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Outstanding inventors from Australia, Austria, China, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Switzerland honoured with the European Inventor Award

The European Patent Office (EPO) today presented the European Inventor Award 2015 in the heart of Paris. The prestigious annual award, now in its 10th year, honours outstanding inventors who through their work have made an exceptional contribution to social development, technological progress and economic growth. More than 400 guests from the worlds of politics, […]

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Poland with record growth in patent filings at the European Patent Office in 2014

Patent filings at the European Patent Office (EPO) grew again in 2014 to 274 000 (+3.1%), reaching a new record level. Companies from Poland filed 701 patents, a steep increase of +22% over the previous year, making Poland one of the fastest growing countries in terms of patent filings (exceeding the 18% growth of China). Since […]

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Patent Information Conference in Warsaw highlights growing role of patent data for business and policy­makers

Some 400 IP professionals from across the globe are gathering in Warsaw this week to look at the latest developments in patent data and how it can be leveraged for business decisions. Opening the EPO’s 24th Patent Information Conference, Poland’s Deputy Economy Minister Grażyna Henclewska said: “We strongly and resolutely rely on an innovation­based development […]