Business in the UK have maintained their share of total European patent applications, despite an overall increase in the total number of fillings made to the European Patent Office (EPO).
According to leading European intellectual property (IP) firm, Withers & Rogers, the total number of patent fillings to the EPO grew by 6.2% in 2016. The overall number of applications for UK patents in 2016 rose by 1.8% to 5,142, building on the significant growth in activity reported in 2015 (when the number of applications submitted…
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