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Er worden weer patenten uitgegeven. Veel zelfs. Vorig jaar werden er ondanks de Grote Recessie meer patenten verstrekt dan ooit tevoren. Ondanks de praatjesmakers in de über-kapitalistische VS worden de meeste patenten nog altijd uitgegeven aan Europese bedrijven.
En Nederland doet volop mee. Philips is met 1.765 patenten de tweede ter wereld.

“After a two-year slump, the EU and U.S. are nearly back to their levels of patenting before the crisis,” said Benoit Battistelli, a 60-year-old French lawyer who is the EPO’s president. “This, combined with a massive rise in patent applications from Asia, led by China, has made 2010 a record year at the EPO.” […]
The top three companies are European. Germany’s Siemens AG, with 2,135 patent filings, and BASF AG, with 1,707, are first and third; Philips NV, with 1,765, is second.