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Thursday, June 13, 2024

European Inventor Awards 2024 (4) - The Jury.

The European Inventor Awards Jury selected the twelve 2024 contest finalists out of a pool of more than 550 proposals. The Jury was made up of distinguished scientists and entrepreneurs, former finalists or winners of the contest in previous years. The following six women and seven men were members of the 2024 Jury:

(from right to left)

Wolfgang M. Heckl (Chair) is Director General of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
Catia Bastioli, CEO of the Novamont Group, an international leader in the bioplastics and biochemicals sector.

Winner European Inventor Award 2007 (SMEs/Research)

Nuno Correia, Founder of SolarisFloat Ltd, and co-inventor of a mooring platform for floating solar farms that tracks the sun.

Finalist European Inventor Award 2022 (SMEs)

Nuria Espallargas, Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering NTNU, Norway.

Finalist European Inventor Award 2022 (SMEs)

Joachim Fiedler, Professional cellist in several orchestras and ensemble. In 2007, founded Fidlock GmbH to develop quick-release magnetic-mechanical fasteners for cello bows, and additional applications.

Finalist European Inventor Award 2022 (SMEs)

Peter Holme Jensen, PhD and founder of Aquaporin, a company that develops natural, sustainable water treatment solutions.

Winner of the European Inventor Award 2014 (SMEs)

Marta Karczewicz, Vice-President of Technology at Qualcomm, where she has driven advances in data coding algorithms since 2006.

Winner of the European Inventor Award 2019 for Lifetime Achievement

Ursula Keller, Professor at ETH Zurich in the Ultrafast Laser Physics research lab and co-founder of several companies.

Winner of the European Inventor Award 2018 for Lifetime Achievement

Agnès Poulbot, Senior expert at Michelin, where she co-invented a regenerative tire tread technology that extends tire life and reduces fuel consumption.

Winner of the European Inventor Award 2018 (Industry)

Erin Smith, Entrepreneur and inventor of FacePrint, a screening tool that uses AI to analyze facial expressions that indicate the onset of Parkinson's.

Winner of the Young Inventors First Prize 2022

Richard Turere, Conservationist, entrepreneur and author from Kenya.

Winner of Young Inventors First Prize 2023

Zhentian Wang, Associate Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, dedicated to developing X-ray imaging methods for advanced breast cancer screening.

Finalist European Inventor Award 2022 (Non-EPO Countries)

Reference

European Inventor Award
https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award

Sunday, May 28, 2023

EPO inventor Awards - The 2023 Jury

The following YouTube videos highlight the inventions of the distinguished scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and academics, who were members of the 2023 jury—all former finalists or winners of the European Inventor Awards.

Wolfgang M. Heckl (Chair) - Director General of the Deutsches Museum in Munich since 2004, Oskar von Miller chair for science communication at the Technical University in Munich, and the recipient of numerous awards and accolades.

Nuno Coreira [PT] - 2022 Finalist in the SME category.

Invention: Mooring platform for floating solar farms that track the sun.

Sample patent: EP3515802B1 - Floating module for modular solar panel platforms.

Victor Dewulf [DE] - 1st prize Young Inventor 2022.

Invention: AI-driven waste recognition and sorting system that can be implemented and used quickly to recycle more efficiently.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation and SDG 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Nuria Espallargas [NO] - 2022 Finalist in the SME category.

Invention - Ground-breaking spray-on ceramic coatings, able to withstand extreme conditions, in view of protecting industrial or aerospatial parts.

Sample patent : EP2914760B1 - Thermal spraying of ceramic materials.

Joachim Fiedler [DE] - 2022 Finalist in the SME category.

Invention: Fun, strong fasteners for quick release.

Sample patent: EP2825075B1 - Closure device.

Eileen Ingham [GB] - 2018 Finalist in the Research category.

Invention: Donor tissue without rejection.

Sample patent: EP1624922A1 - Ultrasonic modification of soft tissue matrices.

Peter Holme Jensen [DK] - 2014 Winner in the SME category.

Invention: Energy-efficient water purification.

Sample patent: EP1937395A1 - Biomimetic water membrane comprising aquaporins used in the production of salinity power.

Ursula Kellet (CH) - 2018 European Inventor Lifetime Achievement Award.

Invention: Ultrafast pulse lasers.

Sample patent: EP1456916A2 - Semiconductor saturable absorber mirror device.

Jane Delahanty (GB) - 2018 Winner in the SME category.

Invention: Sugru - Multipurpose moldable glue.

Sample patent: EP2089465A1 Room temperature curable silicone elastomer composition.

Laura Van de Veer [NL] - 2015 Winner European Inventor Award in the SME category.

Invention: Mammaprint® - gene-based breast cancer test, to determine whether chemotherapy is necessary.

Sample patent: EP1410011A2 Diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer patients.

Zhentian Wang [CH] - 2022 Finalist in the Non-European Patent Organization country category.

Invention: Phase-contrast X-ray imaging for advanced breast cancer screening.
Sample patent: EP3341714B1 Omnidirectional scattering- and bidirectional phase-sensitivity with single shot grating interferometry.

Reference

The Jury

https://new.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award/about-award#thejury

Thursday, May 13, 2021

European Inventor Awards Popular Prize - Vote here!

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The distinguished Jury of the European Patent Awards selected 15 finalists, among hundreds of nominations, in the five award categories of Research, Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises (SME), Non-European Patent Organization country, and Lifetime Achievement. However, one additional prize is awarded, during the Awards Ceremony, as a result of the popular vote. Consequently, this is your chance to vote. The finalist who receives the most popular votes will be awarded the sixth European Inventor trophy.

The Popular Vote electronic polling station is open for everyone to cast, not one, but many votes. According to the European Patent Office rules, you may vote as many times as you wish, but only once a day, for a single invention. Therefore, dear Reader, you are invited to cast your ballot(s).

To vote for your favorite invention, please click here.

Until June 17th, Central European Summer Time (CEST) 7 pm. when all the winners of the European Inventor Award will be celebrated, the short YouTube video included below is a teaser about the European Inventor Awards 2021.

References

EPO - Europea Inventor Awards https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor.html

EPO - European Inventor Awards - The 2021 Finalists https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor.html

EPO - Jury members of the European Inventors Awards 2021 https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/jury.html

EPO - European Inventor Awards Popular Prize Voting page - https://popular-prize.epo.org/

Thursday, June 14, 2018

European Inventor Awards - The 2018 Jury

Composed of leading scientists, science and technology professionals, industrialists, inventors, and former EPO Award winners, the 2018 European Inventor Awards Jury --for the first time in 12 years, since the inception of the program in 2006-- awarded more trophies to women scientists.

Among approximately 500 proposals, reduced by EPO experts to a pre-selection of 40, the Jury selects three finalists in each of the five European Inventor Award categories: Research, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises, Non-EPO Member Country, and Lifetime Achievement. A single winning inventor, or team of inventors, is then selected in each of the five categories. The public votes for the winning inventor, or team of inventors in the sixth Popular Award category, among the 15 finalists.

The members of the Jury look for inventions that are both breakthrough and with a significant social and economic impact.

The following short Youtube video shows the 2018 members of the European Inventor Awards Jury, in-action. A hyperlinked list of the members of the 2018 Jury is also appended.

Eleni Antoniadou

Thierry Breton – Chair of the jury

António Campinos

Jean-Marie Cavada

Dora Groó

Pirkko Härkönen

Wolfgang M. Heckl

Roger Highfield

Helen Lee

Francis Leyder

Mario Moretti Polegato

Adnane Remmal

References

Members of the 2018 European Inventor Awards Jury

http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inve ntor/jury.html

Sunday, April 30, 2017

EPO Awards 2017 - The Jury

This year, the jury of the EPO Awards is gender-equal for the very first time! This means that an equal number of men and women selected the finalists and winners of the European patent awards in all the categories, except the popular vote now in process.

In previous years, such famous inventors as Ernö Rubik (the Hungarian inventor of the Rubik’s cube) and Mandy Haberman (the British inventor of the “Anywayup™” sippy cup) were members of the jury.

Who are the 12 members of the EPO Awards jury this year, and how did they select the finalists and winners?

Below, you will find a video narrated by the President of the EPO, Benoît Battistelli, which gives a fascinating glimpse of the jurying process.

For additional information on juror accolades, a hyperlinked list of the twelve 2017 jurors is also included, some of whose names you may recognize from previous years. Dr. Helen Lee, for example, who was Winner of the 2016 European Inventor Award in the popular vote category for SAMBA, a portable diagnostic lab developed for the third world; or Mario Moretti Polegato, Chair of the 2017 Jury, who is the inventor of Geox shoes, the Italian “breathable and holey shoes”, also nominated in 2012 for a European Inventor Award in the Lifetime Achievement category.

For everyone else, just click to find out!

Eleni Antoniadou

José Luís Arnaut

António Campinos

Virna Cerne

Tore Curstedt

Dora Groó

Wolfgang M. Heckl

Roger Highfield

Ingeborg Hochmair

Helen Lee

Angelika Niebler

Mario Moretti Polegato - Chair of the jury

Saturday, June 6, 2015

2015 EPO Awards - The Jury

This year’s panel of 13 jurors shines with the inclusion of 6 women (4 more than usual), including in particular:

Anna Haupt, a young woman inventor, nominated as finalist in 2014 for the EPO Inventor Awards for an inflatable bike helmet
Ingeborg Hochmair, also nominated as finalist in 2014 for the EPO Lifetime Achievement Award for the cochlear implant
Mandy Haberman, the well known British inventor of the Haberman® feeder and Anywayup® cup (also known as the ubiquitous “sippy cup”…), also nominated British Woman Inventor of the Year 2000
Christine Van Broeckhoven, winner of the 2011 EPO Inventor Award in the Research category for the identification of genes and proteins with a role in neurodegenerative diseases of the brain (e.g.; Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Clara Gaymar, CEO and President of GE France since 2006
Ayse Odman Boztosun, Member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Antalya, Turkey, Member of the EPO Economic and Scientific Advisory board (ESAB)

On the gentlemen’s side of the jury, two inventors -- of a very famous cube, and very famous shoe soles:

Ernö Rubik and his eponymous and globally known invention “Rubik’s cube”.
Mario Moretti Polegato –Inventor of “holey shoes”, that is, the vapour-permeable soles of the GEOX® Amphibiox shoes

And a panel of eminent business executives, academics, and government-appointed officials.

Tony Tangena, Senior Vice-President at Phillips, responsible for Phillips IP, and now President of epi, an organization representing 10,000 European patent attorneys
Tian Lipu, Commissioner of China’s patent office (SIPO), from 2005 to 2014
Wolfgang H. Hecki, Director General of the Deutsches Museums in Munich, Professor of experimental physics and nanotachnology at the Technical University of Munich, plus many more accolades.
Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Siemens A.G. Supervisory Board
Louis Schweitzer, Chair of the EPO Jury. Former, and current Honorary, President of Renault S.A. Investment Commissioner appointed by the President of France