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Twelve candidates from nine countries are competing this year for the
European Inventor Award 2010, a highly regarded innovation prize
presented annually by the EPO together with the European Commission to
honour outstanding inventions. The prize, which is purely symbolic and
involves no material recompense, is awarded in four categories: Lifetime
achievement, Industry, SMEs/research and Non-European countries. The
award honours individual inventors, or teams of inventors, who, through
their pioneering work, respond to the challenges of our time, thereby
contributing to progress and prosperity. The four winners will be chosen
by a high-ranking international Jury http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/european-inventor/jury.html
and will be presented with their prizes by EPO President Alison Brimelow
in Madrid on 28 April 2010.

The nominees include inventors of pioneering innovations in a wide range
of fields, from the conservation of drinking water to the synthesis of
football-shaped carbon molecules or “fullerenes”, and from cancer
treatments to digital data encryption. Other nominations relate to
technical innovations that have contributed to the success of the Wii
console and the civilian use of GPS, to ground-breaking research on the
mobile use of fuel cells, to “green” plastic and to internet access
straight from a wall socket.

The short list for the European Inventor
Award 2010

http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/european-inventor/nominees/2010.html

For more information on the award ceremony, which will take place in
conjunction with the European Patent Forum in Madrid, click: http://www.epo.org/forum-inventor

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