EPO strives to uphold patent quality in Europe

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EPO strives to uphold patent quality in Europe

Managing IP Correspondent
August 31 2006

Quality of search and examination is top of the list of demands from most patent applicants. MIP asked EPO President Alain Pompidou what the Office is doing to ensure that standards are maintained

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