14/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Patent Office (EPO) is holding its annual conference in Lisbon on 4-5 October. The subject of the conference is online products and services available to users of the European patents system. The event will allow participants to learn about the very latest technical standards put in place by the EPO to make the procedure for filing a patent application more efficient, more transparent and less costly. The discussions, in which Alain Pompidou, EPO...