Brussels, 06/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - The year 2012 was a particularly productive one for the European Patent Office, which saw the number of patent applications from the 38 countries of the organisation break the record year of 2008, the Office has announced in a press release. In total, the EPO registered 257,744 patent applications from all over the world in 2012, or an increase of 5.2% compared to 2011 (244,934), the Office explains. Overall, European businesses made a good showing, but...