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Pan-European Seal Young Professional Traineeship Programme

The Pan-European Seal Young Professional Traineeship Programme is:

  • a 12-month paid trainee program at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich or at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante (Spain)
  • for top TUM graduates from all disciplines
  • an Intensive training and education program through courses and on-the-job training, support from a mentor, deployment in a department of the office
  • Trainees gain insight into how the office works and can establish contacts with possible future employers
  • Before applying to the EPO or EUIPO, a nomination by TUM is necessary

Procedure and deadlines

You can contact us at any time without obligation (patent(at)tum.de) if you have any questions.

 

Step 1: Your internal TUM application


Please send your application to:

  • Prof. Dr. Ann, if you have attended the course “Patent Law” or “License Agreement Law”
  • Prof. Dr. Müller-Stoy, if you have attended the course “Patents and Trademarks”

  • TUM ForTe Patents and Licenses by email to patent(at)tum.de, if you have attended the course “From Invention to Patent” or none of the courses.


    With the following information:

  • Your full name and a (long-term) valid e-mail address
  • Subject of study, (intended) degree and (expected) date of graduation
  • whether you wish to work at the EPO or EUIPO
  • an informal confirmation that you meet the relevant application requirements and can provide all the necessary supporting documents
  • If you are applying to the EUIPO, whether you are a national of an EU country or a third country.
  • which of the events you have attended
  • If you are nominated, your name and e-mail address will be sent to the respective office.

 

Step 2: TUM-internal selection procedure


We will contact you and confirm receipt of your application. In individual cases, we will ask you to have an informal interview with us or to send us a short letter of motivation.


There is no entitlement to be nominated for the program by TUM. If there are more applicants than places on the list, the performance in the courses mentioned, or alternatively the academic performance, will be decisive.


In accordance with the EUIPO guidelines, TUM will nominate a maximum of 10% third-country nationals for the EUIPO, provided that there are enough applicants with EU nationality to fill the remaining 90% of the list places.


Candidates nominated by TUM will be notified by 24.02.2025 and invited to apply to the respective office.

 

Step 3: Your application to the EPO or EUIPO


Candidates listed by us must apply independently to the relevant office.

Note: Please allow sufficient time to prepare the required documents in the desired format and (if necessary) create accounts on the platforms.

EPO: jobs.epo.org/content/PanEuropeanSeal/
EUIPO: https://euipo.europa.eu/knowledge/mod/page/view.php?id=73916&forceview=1


The EPO and EUIPO will then carry out their own selection process.

Further information:

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