[FYI] 16% Increase in EPO Filings

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.epo.co.at/news/pressrel/2001_07_20_e.htm

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Munich, July 2001 - New filings record at the European Patent Office 
(EPO): In 2000, the Office received a total of 142 940 patent 
applications, 16% more than in the previous year. This means that 
annual filing figures have more than doubled in the last ten years, 
with an almost five-fold increase over the total anticipated when the 
Office was first set up. The accession of Turkey to the European 
Patent Convention (EPC) in November 2000 brought the number of member 
states of the European Patent Organisation up to 20.  

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