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EPO Patent Index 2023
The European Patent Office-EPO has published the EPO Patent Index 2023, i.e. the statistical analysis of patent activities at the office referring to 2023. In 2023, the EPO received 199,275 patent applications, an absolute record to date, which is 2.9% more than in...
EPO’s Patent index 2022
EPO has just published the annual report on European patent applications and granted patents filed in 2022. The number of patent applications filed in 2022 has grown by 2,5% respect 2021, achieving the new maximum of 193.460 filings. The United States, Germany, Japan,...
WIPO – 2022 Statistics report
Despite the economic uncertainty at the global level, the number of international patent application PCT has slightly increased with respect to 2021, by 0,3%, reaching 278.100 filings. China, the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Germany are the more...
The Future of Industrial Strategies
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge’s Industrial Innovation Policy Group, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization-UNIDO, has identified five grand challenges for companies and governments to work on to address...
Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court
On 17th February, Germany deposited the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). The step marks the successful completion of the necessary ratification procedures by the participating EU member states for the Unitary Patent Package to become...
WIPO IP DAY 2023
Next 26th of April World Intellectual Property Day will take place with the aim to raise awareness at a global scale on public media and SMEs on the fundamental role of Intellectual Property to steer innovation, creativity, business growth, and sustainable development...
EUIPO SME FUND 2023
For the third year, the European Commission with the support of the European Intellectual Property Office and National Patent Offices launches the SME Fund: a grant scheme to European SMEs for protecting their intellectual property rights (IPRs): trademarks, designs,...
WIPO publishes Green Technology Book
In concomitance with the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), at the beginning of November, WIPO has published the report ‘Green Technology Book’. The Green Technology Book focuses on available solutions for climate-change...
World Intellectual Property Indicators, WIPI
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has published 2022 edition of World Intellectual Property Indicators-WIPI that analyses the IP activities (Patents, Trademarks, Designs and Plant varieties) around the world during the 2021. The report presents strong...
Patent information for Clean Energy and Green Tech
In concomitance with the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the EPO has released some documental resources with a focus on sustainability. The first group of resources is a selection of some 60 smart patent information searches launched in Espacenet, addressing...
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