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China drives new record for European patent applications

Patent filings from China up 15 per cent while European countries’ share of total shrinks

China has fuelled a new record high number of applications to the European Patent Office, underscoring the country’s growing importance to global innovation.

The EPO grants patents on new inventions to applicants from around the world, to protect their intellectual property in up to 40 European countries.

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