Kreuels Henrichs Pannen
Patent Attorneys | Attorneys at Law

Anyone who wants to protect their innovations effectively is faced with rapidly changing conditions. In view of these developments and the increased networking of different technologies and international legal fields, we have built up a team of patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law that combines all the skills required for your specific case and helps you to protect your idea quickly, comprehensively and in an interdisciplinary manner: as a patent or utility model or as a trademark or product design.

Kreuels Henrichs Pannen is a law firm in Düsseldorf specializing in intellectual property law. Our patent attorneys advise technology-developing companies on the registration and enforcement of intellectual property rights, particularly in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, medical technology, and digital technologies (IoT, AI, robotics). Our attorneys specializing in IP law support clients from various industries in the legal enforcement and defense of claims in trademark law, design law, competition law, and copyright law.

In our blog we regularly write on topics relating to trademark protection, design applications, patents and various IP strategies to protect ideas and innovations in the best possible way.

Awards: Kreuels Henrichs is listed in the Handelsblatt-Ranking „Deutschlands beste Kanzleien 2025“ (Intellectual Property Law).

Blog - Patents, Trademarks & Designs

Patent Protection for AI-Based Inventions

Justus Kreuels -
28. July 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming the development of technical solutions in nearly every industry. Whether in medical technology, industrial manufacturing, robotics, or automation—AI is increasingly being used to solve complex technical problems. This often raises the question of whether an AI-based development can be patented and what requirements must be met for this to be the case.

 

Düsseldorf, Germany