Winners and finalists of the European Inventor Award 2022

The 2022 European Inventor Award winners were revealed during a ceremony on 21 June 2022. The event was held in a hybrid format and streamed from Munich.

Industry

• Frank Herre, Hans-Georg Fritz, Timo Beyl, Marcus Kleiner and Benjamin Wöhr (DE)
  Revolutionary no-waste car body paint system

• Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp, and Anti Perkson (EE)
  Superior carbon-based materials for ultracapacitors

• Frédérick Pasternak (FR)
  Unlocking next-gen weather forecasts and climate models

Research

• Elena García Armada (ES)
  World’s first adaptable robotic exoskeleton for children

• Claude Grison (FR)
  Decontaminating polluted soils with metal-eating plants

• Johan Martens, Tom Bosserez and Jan Rongé (BE)
  Green hydrogen from sunlight and air

Non-EPO countries

• Donald Sadoway (CA/US)
  Liquid metal batteries for storing renewable energy

• Ido Sella and Shimrit Perkol-Finkel † (IL)
  Concrete technology to encourage marine biodiversity

• Marco Stampanoni (CH), Zhentian Wang and team (CN)
  Phase-contrast X-ray imaging for advanced breast cancer screening

Small and medium-sized enterprises

• Nuno Correia, Carla Gomes and team (PT)
  Floating solar farm mooring system that tracks the sun

• Madiha Derouazi (CH), Elodie Belnoue (FR) and team
  Therapeutic vaccine platform to treat cancer

• Nuria Espallargas (ES) and Fahmi Mubarok (ID)
  Ground breaking spray-on ceramic coatings

• Joachim Fiedler (DE)
  Fun, strong fasteners for quick release

Lifetime achievement

• Katalin Karikó (HU/US)
  Modified mRNA for lifesaving vaccines and therapies