European Patent Office issued fewer patents in 2007 - Current IT news from heise online

European Patent Office issued fewer patents in 2007 Current IT news from heise online, UK - 17 hours ago Last year, the European Patent Office (EPO) issued far fewer patents than in 2006. The Munich patent authorities have announced that they approved exactly ...

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