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News archive - European Inventor of the Year competition

The European Inventor of the Year competition, launched by the EPO and European Commission's DG Enterprise and Industry in 2006, gives inventors the recognition they deserve. And, like every competition, it is an incentive to all other potential winners.

Awards are presented in four categories:

Industry
SMEs/research
Non-European countries
Lifetime achievement

For the first three competitions, examiners at the European and other patent offices were asked to propose outstanding inventors for the award. This year, for the first time ever, anyone can enter.

For more information, please read the rules for participation. http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/european-inventor/participating/rules.html

All nominees will be invited to a gala awards ceremony, where the winners will be revealed. In 2009, the gala will be held on 28 April at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic.

http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/european-inventor.html

Entry created by Elke Dall on December 21, 2008
Modified on December 26, 2008

Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.

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