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The official European Patent Office Twitter account.
As the patent office for Europe, we support innovation, competitiveness and economic growth across Europe.

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📈 Patent Knowledge News brings you insights and practical resources to help you make better use of patent information.

Read more: https://t.co/81cC8nj2Hz

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Patent information support, closer to you.

The PATLIB network connects businesses, inventors and researchers with local experts who can help them navigate intellectual property.

📍 Find your local PATLIB centre: https://t.co/9X7LLRkFZ5

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⚖️ How does the Unified Patent Court work in practice?

Get up to date on its procedures, caseload and case management at Litigation Matters 2026 on 2–3 December.

💻 Register for free: https://t.co/saM7hvF2Wr

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🛡️ How is the #UnitaryPatent being used across Europe?

Compare requests for unitary effect by technology field and country of origin with our interactive dashboard: https://t.co/JT8mTxaGg7

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Speakers exploring #GenderEquality:

@Europarl_EN MEP Lina Gálvez Muñoz

@EPOorg President António Campinos

@Akademie_ved_CR Senior researcher Marcela Linková

@KU_Leuven #Kavli and #Crafoord prizewinner, ERC Scientific Council member, and former ERC grantee, Prof Conny Aerts

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Coming up: a practical introduction to #MyEPOservices

New to our digital services? Join our free beginner session on 3 Dec, 10.00–12.00 hrs, and learn how to use them smoothly and efficiently.

Register 👉 https://t.co/PSTFNZoIy9

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We extend our deepest condolences to the people of Bulgaria following the terrible accident in the eastern part of the country.

Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and loved ones and all those affected.

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🔔 Last chance to register!

Build your technology transfer expertise with our ATTP-recognised course on patent protection, management and licensing.

📅 12–13 November | 💻 Online & free
🎟️ Secure your place: https://t.co/ObkR4aQwxB

#IPTraining

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Patent dispute? Discover how you can settle patent disputes without going to court. ✔️

In this #Headstart episode, we explore alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and introduce the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court.

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⏳ #EPOUserDay 2026 starts soon.

Two days of expert panels and practical sessions on AI, MyEPO, a fully digital patent granting process, strategic technologies, the Unitary Patent and support for SMEs.

Register before it begins: https://t.co/rV9tYFS1Qs

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Patent news, innovation insights and EPO updates in one place.

Our EPO Newsletter brings you information from across the European patent system, straight to your inbox.

✉️ Subscribe now: https://t.co/tuyfxXuUzf

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🤖 The #DeepTechFinder just got a major update.

Now more user-friendly, with thousands of additional entities and investor connections.

Explore Europe's deep tech ecosystem for free 👉 https://t.co/CVoyZR8OUe

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💧 Europe leads a wave of water-related ingenuity.

Our #EPOStudy examined patent trends in water-related technologies and found that European applicants accounted for around 40% of inventions worldwide between 1992 and 2021.

🌊 See the findings: https://t.co/wrlbZwSD9d

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🔬 From research to real-world applications.

See how patents support technology transfer from universities and public research organisations to start-ups, spin-offs and established companies.

Browse our case studies: https://t.co/PsAPlhQ1aN

#IPforSMEs

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⚖️ What is developing in European patent case law?

Join the Boards of Appeal Case Law Conference for insights into the case law and practice of the EPO Boards of Appeal.

📅 19–20 November
Full details 👉 https://t.co/BkY7InRwmU

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🚨 Only a few days until #EPOUserDay 2026.

Join sessions on AI-supported tools, fully digital patent granting process, MyEPO and more.

📅 12–13 November | 💻 Online and free

Register before it begins: https://t.co/rV9tYFS1Qs

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🧠 Grow your patent knowledge at your own pace.

The European Patent Academy’s e-learning centre covers patent granting, tools and analytics, litigation, technology transfer and preparation for exams such as the EQE.

Choose your topic: https://t.co/vHHU5WTR9W

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🎙️ Hear from experts shaping global technology standards, at the first Standards, Patents and Competitiveness Forum, organised by the EPO with @ETSI_STANDARDS.

🗓️ 18 November | 📍 Munich & online

Register for free: https://t.co/HHTi2bwSTF

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Registration closes tomorrow!

Refresh your knowledge of the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, including AI, business methods & graphical user interfaces, through practical exercises & tutor guidance.

📅 11–18 Nov
⏳ Register: https://t.co/R3sWXPBFW6

#IPTraining

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All of us at the European Patent Office are deeply saddened by the news of the tragic events in Kraków, Poland. Our thoughts are with everyone affected, particularly the victims, their families and loved ones.