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The winners: Award acceptance
- Wolfgang Krätschmer (Germany): Lifetime achievement category
- Jürgen Pfitzer and Helmut Nägele (Germany): SMEs/research category
- Albert Markendorf (Switzerland) and Raimund Loser (Germany): Industry category
- Sanjai Kohli and Steven Chen (USA); Ben Wiens and Danny Epps (Canada): Non-European countries
The Award ceremony speeches
- Amparo Fernández, Undersecretary for Industry, Tourism and Trade of the Government of Spain
- Alison Brimelow, President of the European Patent Office
- His Royal Highness Felipe, Prince of Asturias
The nominees
Industry
- Hermann Grether, Christoph Weis (DE)
- Albert Markendorf, Raimund Loser (CH)
- Benedetto Vigna (IT)
- All nominees
SMEs/research
- Jürgen Pfitzer, Helmut Nägele (DE)
- Albert Gelet, Jean-Yves Chapelon, Dominique Cathignol, Emmanuel Blanc (FR)
- Jorge Blasco, José Luis Gonzalez, Francisco Andres, Antonio Pairet, Antonio Poveda (ES)
- All nominees
Lifetime achievement
- Peter Landrock (DK)
- Wolfgang Krätschmer (DE)
- Désiré Collen (BE)
- All nominees
Non-European countries
- Sanjai Kohli and his team (US)
- Danny Epp, Ben Wiens (CA)
- Napoleone Ferrara and his team (US)
- All nominees
The run-up to Madrid
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