Patent requests in the Europe reached a record high in 2011, in a telling sign that companies are determined to stay on the cutting edge despite a debt crisis and an uncertain economy.
In total 244,437 requests for patents were filed in 2011 at the Munich-based European Patent Office, the body’s annual report showed. That is 3.7% more than 2010.
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