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The Federated European Patent Register service provides the public with information on the legal status of European Patents and the legal status of national patents. In the first phase of the project (already completed) the Federated Register provides a direct link to a specific application or publication number in a number selection of national patent registers including Ireland. The second phase, completed in 2015, gives the opportunity for the user to consult legal status data of EP documents in the national phase in several offices displayed ; these being displayed in a single unified list.
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A project has been initiated for an overall redesign of the Irish Patent Office website. This will allow easier, more logical pathways to the relevant information, in an improved user friendly fashion.
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
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In recent years, the MedTech or medical devices sector in Ireland has been recognised as one of the key drivers for industrial growth for growth in the future. According to Enterprise Ireland, 17 of the world’s top 25 medical technology companies have invested in Ireland and 60% of Med Tech companies are indigenous SMEs. Ireland is now one of Europe’s medical technology “hotspots”, employing over 25,000 people in over 100 companies.
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National full term Patent filings received during 2015 increased sharply by 72% on 2014 (from 118 to 203) while the number of short term patent applications filed also increased by 17% on 2014 (from 203 to 237). After the declines in recent years these increases are encouraging and may, in part, be indicative of the growth in the economy which patent activity tends to lag behind.
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