Brussels, 29/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 28 May 2013, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced the winners of the European Inventors Award for 2013.
Prizes were awarded in five categories, with Swiss inventor Martin Schadt receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award for investing the first flat liquid crystal display screen. The Industry Award went to Austrians Claus Hämmerle and Klaus Brüstle “for their invention of a damper system for the soft closing of furniture doors,...