BAYPAT Erfindungscheck

Find out whether your research could contain an invention and how inventions become patents.

Classify

What is an invention?

Recognise whether your idea could be an invention. Classify your research results, choose the right category, and clarify whether submitting an invention disclosure to your university makes sense.

Start now

Prepare

How do I describe an invention?

Get your invention down to essentials. Note the core, the state of the art, and the technical solution so you have a clear basis for your invention disclosure.

Start now

Understand

How does patenting work?

Understand what happens after your invention disclosure, how it becomes a patent application, and which steps follow.

Start now

German

Bayerische Patentalliant Erfindungscheck

The BAYPAT Erfindungscheck is a practical step-by-step guide from the Bavarian Patent Alliance – for researchers and anyone supporting inventions in a university context.

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In three interactive modules, you'll learn how to classify an invention, describe it clearly, and what matters after disclosure in the patenting process – with the guiding principle: clarify protection first, then publish.

Guides

What is an inventionInvention descriptionPatenting process

Contact

kontakt@baypat.de+49 (0) 89 5480177 - 0

Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH

Prinzregentenstr. 52

80538 München

Germany

© 2026 Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH

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BAYPAT Erfindungscheck

Find out whether your research could contain an invention and how inventions become patents.

Classify

What is an invention?

Recognise whether your idea could be an invention. Classify your research results, choose the right category, and clarify whether submitting an invention disclosure to your university makes sense.

Start now

Prepare

How do I describe an invention?

Get your invention down to essentials. Note the core, the state of the art, and the technical solution so you have a clear basis for your invention disclosure.

Start now

Understand

How does patenting work?

Understand what happens after your invention disclosure, how it becomes a patent application, and which steps follow.

Start now

Bayerische Patentalliant Erfindungscheck

German

The BAYPAT Erfindungscheck is a practical step-by-step guide from the Bavarian Patent Alliance – for researchers and anyone supporting inventions in a university context.

​

In three interactive modules, you'll learn how to classify an invention, describe it clearly, and what matters after disclosure in the patenting process – with the guiding principle: clarify protection first, then publish.

Guides

What is an inventionInvention descriptionPatenting process

Contact

kontakt@baypat.de+49 (0) 89 5480177 - 0

Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH

Prinzregentenstr. 52

80538 München

Germany

© 2026 Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH

ImprintPrivacyCookies

BAYPAT Erfindungscheck

Find out whether your research could contain an invention and how inventions become patents.

Classify

What is an invention?

Recognise whether your idea could be an invention. Classify your research results, choose the right category, and clarify whether submitting an invention disclosure to your university makes sense.

Start now

Prepare

How do I describe an invention?

Get your invention down to essentials. Note the core, the state of the art, and the technical solution so you have a clear basis for your invention disclosure.

Start now

Understand

How does patenting work?

Understand what happens after your invention disclosure, how it becomes a patent application, and which steps follow.

Start now