EPO Member States Discuss Co-operation on Patents in Europe at 12th Annual Meeting

2018/06/01

The European Patent Office and the national patent offices of its 38 member states met in Limassol on May 24-25 to discuss how to advance co-operation in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the European patent system, and better serve inventors and industry. A number of Cypriot innovation and research initiatives gave presentations on their success in using the patent system, which highlighted the impact of patent protection on trade and investment in the EU market, and with foreign commercial partners. With regards to technology advances, the EPO presented a new service for users that links patent data with other data resources available on the internet, making patent information more accessible to the general public.
Source: EPO