Vote for your favorite inventor and join the digital ceremony

The digital awards ceremony will take place on June 17 at 7:00 pm. You can follow it on https://inventoraward.org.

China joins TMview

With CNIPA on board of TMview, the tool now contains data from 75 participating offices.

With the addition of more than 32 million trade marks from CNIPA, TMview now provides information and access to more than 96,4 million trade marks in total.

Accelerate innovation in clean energy

The second study between the EPO and the International Energy Agency looks at low-carbon energy technologies across all sectors of the economy, identifies the leading players and highlights the urgent need to accelerate the pace of innovation.

European Inventor Award 2021

The European Inventor Award will take place on June 17, 2021 and, for the first time in the history of the event, the ceremony will be entirely digital.

Working together to simplify the patent system

The first two common practices - in the areas of examination of unity of invention and designation of the inventor - were endorsed by member states at a meeting of the organisation's Administration Council in December 2020.