Benoît Battistelli takes over as President of the European Patent Office
Benoît Battistelli took up office as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). A French national, he succeeds Alison Brimelow of the UK, who has headed the EPO since July 2007. Mr Battistelli was elected President in March 2010 by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organ ... more
European Inventor Award 2010 for Wolfgang Krätschmer
Wolfgang Krätschmer has been awarded the European Inventor Award 2010 in the category of „lifetime achievement” for the development of the synthesis of fullerenes like C60, the soccer-ball molecule (European Patent Document EP 0500914B1 (1991/98)). In the presence of the Spanish Crown Princ ... more
Nominations for the European Inventor Award 2010
Twelve candidates from nine countries are competing this year for the European Inventor Award 2010, a highly regarded innovation prize presented annually by the EPO together with the European Commission to honour outstanding inventions. The prize, which is purely symbolic and involves no ma ... more