In the next months EU member states are set to ratify an extensive package of reforms for the European patent system. The biggest changes in 40 years will introduce a new type of patent and a new patent court at European level, with far reaching implications for patent users and all those...
European Patent Office (EPO), executive branch of the European Patent Organisation, the international organization that issues European patents. The European Patent Organisation was created by the European Patent Convention, which was signed by 16 Europe
Credit:CATL A team of scientists led by Wu Kai, the Chief Scientist of CATL, was chosen as the winner in the “Non-EPO countries” category of the European Inventor Award 2023 among over 600 candidates, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced. Launched by the EPO in 2006, the European...
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Launched by European Patent Office (EPO) in 2006, the European Inventor Award is a global, highly recognized innovation prize which celebrates the Tomorrow Shapers - inventors whose perseverance, ingenuity and creativity are paving the way to a brighter future. The "Non-EPO countries" category reco...
AB Science SA(Euronext - FR0010557264 - AB) today announced that the European Patent Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for a patent relating to methods of treating sickle cell disease (i.e. a medical use patent)...
the Japan Patent Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office is expected to be added soon. This service aims to simplify access to information both for applicants and the public, and to enhance the transparency of the patent system....
In the same year, China's State Intellectual Property Office received nearly 1 million invention patent applications, including some 127,000 from abroad. The European Union was the second-largest overseas filer in China, with 28 percent of foreign filings with SIPO from EU member states. ...
As per European Patent Law, it is mandatory for an applicant to file their patent application first at the EPO. Once application is granted, the applicant has to extend their invention in different EP member states. This is done in order to reap maximum commercial benefit from an invention. ...
patenting is to obtain a European patent. This patent is valid on the territory of 40 member countries of the European Patent Convention. It can also be extended to countries that have signed an agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO). European patent has the same status as national ...