This news item was last updated on 12 March 2020.Please refer to our information page: 12 March 2020 In view of the present situation with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the European Patent Office (EPO) is adopting the following measures as a precaution: Oral Proceedings before Examining and Opposition DivisionsWith regard to the current spread of the …
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12 March 2020 Patent statistics published today by the European Patent Office (EPO) show that for the first time in more than a decade digital technologies have taken the lead in patent applications filed. According to the EPO Patent Index 2019, the surge in the fields of digital communication (+19.6%) and computer technology (+10.2%) is …
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9 March 2020 What do DNA replication, bioplastics, reinforced concrete and video streaming all have in common? Women are leading inventors in these areas. To mark International Women’s Day, the EPO looks back at women whose ground-breaking inventions keep us healthy, create jobs, have become drivers of the economy and even push the boundaries of …
Hulu’s Live TV service, which allows users to watch both live and on-demand programming, including Hulu Originals, has finally arrived on the PlayStation 4 — close to three years after the service first debuted. The launch closes a significant hole in Hulu’s offerings, as its Live TV service was already available across nearly all other …
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Alphabet’s self-driving car company raises its first outside investment, Robinhood goes down and Pixel phones get new gesture controls. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 3, 2020. 1. Waymo brings in $2.25B from outside investors, Alphabet This is the company’s first external investment, led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mubadala Investment …
SendBird is announcing a major update to its chat API for web and mobile today. With this, SendBird is adding numerous new features to its service that will make it easier for its customers to moderate images, build custom moderation tools for their specific needs and add reactions and delivery receipts to their chat interfaces. …
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‘As my company continues to grow, we want to expand in the US and possibly buy a house’ Sophie Alcorn 8 hours Today we bring you another edition of “Dear Sophie,” an advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people …
Tens of thousands of Indians move to the United States to pursue higher education each year. But like many others who have arrived from a foreign land, they can’t secure education loans or personal loans from the banks at interest rates on par with those levied on local students. The reason why these students — …
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Amazon this morning announced another step it’s taken to speed up same-day deliveries. The company has installed what it’s calling “mini-fulfillment centers” closer to where customers live in select U.S. markets, including Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas. The new facilities allow Amazon to reduce same-day delivery times down to just a few hours for Prime …
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