The EPO today announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2013, which honours outstanding inventors for their contribution to social, economic and technological progress. Some 500 guests attended the award ceremony at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam.
http://bit.ly/H3wnIPOne of the most promising applications of 3D printing is the customization of everyday objects to the most personal and variable thing we possess - our bodies. A new example of this is the Blizzident toothbrush, which is made possible by two intersecting technologies - 3D scanning and 3D printing. The result is a toothbrush shaped exactly like your teeth.
http://bit.ly/H3wnIPSection 3 of the America Invents Act moves the United States from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system. While the applicant must still be an inventor of the claimed invention, it is no longer required that the inventor be the first true inventor, but rather only the first inventor to file or publicly disclose the invention. No longer will the date of invention/conception be the key date in determining patentability. The purpose of the change is to place the U.S. in harmony with other developed countries, which utilize some form of the first-to-file system, while ensuring the individual who obtains a patent is a true inventor.
http://bit.ly/H3wnIPThe Chinese inventor who dreamed up the electronic cigarette in a nicotine-induced vision says that despite its global popularity, copycat versions and legal disputes mean he has battled to cash in on his creation.
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