Brussels, 26/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - “For the current year we expect a further increase in patent applications. The signs are that we shall pass the 200,000 mark for the first time” in 2006, says Alain Pompidou, President of the European Patents Office (EPO) in a press release. However, the number of patents delivered fell by 9.3% in 2005.
In 2005, the EPO received over 193,000 patent applications, up 7.2% on 2004. Of these applications, 128,700 saw the opening of the European patent...