For both the protection of Henkel and the inventor, we will only accept submissions to the Henkel Innovation Partnership Program if it is covered by an issued patent or if your patent application has been published.

What does this mean for you?
One of Henkel’s goals is to be the “Innovation Leader” in our global markets. One of your goals, as an independent inventor, may be to put your idea into practice. Depending on the status of your idea, collaboration with Henkel could proceed in different ways: 

• Published intellectual property rights/ideas for which extensive evaluation is still necessary: Frequently, the long term value of an idea to a company can only be judged in concrete terms after an extensive evaluation. If we feel that the idea could be of interest, Henkel will conduct this evaluation.
• Published or granted intellectual property right that could be utilized as it is or in a slightly modified form: In this case, we would offer you, as the holder of the intellectual property right, either to purchase the patent, utility model or design from you, or to enter into a licensing agreement with you. If any evaluation is required prior to this, Henkel would coordinate the evaluation.