EUROPEAN INVENTOR AWARD 2022 – FRENCH INVENTORS DOUBLY HONORED

On June 21, 2022, the European Patent Office (EPO) unveiled this year’s winners of the prestigious “European Inventor Award”. The award, which recognizes the creativity of inventors, has been given annually since 2006 in the categories of industry, research, non-EPO members, small and medium-sized enterprises and life-time achievement.

In the research category, the winner is the Frenchwoman Claude Grison for the invention “Decontamination of polluted soils with metal-eating plants”.

In the category of small and medium-sized enterprises, the French Elodie Belnoue is the winner together with the Swiss Madiha Derouazi and their team for the invention “Therapeutic vaccine platform to treat cancer”.

The 2022 winners for the other categories are as follows (Source EPO) :

·       Industry: Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson (Estonia) – “Superior carbon-based materials for ultracapacitors”;

·       Non EPO members: Donald Sadoway (Canada/USA) – “Liquid metal batteries for storing renewable energy”;

·       Lifetime Achievement: Katalin Karikó (Hungary/USA) – “Modified mRNA for lifesaving vaccines and therapies”.

The winner of the People’s Choice Award, selected from among the finalists based on votes from Internet users, is this year Elena García Armada (Spain) for the “World’s first adaptable robotic exoskeleton for children”.

For more information:

https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2022/20220621.html

 

Finally, for the future 2023 edition of the European Inventor Award and the Young Inventors Award, applications can be submitted until October 3, 2022 on the EPO website :

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/nominate.html