Authors:
Mohammad Momeni (1), Lluis Gimeno-Fabra (1), Herbert Danninger (2), Christian Gierl-Mayer (2)
1- European Patent Office, Patentlaan 2, 2288 EE Rijswijk, Netherlands
2- Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/164-03, A-1060 Wien/Vienna, Austria
Abstract:
Patents provide a solid legal framework for inventors to fairly benefit from their contribution to technology. The social deal around patents, requires a clear and sufficient disclosure of novel and inventive subject-matter. This means that patents contain valuable information on the most advanced state of innovation worldwide. Consequently, providing an overview of the granted patents seems to be crucial to know the industrial trends. In this presentation, the public data is decoded and presented in selected granted patents at European Patent Office (EPO) from 2015 to 2020 (for which the opposition periods have expired) to sketch this evolution and show the major industrial trends. The scope of the presentation is revealing some latest industrial developments and growing technology developments in manufacturing of ferrous powders & sintered steels.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59499/EP235762617