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European companies drive growth in number of Patent Applications
Daily NewsThursday, 14 March 2019Daniel van Herck15 viewsRead more...Companies and inventors from all over the world filed 174,317 patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2018, an increase of 4.6% compared to the previous year. The EPO also published 127 625 granted European patents last year, 21% more than in 2017 and the largest number to date. The rise in European patent applications highlights the global attractiveness of the European marke ...
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EPO member states further discuss patentability of plants
Daily NewsFriday, 08 March 2019Daniel van Herck186 viewsRead more...EPO member states further discuss patentability of plants In the light of T 1063/18, a recent board of appeal decision, the meeting of the Committee on Patent Law saw the Office and representatives o ...
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Intel heeft patent verkregen voor opvouwbare Windows smartphone
Daily NewsFriday, 01 February 2019Daniel van Herck57 viewsRead more...Door Koenraad Verherstraeten maandag 28 januari 2019 Hardware.info Bijna twee weken geleden meldden we dat Microsoft zou werken aan Windows om het besturingssysteem voor te bereiden op apparaten met ...
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Here are all of the folding phones so far
Daily NewsFriday, 01 February 2019Daniel van Herck81 viewsRead more...By Jon Porter@JonPorty Jan 25, 2019, The Verge The foldable phones are coming, that much we can all agree on. Multiple manufacturers have announced their intentions to produce a folding device, Googl ...
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Universal files patent to put guests on a virtual reality leash
Daily NewsFriday, 01 February 2019Daniel van Herck104 viewsRead more...Seth Kubersky Orlando Weekly January 28 Universal may have struck upon a solution in their new patent application for "Systems and Methods for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Path Management," ...
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A New Amazon Camera Patent Is Straight Out of “1984”
Daily NewsTuesday, 18 December 2018Daniel van Herck208 viewsRead more...Neighborhood Watch A new patent application by commerce giant Amazon describes a smart doorbell that would use a camera to monitor users’ neighborhoods using facial recognition technology and report ...
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EPO revokes controversial broccoli patent under new rules
Daily NewsMonday, 12 November 2018Daniel van Herck179 viewsRead more...The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked a Bayer patent that covered traditionally bred broccoli adapted for the ease of harvesting. The patent, which was granted to Monsanto in 2013 and later so ...
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Facebook’s Creepy Patent Suggests Friends By Wirelessly Sensing Phones
Daily NewsMonday, 12 November 2018Daniel van Herck178 viewsRead more...You might have used People You May Know feature where Facebook suggest people you should send that awkward friend request to. People have noticed how weirdly accurate that feature is and imagining ho ...
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Apple files patent for connecting moving electric vehicles to reduce driving load
Daily NewsMonday, 29 October 2018Daniel van Herck203 viewsRead more...Apple presented an electric vehicle feature via a patent application this week entitled "Peloton," which outlines designs to connect the batteries of moving EVs to reduce energy usage via load sharin ...
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Apple secures patent for triangular tessellation 3D printing method
Daily NewsMonday, 29 October 2018Daniel van Herck159 viewsRead more...Apple was granted a total of 46 patents today, including a patent for a 3D printing technology that uses triangular tessellation. The patent, which was initially filed in 2014, describes a process in ...