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European patents can now extend to 46 countries

The EPO received 199 264 patent applications from around the world last year, according to the Patent Index 2024.

With nearly 1 500 entities, Europe hosts a larger number of cancer-related startups than the US, the EPO’s new study finds.

The study sheds light on the investors who are vital for the successful commercialisation of cutting-edge inventions

New patents to integrate artificial intelligence into power grids have grown sixfold in recent years.

​​The signing of the amended seat agreement enables the move of the EPO’s Berlin sub-office to its new premises in the city centre.

The study, the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, highlights universities’ crucial role in European innovation.

This will add 19 million people to the market of 330 million already covered by a single Unitary Patent.