Strasbourg, 10/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - By 255 to 125 with 122 abstentions, the European Parliament approved the report by Ana Palacio Vallelersundi (EPP, Spain) on the draft regulation on the Community Patent, along with amendments tabled by the Legal and Internal Market Committee. The EP is only being consulted on this issue. It emphasised that national patent offices should be involved, suggesting they could carry out some of the procedural work involved in the Community Patent for the...