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Part II: Taiwanese Republican years

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Sequence listings available in the Register in ST.26 XML format

Here are some fun inventions for the summer to help keep you cool, hydrated and entertained!

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Celebrating a sweet, sweet day with some traditional knowledge!

The latest trends in the field of electrolysers and their importance for our world.

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Part I: Japanese imperial years

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Standards play an important role in search reports in many technical areas.

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Recent and upcoming developments in Asian patent information

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How patent data helps monitor trends in water-related innovation

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More countries have joined the Federated Register and the deep-linking service

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Availability of the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) on the day of publication on published EP documents.

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Here is the solution to our end-of-year crossword challenge

Why it can be dangerous to focus only on laid-open publications (“A” documents) in a prior art monitoring

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The role patent knowledge plays in building sustainable solutions

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