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1. European Patent Office honours exceptional inventors from Austria, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Spain with European Inventor Award 2019

   The European Patent Office (EPO) today honoured exceptional inventors from Austria, France, Japan,...

2. European Inventor Award 2019: Watch the award ceremony broadcast live from Vienna

   The winners of the European Inventor Award 2019 will be announced later this week (20 June) when...

3. World’s five largest patent offices agree on joint task force for emerging technologies and AI

   The heads of the five largest patent offices held their annual meeting on 13 June in Incheon,...

4. EPO and EUIPO renew their co-operation

   The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have...

5. Space travel: a driver of innovation

   Moon talk, astronauts and inventions at the Deutsches Museum

6. Joint EPO-EUIPO study finds strong link between growth of SMEs and their use of IP

   New study looks at relationship between SMEs, growth and use of Intellectual Property Rights.

7. Summit gives new boost to Europe's network of patent information centres

   At the PATLIB Summit held last week in Porto, representatives of patent information centres from...

8. Search Matters 2019: Insight for searchers and patent information professionals focuses on AI

   The EPO has held its annual Search Matters conference at its headquarters in Munich.

9. EPO announces the finalists for the European Inventor Award 2019

   The Award, now in its 14th year, celebrates the genius and creativity of inventors and inventor...

10. Have your say: last round of public consultation for the EPO's Strategic Plan 2023

    The EPO has published its draft Strategic Plan 2023 and is now inviting all stakeholders to...