New record number of filings at the European Patent Office
Munich, Germany (ots) - New filings record at the European Patent Office (EPO): In 2000, the Office received a total of 142 940 patent applications, 16% more than in the previous year. This means that annual filing figures have more than doubled in the last ten years, with an almost five-fold increase over the total anticipated when the Office was first set up. The accession of Turkey to the European Patent Convention ...
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