Европейското патентно ведомство връчи годишните си награди за изобретател на годината.
Победителите за 2012 година в съответните категории са:
- Lifetime Achievement: Josef Bille, Heidelberg University (Germany), for his groundbreaking development of wavefront technology for laser eye surgery;
- Industry: Jan Tøpholm, Søren Westermann and Svend Vitting Andersen, Widex (Denmark), for their invention of a computer-aided method to manufacture individually-fitted hearing-aid devices;
- SMEs: Manfred Stefener, Oliver Freitag and Jens Müller, Smart Fuel Cell AG (Germany), for the creation of the first fuel cell for portable use;
- Research: Gilles Gosselin, Jean-Louis Imbach and Martin L. Bryant, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), for the development of an effective drug for the treatment of Hepatitis B;
- Non-European Countries: John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, Terence Percival, Diethelm Ostry and John Deane, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia), for laying the foundation for today's wireless networking technology (Wi-Fi).
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The European Patent Office presented its annual awards for the inventor of the year.
The Winners for 2012 in each category are as follow:
More information can be found here.
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English version
The European Patent Office presented its annual awards for the inventor of the year.
The Winners for 2012 in each category are as follow:
More information can be found here.
