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On July 9, 2024, the prestigious European Inventor Awards will be conferred upon inventors competing in one of four categories: Industry, Small and Medium (S&M) Enterprise, Research, and Non-European Patent Organization. This year, the ceremony will take place in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Malta, on the Island Republic of Malta, next to the southern Italian island of Sicily.
Below, the list of the 12 finalists and their competing inventions, in each of the four categories.
Industry
Ferham Sigurjonsson and team (Iceland): wound healing fish-skin graft.
- EP2485779B1 - A scaffold material for wound care and/or other tissue healing applications.
- EP2575795B8 - Stabilized formulation comprising omega-3 fatty acids and use of the fatty acids for skin care and/or wound care.
Ulf Landegren, Simon Fredriksson and team (Sweden): molecular diagnostics for improved disease detection
- EP2714925B1 - Multiplexed proximity ligation assay.
- EP2920320B1 -RCA reporter probes and their use in detecting nucleic acid molecules.
- EP2707502B1 - Unfolding proximity probes and methods for the use thereof.
Fiorenzo Dioni (Italy) and Richard Oberle (Germany): reduction of carbon emission in automotive manufacturing.
- EP3554745B1 - Injection assembly for pressure die casting systems.
Small and Medium (S&M) Enterprise
Olga Malinkiewicz and team (Poland): printable solar cell technology.
- EP3227394B1 - A film-forming composition and a method for manufacturing a photoactive film.
- EP3719001B1- A method for synthesis of organic iodides.
Bruno Mottet, Lyderic Bocquet and team (France): sustainable osmotic energy production.
- EP3344374B1 - Device for producing energy by salinity gradient through nano-fluid titanium oxide membranes.
- EP2909477B1 - Method and device for producing energy.
Sirpa Jalkanen and Markku Jalkanen (Finland): targeted immunotherapy for cancer treatment.
- EP2421888 - Clever-1 receptor antagonists for blocking immune-inhibitory type 2 macrophages.
- EP3445785B1 - Humanized anti-clever-1 antibodies and their use.
Research
Cordelia Schmid (Germany): AI solutions for improved machine visual perception.
- EP3547211 - Methods for training a cnn and classifying an action performed by a subject in an inputted video using said cnn.
- EP3549102 - Determining structure and motion in images using neural networks.
Tonio Sant, Daniel Buhagiar and team (Malta): improved energy storage for offshore wind farms.
- EP3256716B1 - Hydro-pneumatic energy storage system.
David Devos, Caroline Moreau and team (France): improved treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
- EP3142651B1 - Pharmaceutical solution comprising dopamine for use in treating Parkinson's disease.
Non-European Patent Organization country
David Fattal (USA): 3D imaging without glasses.
- EP3175267B1 - Multibeam diffraction grating-based color backlighting.
- EP3248058B1 - Unidirectional grating-based backlighting employing a reflective island.
- EP3283923B1 - 2D/3D mode-switchable electronic display with dual layer backlight.
Masato Sagawa (Japan): superior strength magnets.
- EP3260380B1 - Manufacturing method of a sintered magnet.
- EP2889883B1 - NDFEB-based sintered magnet.
- EP2696355B1 - Manufacturing method for a sintered neodymium magnet.
Fernando Catalano, Micael Carmo and team (Brazil): reduced noise and carbon emissions in air travel.
- EP2137066B1 - Aerodynamic seal for reduction of noise generated on aircraft control surfaces.
- EP3676172B1 - Retractable leading edge wing slats having autonomously curvable airflow shield for noise-abatement.
- EP3676173B1 - Noise abatement systems for retractable leading edge wing slats of an aircraft.
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