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Annual Report 2008

Quality over quantity: on course to raise the bar

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European Patent Forum 2010

With the European Inventor Awards

28/29 April 2010
Madrid, Spain

Search Matters 2010

12/13 April, EPO, The Hague

Our premier seminar for patent search professionals

Register before 12 March

The European Patent Office

The European Patent Office (EPO) provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and companies seeking patent protection in up to 39 European countries. It is the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation and is supervised by the Administrative Council.

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