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23 April 2020PatentsSarah Morgan

Minimal growth in green innovation in 2019, warns WIPO

Innovation in environmentally-friendly technologies barely rose in 2019 although the growth of Chinese patent filings in the field has been “extraordinary”, prompting calls from the  World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) for a green patent surge to fight climate change.

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