Brussels, 03/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Commission are organising a conference in Brussels on 3 and 4 May on patenting systems in the EU and China. EU Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Gunter Verheugen, Alain Pompidou, President of the EPO, and Wim Kok, former Dutch prime minister and President of the high-ranking group on the review of the Lisbon Strategy, will award the European Inventors of the Year prizes for the best technological...