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| 30.10.2024 | Switzerland's AI Revolution: A Nexus of Innovation and Compliance | Switzerland is emerging as a powerhouse in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). With a unique blend of academic prowess and entrepreneurial spirit, the Swiss landscape is fertile ground for innovation. Recent developments highlight th... |
| 30.10.2024 | Swiss start-up scene tops patent rankings |
Europe’s universities are becoming increasingly vibrant workshops for many inventions in recent decades. Amongst European applicants to the European Patent Office (EPO), they were responsible for over 10% of patent applications in 2019 (up... |
| 22.10.2024 | Finland ranks 4th in Europe for academic patents per capita | Finland ranks 4th in Europe for academic patents per capita
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A new report published by the European Patent Office (EPO) today finds that patent applications for inventions originating in Europe... |
| 11.10.2024 | European Patent Office upholds JA Solar complaints as valid in patent infringement lawsuit | - |
| 23.08.2024 | How to Protect Your New Product with a Patent | Share
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| 27.07.2024 | CS MEDICA's Innovative Leap: A New Dawn for Psoriasis Treatment | In the world of dermatology, innovation is a lifeline. CS MEDICA, a Danish MedTech company, is making waves with its latest achievement: an "Intention To Grant" for a European patent concerning its CANNASEN® Psoriasis Gel. This ge... |
| 24.07.2024 | CS MEDICA Receives "Intention To Grant" for European Patent Application Concerning CANNASEN® Psoriasis Gel, Reinforcing Leadership in CBD-infused Dermatological Innovations | CS MEDICA Receives "Intention To Grant" for European Patent Application Concerning CANNASEN® Psoriasis Gel, Reinforcing Leadership in CBD-infused Dermatological Innovations
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| 24.07.2024 | 3D-печать для чайников. Часть 1: Подготовка | Добрый день, дорогие хабражители и мимокрокодилы! Так вышло, что в моем распоряжении оказался 3D-принтер (вернее, оказался еще полгода назад), и я получила возможность самолично проверить свои навыки подготовки моделей к печати. Да, я уже н... |
| 10.07.2024 | European Patent Office: Japanese scientist wins the European Inventor Award 2024 for the world's most powerful permanent magnets | MUNICH, July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced Masato Sagawa as the winner of the 'Non-EPO countries' category of the European Inventor Award 2024. Dr Sagawa developed the world's strongest permanent ma... |
| 09.07.2024 | European Inventor Award 2024 Celebrates Global Innovators Transforming Industry and Society | MUNICH, GERMANY, July 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- - The European Patent Office (EPO) honours a group of exceptional inventors whose innovations are making significant impacts across sectors to enhance global well-being and drive technolog... |
| 18.06.2024 | European Patent Issued for Groundbreaking Insect Protein Technology; Company Seeks Investors | Dr. Aaron T. Dossey holding a 7-pound bag of frozen farm-raised crickets, showcasing the third batch of Griopro® cricket powder produced in 2014 after a significant process improvement.
Dr. Aaron T. Dossey, President, Founder, and Owner of ... |
| 13.06.2024 | Genetic Analysis: Awarded important EU patent covering a companion diagnostic method for optimising IBS interventions | Genetic Analysis: Awarded important EU patent covering a companion diagnostic method for optimising IBS interventions
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OSLO, NORWAY – 13 June 2024: Microbiome DX company Genetic Analysis AS (“G... |
| 06.06.2024 | Brazilian Scientists Selected as Finalists for the European Inventor Award 2024 | MUNICH, GERMANY, June 6, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), aircraft noise is the most significant cause of adverse community reaction related to the operation and expansion of airp... |
| 05.06.2024 | Next-gen Innovators: Meet the Young Inventors Prize finalists for the European Inventor Award 2024 | MUNICH, BAVARIA, GERMANY, June 5, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ --
• The Young Inventors Prize celebrates young innovators aged 30 and younger who are addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals through their inventive solutions
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| 31.05.2024 | Japanese Inventor Selected as Finalist for the European Inventor Award 2024 | MUNICH, GERMANY, May 31, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Magnets are all around us, they drive a wide array of modern technologies and exist in one way or another in almost every field on Earth. Permanent neodymium magnets are found nowadays in ... |
| 31.05.2024 | Peptonic Medical AB granted patent in Europe for relief of provoked vulvodynia in women. Product ready for launch. | Peptonic Medical AB granted patent in Europe for relief of provoked vulvodynia in women. Product ready for launch.
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Peptonic Medical AB (publ) ("Peptonic") announces that the European... |
| 29.05.2024 | The European Patent Office, The world's most powerful permanent magnet: Japanese inventor selected as finalist for the European Inventor Award 2024 | MUNICH, May 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnets are all around us, they drive a wide array of modern technologies and exist in one way or another in almost every field on Earth. Permanent neodymium magnets are found nowadays in mobile phones, ... |
| 29.05.2024 | Finnish biology inventors selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2024 | Finnish biology inventors selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2024
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The husband-and-wife team, Sirpa and Markku Jalkanen, developed a clinical treatment to activate the immune... |
| 28.05.2024 | Unveiling Excellence: European Inventor Award 2024 Finalists Revealed | MUNICH, GERMANY, May 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- - Global inventors in the spotlight: 12 teams and individuals across 10+ countries nominated for Europe's premier Inventors' Award in four diverse categories: ‘Industry’, ‘Research’, ‘Non-... |
| 27.05.2024 | Человек-машина: краткий обзор достижений и возможностей биоинженерии | Биоинженерия способна компенсировать недостатки человеческого организма. Эта наука уже позволяет ежедневно спасать людей, а в будущем способна вывести человеческое тело на новый уровень. Некоторые же придерживаются мнения о том, что биоинже... |
| 21.05.2024 | Munich-based reev secures €10M to simplify access to charging infrastructure: Here’s how | Read this article in:
Munich-based reev, a software provider for semi-public charging solutions, announced that it has completed its Series A funding round at €10M, marking its largest investment to date.
The funding round was co-led by Fut... |
| 16.05.2024 | Glasses-free 3D displays for any consumer device: Physicist nominated as a finalist for the European Inventor Award 2024 | MUNICH, GERMANY, May 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- - American-based inventor David Fattal and his team have created a ‘glasses-free 3D’ that provides the appearance of real depth both into and out of phone, tablet and PC screens
- Users ca... |
| 16.05.2024 | Founders named European Inventor Award finalists | Founders named European Inventor Award finalists
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| 12.04.2024 | China's innovation fuels rise in European patent applications in 2023 | MUNICH, April 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Patent applications originating from the People's Republic of China at the European Patent Office (EPO) grew by 8.8% last year over 2022, according to the EPO's Patent Index 2023 published today. Chine... |
| 23.03.2024 | Microsoft ускоряет печать взглядом, а ряд европейских патентов оказались американскими: дайджест новостей | Претензии Nokia не помешали IPO Reddit, Apple пытается отбиться от запретов импорта из-за патентных споров, а Microsoft получила патент на систему быстрого набора текста с помощью взгляда. Об этом и не только в нашем дайджесте.
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| 19.03.2024 | European Patent Office releases European Patent Index 2023 | European Patent Office (EPO)
European Patent Office releases European Patent Index 2023
Japan’s number of inventions in Europe ranks third in the world ……
● In 2023, the number of patent applications filed by Japanese companies and inventor... |
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| 17.10.2023 | EPO and EUIPO announcement: Owning Intellectual Property (IP) rights boosts startups’ ability to raise funds | EPO and EUIPO announcement: Owning Intellectual Property (IP) rights boosts startups’ ability to raise funds
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| 17.10.2023 | Marchi e brevetti, le startup titolari raccolgono 10 volte di più | L’Ufficio europeo dei brevetti (UEB) e l’Ufficio dell’Unione europea per la proprietà intellettuale (EUIPO) hanno pubblicato un nuovo studio congiunto che evidenzia quanto marchi e brevetti possano rafforzare il successo delle startup europ... |
| 04.07.2023 | European Inventor Award 2023 winners announced: Honouring tomorrow’s shapers | European Inventor Award 2023 winners announced: Honouring tomorrow’s shapers
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The European Patent Office (EPO) honours inspirational inventors for their outstanding contributions to improving o... |
| 21.06.2023 | Drawing Microplastics Out Of The Oceans: Irish Environmentalist Named As A Finalist For The Young Inventors Prize 2023 | MUNICH, GERMANY, June 21, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- • Fionn Ferreira's microplastic removal solution uses a unique mixture without requiring filters or chemicals
• The latest prototype removes over 85% of microplastics in a single pass
• Th... |
| 21.06.2023 | Portuguese Computer Engineer Named As A Finalist For The Young Inventors Prize 2023 | Inclusive Digital Learning For Visually Impaired Children: Portuguese Computer Engineer Named As A Finalist For The Young Inventors Prize 2023 MADRID, SPAIN, June 21, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- - Filipa de Sousa Rocha has developed a system ... |
| 06.06.2023 | Finalists for European Inventor Award 2023 Featured on "Inventors at Work" Podcast | Inventors at Work" podcast hosted by John Cronin, from ipCapitalGroup, features interview with European Inventor Awards finalist Kripa Varanasi and David Smith.
"Kripa and David have developed a game-changing non-stick coating tha... |
| 31.05.2023 | Brain-computer interface to control digital devices using thoughts: The European Patent Office has announced that Australian researchers have been selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award... | MUNICH, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly one in six of the world's population lives with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy, or migraines and brain injuries, according to the United Nations.... |
| 30.05.2023 | The unitary patent system will start on 1 June 2023 | The unitary patent system will start on 1 June 2023
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The unitary patent system will have a significant impact on the competitive environment for Finnish companies in Europe and their operationa... |
| 09.05.2023 | Inventors from MIT Selected as Finalists for the European Inventor Award 2023 | MUNICH, GERMANY, May 9, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The Indian-US duo Kripa Varanasi and David Smith’s invention is a non-stick coating
Maximising product and minimising waste with innovative packaging: Inventors from MIT selected as finalist... |
| 28.03.2023 | Innovation stays strong: patent applications in Europe continue to grow in 2022 | The European Patent Office (EPO) received 193 460 applications in 2022, an increase of 2.5% on the previous year and a new record. The EPO's Patent Index 2022, published today, shows that patent filings continued to grow last year, after an... |
| 14.03.2023 | Copy that: RightHub wants to be the command center for intellectual property management | An entrepreneur might have the best idea since sliced bread, but if they’re unable to protect it with the relevant patents, trademarks or copyrights, there’s a good chance they won’t see the fruits that their labor otherwise might deserve.
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| 13.03.2023 | How To Build A Patent Department As A New Or Expanding Company | Wen Xie, Partner at Global IP Counselors, LLP in Washington DC. |
| 02.03.2023 | The unitary patent system will start on 1 June 2023 | The unitary patent system will start on 1 June 2023
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The unitary patent (UP) offers a new alternative alongside the European patent (EP) to protect inventions in Europe. The unitary patent syst... |
| 09.02.2023 | Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme expands network of partner universities | 9 February 2023
The European Patent Office (EPO) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). This makes UiT the 110th member of the network of... |
| 23.01.2023 | Kids’ collaborative art competition | 23 January 2023
As part of the programme of activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Patent Convention, the European Patent Office (EPO) is running a collaborative art competition for primary schools on the... |
| 11.01.2023 | Европа обводораживает Америку | Международное энергетическое агентство (МЭА) и Европейское патентное управление (EPO) выпустили совместное исследование по новым технологиям, разработкам и патентам в области добычи и использования водорода. Выяснилось, что за последние дес... |
| 08.12.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Grocery startup Oda bags $158m, new rounds for alt meat & restaurant tech | Despite losing its unicorn status, Norwegian online grocer Oda bagged a sizable round this week. Restaurant tech company MarginEdge and AgFunder portfolio company Black Sheep Foods also raised money, as did forest tech platform Gaia AI and ... |
| 08.11.2022 | A new study by the European Patent Office (EPO): Fewer than 1 in 7 inventors in Europe are women | A new study by the European Patent Office (EPO): Fewer than 1 in 7 inventors in Europe are women
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A new study released today by the European Patent Office (EPO) finds that 13.2% of inventors in... |
| 27.07.2022 | An AI for art: Copyright considerations for artificial intelligence | Rajvinder Jagdev Contributor
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| 28.06.2022 | Three startups in the spotlight | |
| 14.06.2022 | European Inventor Award 2022: Meet the inventors that are shaping our world at virtual event | The winners of the European Patent Office’s annual innovation prize will be revealed at a ceremony on 21 June 2022 at 12:00 CEST held in an all-new format
Discover the stories of 14 exceptional inventor teams and 4 young innovators from 14 ... |
| 28.04.2022 | EIB report: Access to funding and talent are main challenges for small deep tech companies in EU | A joint study released today by the European Investment Bank and European Patent Office says small deep tech businesses in the EU in the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution are facing financing, collaboration, and talent hurdles.
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| 18.02.2022 | The Role of IPR in Growth Financing | On behalf of the High-growth technology business (HTB) Steering Committee, I am pleased to inform you about the upcoming HTB Forums. Since the events are highly interesting for your network, I would kindly ask you to spread the word about t... |
| 19.10.2021 | EPO: Europe and US are leading innovation in plastic recycling and alternative plastics globally, patent data shows | EPO: Europe and US are leading innovation in plastic recycling and alternative plastics globally, patent data shows Tue, Oct 19, 2021 09:00 CET
European Patent Office (EPO) study reveals that Europe and US together account for 60% of patent... |
| 10.08.2021 | Not Patentable To Patent-eligible: Redesigning Product Based On User Feedback – Not Technical, But Controlling The Manufacture Of A Product – Technical | This decision concerns a patent application for a method of redesigning a product based on customer feedback. In the appeal, the Board considered that claim of the Main Request was so abstract that it encompasses entirely non-technical subj... |
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| 08.07.2021 | Germany’s VC industry is ready to take off, but bureaucrats need to release the handbrake | Uwe Horstmann Contributor
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The narrative suggests that Germany is lagging behind its European neighbors when it comes to bu... |
| 01.06.2021 | European Inventor Award 2021: Meet some of today’s most inspiring innovators at digital event on 17 June | Watch the European Inventor Award ceremony online on Thursday, 17 June 2021 at 19:00 CEST
Event broadcast at inventoraward.org will showcase the stories of remarkable scientists and innovators in an all-new format
The public is invited to v... |
| 27.05.2021 | Investment breakthrough for BrainRepair UG start-up - Stem cell treatment for newborns | Dr. Metin Colpan, founder of Nasdaq listed Qiagen N.V. acquired 5% of BrainRepair UG shares worth EUR 15M
One of the most successful inventors and entrepreneurs who masterminded the unprecedented success of Qiagen N.V. from a start-up to a ... |
| 06.05.2021 | Six U.S. Researchers Named Finalists in European Inventor Award 2021 | MUNICH (PRWEB) May 06, 2021
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced six U.S.-based finalists for the European Inventor Award 2021, including microbiologists at Boston's Northeastern University, Kim Lewis and Slava S. Epstein, who dev... |
| 04.05.2021 | The European Patent Office Announces Boston-based Microbiologists Kim Lewis and Slava S. Epstein as European Inventor Award 2021 Finalists | Epstein and Lewis have created a tool that enables scientists to access and cultivate microorganisms that were not available before. This could help researchers find new antibiotics, tackle drug resistance, and ultimately save lives.
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| 04.05.2021 | Securing Smartphones Through an Integrated Biometric Authentication Solution: Bo Pi and Yi He named European Inventor Award 2021 Finalists | Pi and He’s technology delivered an industry-leading biometric solution. Their invention shows how innovation can help protect our privacy and security.
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The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that the Chinese... |
| 04.05.2021 | Restoring Smiles with Nanomaterials: U.S. Based Chemist Sumita Mitra Named European Inventor Award 2021 Finalist | Mitra’s invention takes what was an emerging technology at the time – nanotechnology – and applies it to a new sector to provide a solution for dentists and relief for patients,
MUNICH (PRWEB) May 04, 2021
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| 04.05.2021 | Honoring a Pioneer in Tissue Engineering: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Named European Inventor Award 2021 Finalist | Her scientific innovation, entrepreneurial mindset and patented inventions offer the prospect of safer rehabilitative medicine in musculoskeletal, heart and lung conditions, welcoming a new era in regenerative medicine.
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| 29.04.2021 | Wipro : Relevance of Intellectual Property for Startups | Startups can use Intellectual Property to build stronger, more competitive and resilient businesses.
This paper presents an analysis of startups in the digital technology domain from the perspective of the World IP Day 2021 theme, 'IP &... |
| 16.03.2021 | European Patent Office Report Shows U.S. Patent Applications Fell by 4% During Pandemic | Despite the drop in European patent applications coming from the U.S. in 2020, American companies and inventors continued to drive innovation in a wide range of key technologies, including health care and digital.
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| 21.02.2021 | Liquid Camera Lens? Canon Could Have This New Tech; Here's What Experts Discover | Giuliano J. de Leon, Tech Times 21 February 2021, 08:02 am
Experts claimed that Canon could have a new camera lens that uses water as its optic. This is currently a great innovation since professional videographers and photographers won't h... |
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| 10.12.2020 | U.S. is the World Leader in Patenting Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Technologies | What we are seeing is not just an acceleration of the development of information and communications technology – it is a major shift towards a fully data-driven economy.
MUNICH (PRWEB) December 10, 2020
A study published today by the Europe... |
| 24.03.2020 | Double Blow To The EU's Long-Delayed Unified Patent Court, But Supporters Unlikely To Give Up | Remember the EU’s unitary patent plan? No surprise if you don’t — attempts to create a unitary patent system across the region have been dragging on for decades. Back in 2012, Techdirt noted that the European Parliament had finally approved... |
| 24.03.2020 | Double Blow To The EU's Long-Delayed Unified Patent Court, But Supporters Unlikely To Give Up | Remember the EU's unitary patent plan? No surprise if you don't -- attempts to create a unitary patent system across the region have been dragging on for decades. Back in 2012, Techdirt noted that the European Parliament had finally approve... |
| 03.01.2020 | EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications In Which An AI Was Designated As The Inventor | We’ve written a bunch about why AI generated artwork should not (and need not) have any copyright at all. The law says that copyright only applies to human creators. But what about patents? There has been a big debate about this in the pate... |
| 03.01.2020 | EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications In Which An AI Was Designated As The Inventor | We've written a bunch about why AI generated artwork should not (and need not) have any copyright at all. The law says that copyright only applies to human creators. But what about patents? There has been a big debate about this in the pate... |
| 12.09.2019 | With Mobile Payments on the Rise, Creator of QR Codes Thinks It Needs a Security Revamp | QR Codes were first invented in 1994 by Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara. When it was created for Denso, they were originally used for manufacturing and issuing tickets and coupons.
Never in Masahori Hara’s wildest dream did he imagine that ... |
| 12.03.2019 | UK continues upward trend in patent applications | UK continues upward trend in patent applications
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Munich, 12 March 2019 – UK businesses again continued to file a growing number of patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2018.
European Patent Office Annual R... |
| 17.12.2018 | Precision Medicine: the next revolution in healthcare | Precision Medicine: the next revolution in healthcare
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In recent years, we have witnessed a remarkable healthcare revolution. Thanks to advances in genetic analysis, molecular biology and cell science, we now know more about the h... |
| 24.05.2018 | Ursula Keller für den Europäischen Erfinderpreis nominiert | |
| 09.03.2018 | Patent applications from the UK keep growing | Patent applications from the UK keep growing
09-03-2018
UK businesses continued to file a large and growing number of patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2017.
Published this week, the EPO’s Annual Report 2017 shows... |
| 31.08.2017 | An Australian startup guide to protecting intellectual property in the US, South Korea, EU, New Zealand and Indonesia | Is tick-and-flick performance management like going on a diet? A group of academics thinks so, and they’re prescribing sustainable, healthy lifestyle change.
Many Australian startups and SMEs are well aware of the power intellectual propert... |
| 16.05.2017 | European Inventor Award 2017: Vote for UK finalist Steve Lindsey to receive the Popular Prize | Midlands-based inventor Steve Lindsey – the only UK finalist – is vying for the European Inventor Award
Members of the public are invited to vote online and select the winner of the Popular Prize from among the 15 finalists
Online voting fo... |
| 09.05.2017 | Optimism in innovation investment as East of England patent applications increase in 2016 | Optimism in innovation investment as East of England patent applications increase in 2016
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The number of European patent applications from applicants in the East of England rose by 11.2% last year, the highest growth in any UK reg... |
| 27.04.2017 | Elmar Mock concourt pour le Prix de l’inventeur européen 2017 | |
| 26.04.2017 | Breathing new life into air compressors: UK inventor Steve Lindsey named European Inventor Award 2017 finalist | British inventor Steve Lindsey nominated for EPO prize for developing energy-efficient, oil-free rotary air compressor
Lindsey's Blade Compressor can deliver energy savings of more than 20%
Air compressors, found in many industries, make up... |
| 09.03.2017 | For 2016, Apple missed the top 50 Granted Patent Winners in Europe and the Top 10 in the U.S
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| 07.03.2017 | 2016 a good year for UK companies and researchers at the European Patent Office | Upward trend for UK companies and inventors in both European patent applications filed and European patents granted
Patents granted to UK applicants up 40%, strongest growth in ten years
Rolls Royce remained top UK patent applicant at the E... |
| 02.03.2016 | After Some Dangerous Wavering, Indian Patent Office Gives Definitive 'No' To Software Patents | As Techdirt has reported over the years, views on whether software should be patentable, and if so, to what extent, have ebbed and flowed. In the US, the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS Bank seems to have established that most soft... |
| 12.01.2016 | Patents On Presentation Of Information Excluded In EU, But Germany Has Just Granted A Patent On A Graphical User Interface | Software patents are contentious, and nowhere more so than in Europe. Patenting there is governed by the European Patent Convention (EPC). Article 52 of the EPC reads as follows: |
| 11.09.2015 | India's New Patent Guidelines Declare Software And Business Methods Clearly Patentable For The First Time | At a time when software patents seem to be on the retreat in the US, India has perversely decided to move in the other direction, as reported here by The Economic Times: |
| 22.05.2015 | Monsanto And Syngenta About To Receive Dozens Of Patents On Unpatentable Plants | Last month we wrote about the strange case of unpatentable plants becoming patentable in Europe thanks to a decision from the European Patent Office’s Enlarged Board of Appeal. That cleared the way for companies to obtain such patents, and ... |
| 01.04.2015 | Unpatentable Vegetables Are Now Patentable In Europe | As Techdirt has reported, in the US, software patents are getting harder to obtain as the US Patent Office applies the important Alice v. CLS Bank ruling from the Supreme Court. In Europe, “programs for computers” are explicitly excluded fr... |
| 16.03.2015 | Spain About To Bring In Software Patents — Just As US Starts Moving Away From Them | Last year, Techdirt noted how the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS Bank seemed to be having a positive effect on limiting the patentability of software. Against that background, it’s regrettable that Spain appears to be moving in th... |
| 26.02.2015 | Schweizer reichen am meisten Patente ein | |
| 26.02.2015 | Samsung Filed The Most Patents In Europe In 2014, U.S. Led The Field By Country | While IBM is number-one when it comes to the number of patents filed in the U.S., in Europe, Samsung is leading the pack. Today, the European Patent Office released 2014 figures for patents filed in the region, which showed that the Korean ... |
| 06.08.2014 | Welcome to Eponia, Europe's New Rogue State? | It would be easy to assume that the European Patent Office (EPO) stands in the same relationship to the European Union as the USPTO does to the United States, but that’s actually wide of the mark. The EPO is a very strange beast indeed, as ... |
| 03.10.2013 | Misleading Figures Used To Puff Up Importance Of Intellectual Monopolies In Europe | We’ve noted before attempts to inflate the importance of copyright, patents and trademarks by including a bunch of other sectors that are only tangentially related to them when it comes to totting up their economic impact. For example, last... |
| 29.05.2013 | Martin Schadt wins European Inventor Award | |
| 09.05.2013 | New Zealand To Ban Software Patents 'As Such'; Tries To Pin Down What On Earth That Means | Few patent sagas have been as fraught as New Zealand’s attempt to revise its laws to exclude software. Techdirt first wrote about this move in March 2010, and again in June 2010, when it seemed that lobbyists had convinced the New Zealand g... |
| 29.03.2013 | Microsoft Launches Online Patent-Tracking Tool | News Microsoft Launches Online Patent-Tracking Tool By Kurt MackieMarch 29, 2013
Information about Microsoft patents is now available in a searchable form as part of a transparency pledge, Microsoft announced Thursday.
The release of a new ... |
| 29.03.2013 | Microsoft Launches Online Patent-Tracking Tool | News Microsoft Launches Online Patent-Tracking Tool By Kurt MackieMarch 29, 2013
Information about Microsoft patents is now available in a searchable form as part of a transparency pledge, Microsoft announced Thursday.
The release of a new ... |
| 12.03.2013 | If Microsoft Shuts Down Google Maps In Germany, How Does That Benefit The Public? | Most sane human beings have stopped trying to keep up with the interwined legal actions arising out of the smartphone patent wars between Apple, Google, Motorola, Nokia, Microsoft and all the rest. The cases, though, are still grinding thro... |
| 07.03.2013 | Record patent filings 'encouraging news' for Cambridge business | Record patent filings 'encouraging news' for Cambridge business
07-03-2013
Statistics from the Annual Report of European Patent Office (EPO), released yesterday (Weds), reveal that patent filings at the EPO reached record levels in 2012. Th... |
