Nomination Period for European Inventor Award 2012 to Close in October

Monday, September 12th, 2011

The European Inventor Award 2012 will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, next spring. The nomination period will be open until 6 October and anyone can propose an inventor for the award. Inventors can also nominate themselves. The award is organised each year by the European Patent Office in cooperation with ...

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EPO Reports a Patent Decline

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

First the good news: the medical technology sector accounted for the largest number of patents filed in Europe in 2009 (12.2% of the total number). The bad news: the overall number of European patent applications filed in 2009 fell for the first time in 20 years, reports the European Patent ...

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