SME Features

Interview with Xavier Bonjour, Microoled

Looking into the world of light AR by the hand of Xavier Bonjour, Marketing & Partnerships Director of ActiveLook®

Essentiality Checks Might Foster SEP Licensing, But Do Not Stop Over-Declarations from Inflating Patent Counts and Making Them Unreliable Measures

Keith Mallinson, WiseHarbor

Idealism and research by the hand of Jan Rongé

The finalist of the European Inventor Award explains how their technology produces renewable hydrogen from sunlight and air

A floating solution to generate more and better energy

Interviewing João Felgueiras, General Manager at SolarisFloat

IP considerations for angel investors

By Peter Finnie, partner and patent attorney at full-service IP law firm Potter Clarkson.

Caring for the future of health technology

Empatica is a full-stack digital healthcare company and a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI.

How Europe can build on strengths in SEPs to reclaim leadership in cellular with 5G and 6G

A paper for 4iP Council by Keith Mallinson, WiseHarbor

Interviewing the winners of the 4iP Council Research Awards

We had the pleasure to interview the three authors of the 4iP Council Research Awards winning papers (2021 edition): Lorenzo Berto, Claris Azrael and Thomas…

Exoskeletons to help children with neurological diseases

Interviewing Elena García Armada, CEO at Marsi Bionics

Drive, Curiosity and Light

Interview of Marco Bozzola and the story of Relio²

The materials for a future without plastic

Johanna Baare, COO and co-founder of traceless, shares with us their story and exciting future plans

Sugru: The patented formula to fix the world

Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh, inventor and CEO at Sugru, shares her story with 4iP Council

Three women entrepreneurs share their journey

Successful European startups leverage IP for growth

Former Slovenian lawyer develops filters for washing machines to tackle microplastic pollution at the source

4iP Council speaks to PlanetCare Founder and CEO Mojca Zupan

The IP within the panels of the Sion solar powered e-car

Mathieu Baudrit, Head of Research and Development Solar Integration at Sono Motors talks to 4iP Council about the solar powered innovations within the Sion…

Nicolas Vigneron gives us an insight into the EUIPO’s SME programme

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently launched the Ideas Powered for business initiative within the framework of its SME…

Re-envisioning industrial design simulation

Interview with Dr Martin Schifko, Founder, Engineering Software Steyr

Lessons from a serial entrepreneur and how Covid 19 inspired his latest invention

The world needs inventors and the greatest ideas are often derived from the greatest challenges. Serial inventor Alex Winter has put his mind and team to…

Tempow - high tech earbuds for all

How a French software start-up is using IP alongside strategic partnerships to make listening better, build business with giants and change a market

How a MedTech SME is using IP to drive change in treatment delivery

4iP interviews Alexandre Tsoukalis CEO, Managing Director and co-founder, Micrel Medical Devices

The IPKat's Hayleigh Bosher answers your questions on copyright & social media

There were too many questions to answer in Hayleigh's 4iP Council webinar so she has kindly taken the time to respond to those questions she missed in this…

Introducing IMEC, the pioneering research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital tech based in Europe

Ground-breaking innovation in healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, energy, education as well as other domains.

Removing unwanted particles from the air: an inventor’s story

Written last summer but highly relevant today, this 4iP Council feature tracks one European inventor's work on air particle extraction.

Visionaries, catalysts and leaders

Perspectives from some of the many women influencing European IP and innovation

No more searching for the charger

Innovative European SME, EnergySquare, simplifies access to energy with wireless charging technology.

"Every time we add digital technology to hardware, it is like adding a nervous system to muscle and bone"

Great tips for start-ups and a bird's-eye view of tomorrow’s world from Guido Jouret, Chief Digital Officer at ABB.

Insights to inspire, build and guide sustainable founding teams

Dr. Ingrid Kelly, Technology Transfer Manager and European Patent Attorney explains the work of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and shares…

Life changing technical innovation in type 1 diabetes treatment uses artificial intelligence to determine and administer insulin automatically

Erik Huneker, co-founder of European SME Diabeloop, speaks to 4iP Council about his company's innovation.

"Race ahead commercially and keep making the product better and better and better"

4iP Council talks to Dr Alex von Frankenberg, the Managing Director of seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) to understand better the role of patents…

Exploring fundamental research tech transfer at CERN

We interview Bernard Denis of the CERN knowledge transfer team

Leading innovations that will shape the way we take to the road

4iP Council speaks to Ray Millien, VP and Chief IP Counsel at Volvo Cars

Robots may soon be spotted in a field near you

Vitirover, the first robot mower able to cover surfaces as large and difficult as vineyards and power station parks

Moving invention from serendipity to dependability

Stephen Potter of Iprova, explores the past, present & future, as he captures the views of experts on data driven invention.

How significant are SMEs to the EU?

Catherine Eginard, Head of Sector, H2020 – SME Instrument, talks to 4iP Council about the main highlights of the newly published SME instrument impact…

Global innovation directions and evolutions

4iP Council talks to Shirin Elahi about how innovation and patent systems might evolve.

Yann Ménière, Chief Economist, European Patent Office

Yann Ménière, Chief Economist at the European Patent Office, talks to 4iP Council about his role, patent trends, notably regarding inventions relating to…

An original financing solution for ‘not yet profitable’ SMEs investing in R&D

Neftys plays a crucial role in the innovation ecosystem. It offers start-ups and SMEs investing in R&D a form of bridging loan and, in so doing, solves an…

Finding the point of optimisation in patent systems

4iP Council interviews Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel at IBM, a prolific user of the patent system. Manny has helped IBM build and protect a portfolio…

Julian Nolan, pioneering data-driven invention

“It seemed strange to me that in such a data-driven world invention should be analogue, so I began to explore ways to create using data and algorithms.“

Developing the code of practice for the European Court of Patents

Alice Pezard is an international arbitrator. She is also a former Judge at the French ‘Cour de Cassation’, France’s highest judiciary court, and a former…

Capturing ideas at Air Liquide

4iP Council speaks to Charlotta Ljungdahl, Vice-President for Group Intellectual Property at Air Liquide, to learn how this world leader in gases,…

Laura MacDonald, MD at ASTP-Proton explains the need for a good ecosystem and talks about industry's increasing interest in university research

With over 800 members, ASTP-Proton in The Hague is the largest association in Europe for professionals involved in technology knowledge transfer.

4iP Council interviews development economist, Xiaolan Fu

Xiaolan Fu is the Founding Director of the Oxford Technology and Management Centre for Development, Professor of Technology and International Development at…

Philips tops the EPO list for patent filing for second consecutive year

Philips has just been named the world’s largest patent applicant at the European Patent Office (EPO) for the second year running. The company is also in the…

The different patent landscapes of pharma and tech

4iP Council speaks to Dr Dieter Tzschoppe, Director, Joint Cluster Pure & Applied Organic Chemistry (PAOC), European Patent Office (EPO) about the…

How to estimate the value of your patenting: PSA Peugeot Citröen’s experience.

4iP Council speaks to Pierre Gendraud, General Manager of Licensing and Intellectual Property at PSA Peugeot Citröen and Expert in Intellectual Property at…

Innovation in 3D: 4iP Council speaks to Dassault Systèmes’ Head of IP, Rodolphe Pantanacce.

4iP Council speaks to Rodolphe Pantanacce, Head of IP at Dassault Systèmes, a pure software player specialised in 3D digital design, engineering, modeling,…

4iP Council speaks to Alex Smith, Intellectual Property Manager at the UK’s nuclear reprocessing and decommissioning site, Sellafield

Innovating by necessity and the significance of patents, in an environment which calls for innovation and adaption of technologies for application in…

Former CEO fuels chemical start-up growth.