly funded research that are worthy of protection in a culture of partnership, with the aim of expanding the scientific reputation of RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau and increasing the number of innovative spin-offs based on intellectual property rights.