12 March 2020PatentsSarah Morgan

Surge in 5G and AI patents marks digital tech tipping point: EPO

The European Patent Office (EPO) received a record 181,000 patent applications last year, with digital technologies taking the lead in filings for the first time in more than a decade.

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