The European Patent Office rejected more patent applications than it passed for the first time last year, a move that it says will to raise the quality of the patents it grants.
Eleven of Europe’s leading ion beam facilities have joined forces to create the Spirit network, which was officially launched earlier this month in Dresden.
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