Talk innovation: unlocking technology
Episodes
The determination to heal wounds: a technology transfer case study
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the remarkable story of how four female researchers from a Turkish university laboratory secured market success for their new product to treat...
Inventing a way out of climate change (European Inventor Award)
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henrik Lindström and Giovanni Fili pioneered a new type of solar cell that can even harvest electricity indoors. Their invention enables self-chargin...
The light behind billions of smartphones (European Inventor Award)
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Physicist Karl Leo tells us how his doped OLEDs transformed electronics and could contribute towards a more sustainable future. He also offers inspiri...
Oral proceedings by videoconference (European Patent Bar)
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Rachel Free, Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in London, UK Guests: Matteo Maccagnan, Partner at Studio Torta S.p.A. in Bolog...
Nominate a genius (European Inventor Award)
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: James Nurton, IP journalist Guests: Marjorie Chopinaud and Miguel Angel Ruiz Ferrer, EPO Nominations are open for the European Inventor Awa...
Improving quality of life: a technology transfer case study
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Stephanie Weber, Communication Manager, European IP Helpdesk Guests: Brian Caulfield, Inventor and Professor of Physiotherapy, University C...
Textiles for the extreme: a technology transfer case study
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Stephanie Weber, Communication Manager, European IP Helpdesk Guests: Andreas Martsman, co-founder and VP Marketing & Sales at Oxeon, Ca...
European Inventor Award: A billion smiles thanks to nanotechnology
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: James Nurton, IP journalist Guest: Sumita Mitra, European Inventor Award 2021 winner, Non-EPO countries Description: This pioneering invent...
European Inventor Award 2021: the future of DNA-based data storage
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: James Nurton, IP journalist Guests: Robert N. Grass and Wendelin Stark, European Inventor Award 2021 winners, Research By encoding digital ...
European Inventor Award 2021: winds of change
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: James Nurton, IP journalist Guest: Per Gisle Djupesland, European Inventor Award 2021 winner While sitting on an aeroplane, the Norwegian E...
Patents in Progress: Our robotic helpers
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information, EPO Guest: Stéphane Lumineau, patent examiner, EPO Robots have often been portrayed in science...
Patents in Progress: Patents on display
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Susana Sánchez Barrio, European Patent Academy Guest: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information, EPO (retired) Emerging technologies are ...
Inventors Revisited: Space autonomy for Europe
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Abderrahim Moumen, director in patent examination, EPO Guest: Günter Hein, Chairman of the Executive Board, Munich Aerospace The Galileo s...
Patents in Progress: How optics enlighten our lives
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information, EPO Guest: Orla Feeney, patent examiner, EPO Scientists’ understanding of the properties and ...
The European Inventor Award: a peek behind the scenes
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: James Nurton, IP journalist Guests: Helen Lee, CEO Diagnostics for the real world, European Inventor Award 2021 jury chair; Wolfgang Heckl,...
Trends in low-carbon energy innovation
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Jeremy Philpott, Communications Manager, EPO Guests: Yann Ménière, Chief Economist at the EPO and Nick Johnstone, Chief Statistician at t...
E-driving towards a greener future
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information, EPO Guest: Haider Al-Taie, Team Manager Electric Vehicles, EPO Electric transportation is key t...
Inventors Revisited: Guidance from above
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Abderrahim Moumen, director in examination, EPO Guest: José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, GNSS Evolutions Signal and Security Principal Engine...
Inventors Revisited: Visionary inventors and entrepreneurs
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Regula von Eggelkraut-Gottanka, Team Manager Proteins and Analysis, EPO Guests: John Elvesjö and Mårten Skogö John Elvesjö and Må...
Patent Index 2020: Trends in patent filings for digital technologies
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Jeremy Philpott, Communications Manager, EPO Guest: Norbert Wienold, EPO patent examiner in digital technologies and classification expert ...
Patent Index 2020: Trends in healthcare filings
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Jeremy Philpott, Communications Manager, EPO Guests: Elsie Cielen, pharmaceuticals expert, and Fredrik Aslund, biotechnology expert; Examin...
Patent Index 2020
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Jeremy Philpott, Communications Manager, EPO Guests: Aidan Kendrick, Chief Business Analyst, EPO, and Yann Ménière, Chief Economist, EPO ...
Patents in Progress: More than just metalwork - the latest advances in welding
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information, EPO Guest: Sonsoles Hernanz, patent examiner, EPO Advances in metal processing have given count...
Research into Patents: Following trajectories of green technology patents
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Rainer Osterwalder, Director, Communication, EPO Guest: Dr Önder Nomaler, Researcher at UNU-MERIT Tracing the development of a technology ...
Research into Patents: Building bridges with IP Linked Open Data
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Rainer Osterwalder, Director, Communication, EPO Guest: Dolores Modic, Postdoktor, Nord University Business School Innovation and IP data a...
Oral proceedings by videoconference
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Gwilym Roberts, Partner at Kilburn & Strode LLP, London Guests: Cyra Nargolwalla, Partner at Passeraud IP, Paris and Dr Joachim Renken,...
Research into Patents: Automotive patents reveal 4IR impact
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Rainer Osterwalder, Director, Communication, EPO Guest: Alessandra Perri, Associate Professor, Ca’ Foscari University While the accelerat...
Research into Patents: FP7 - more patents than meet the eye
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Rainer Osterwalder, Director, Communication, EPO Guest: Professor Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Turino In terms of patents generated by...
Research into Patents: Drilling deeper on the standard-essentiality of SEPs
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Rainer Osterwalder, Director, Communication, EPO Guest: Professor Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Tech...
Inventors Revisited: Conquering cancer with gene-based testing (part 2)
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Marjorie Chopinaud, Team Manager, EPO Guest: Laura van 't Veer, Co-founder and Chief Research Officer, Agendia Inventor, researcher, profes...
Inventors Revisited: Conquering cancer with gene-based testing (part 1)
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Marjorie Chopinaud, Team Manager, EPO Guest: Laura van 't Veer, Co-founder and Chief Research Officer, Agendia Inventor, researcher, ...
Patents in Progress: Audiovisual technologies - Tuning into the future
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Jens Horstmannshoff, examiner EPO From tape recorders to “streaming wars”, the pa...
Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The global technology trends enabling the data-driven economy
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Francesco Zaccà, Principal Director in Mobility & Mechatronics, EPO Guests: Yann Ménière, EPO Chief Economist, Norbert Wienold, pate...
Inventors Revisited: Blood, the book of life
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Oliver Hayden, Director, TranslaTUM Blood tells a story and if you could read it, you would know how healthy a per...
Valorisation of scientific results – patent commercialisation scoreboard: European universities and PROs
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Jeremy Philpott, communications manager, EPO Guests: Ilja Rudyk, EPO senior economist and Thomas Bereuter, EPO innovation support manager&n...
António Campinos reflects on 2020
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: James Nurton, IP journalist Guest: António Campinos, EPO President What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on the EPO? How has productiv...
Patents in progress: Thinking outside the box - Packaging technologies
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Timea Garlati, examiner EPO Whether you consider food and drink, medicines, cosmetics...
Inventors Revisited: Re-awakening the city that fell asleep
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Thomas Tuschl, Professor of Biochemistry, Rockefeller University New York is the city that never sleeps but the co...
Patents in progress: Biopharma - The patent system meets traditional medicine
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Cécile Fayos, examiner EPO As personalised medicine takes off, Cécile Fayos talks a...
Inventors Revisited: Inside the mind of an inventor
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Elmar Mock, Inventor and entrepreneur There are few who think outside the box quite like Elmar Mock. There are als...
Patents in progress: Radiation diagnostics - Bare bones and beyond
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Pau Montes, examiner EPO Radiation diagnostics has come a long way after its accident...
Trends in sustainable energy technologies: The global battery technology race
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information, EPO Simon Bennett, energy technology analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA), joins EP...
Inventors Revisited: A minute change that makes a massive difference
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Luke Alphey, Group Leader, Arthropod Genetics, The Pirbright Institute According to a World Health Organisation fa...
Patents in progress: Biotechnology - the quest to boost our immune systems
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Rob Chapman, examiner EPO The entire world population has rarely experienced a greate...
Inventors Revisited: From HIV to Covid-19 – the device that could change the world
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Helen Lee, CEO, Diagnostics for the real world Helen Lee left a career in industry to work on an invention that wo...
Patents in progress: Semiconductors - Materials for the digital age
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Xavier Dauw, examiner EPO Nanotechnology is invisible to the eye but has an enormous ...
Inventors Revisited: Towards smart factories
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Anton Versluis, Team Manager Pattern Recognition, EPO Guest: Steve Lindsey, CEO, Lontra Guided by the principal of using engineering to cha...
Patents in progress: Smart domestic appliances - Making life easier and greener
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Nigel Clarke, expert in patent information EPO Guest: Ekkehard Weinberg, Team Manager Washing Machines / Dishwashers, EPO Our domesti...
Patents in progress series: trailer
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join EPO experts for a unique journey through the technoscape Just how much passion and know-how goes into creating the many new inventions that shape...
Inventors Revisited: Organoids: the future of life science research?
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Hans Clevers, Professor of Molecular Genetics, UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University The concept of growing mini huma...
Inventors Revisited: Saving lives through invention – the story of the HPV vaccine
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Ian Frazer, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Ian Frazer is a world-renowned immunologist who co...
Inventors Revisited: The great vaccine race
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator: Fernando Tiberini Guest: Rino Rappuoli, Chief Scientist and Head External R&D, GSK Vaccines As the novel coronavirus shatters our way o...
Inventors Revisited series: trailer
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The European Inventor Award honours innovators: those whose technical and scientific skill contribute to progress, economic growth and improving our l...