Brussels, 12/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Internal Market/Consumers Council, gathered this Monday in Brussels, was dominated by a laborious debate over the Community patent, which delayed the remainder of the works.. The Member States confronted each other, at length, over the opportunity to accede to the European Patent Office in Munich, before the EU has itself adopted the Community patent. The Presidency had proposed to send a political signal for the calling of a diplomatic conference...