European inventor award
The European Inventor Award is awarded by the European Patent Office (EPA).
The award recognizes European inventors and teams in the field of industry, small and medium-sized enterprises and research. In addition, a single prize is awarded annually to an inventor for his life's work and another prize to an inventor who does not come from Europe.
In some years the partners are the country that holds the EU Council Presidency and the European Commission . Up to and including 2009, the prize was called the European Inventor of the Year Award . It is the only European award that recognizes solutions in applied technology.
winner
2019
| category | Award winners | power |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | Klaus Feichtinger , Manfred Hackl | Plastic recycling |
| research | Jérôme Galon | Cancer diagnosis |
| Non-European invention | Akira Yoshino | Lithium ion batteries |
| SMEs | Rik Breur | Foils against fouling |
| Audience award | Margarita Salas Falgueras | DNA amplification for genomic research |
| Life's work | Margarita Salas Falgueras | DNA amplification for genomic research |
2018
| category | Award winners | power |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | Agnès Poulbot , Jacques Barraud | self- renewing tire profile |
| research | Jens Frahm | real-time MRI |
| Non-European invention | Esther Sans Takeuchi | High performance batteries for ICD |
| SMEs | Jane ní Dhulchaointigh | Kneadable all-purpose adhesive |
| Audience award | Erik Loopstra , Vadim Banine | EUV lithography for high-performance semiconductors |
| Life's work | Ursula Keller | Saturable absorber (SESAM) for ultra-fast pulse lasers |
2017
| category | Award winners | power |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | Jan van den Boogaart and Oliver Hayden | Rapid test for malaria |
| research | Laurent Lestarquit, José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Günter W. Hein, Jean-Luc Issler and Lionel Ries | Improved signaling technology for satellite navigation |
| SMEs | Günter Hufschmid | Oil-binding wax (" miracle cotton ") |
| Non-European invention | James G. Fujimoto , Eric A. Swanson, and Robert Huber | Optical coherence tomography |
| Life's work | Rino Rappuoli | Conjugated vaccines |
| Audience award | Adnane Remmal | Effect enhancer for antibiotics |
2016
| category | Award winners | power |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | Bernhard Gleich, Jürgen Weizenecker and team | Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) |
| research | Alim-Louis Benabid | Treatment for Parkinson's |
| SMEs | Do Johannessen, Ulrich Quaade, Claus Hviid Christensen, Jens Nørskov | Ammonia storage |
| Non-European invention | Robert Langer | targeted anti-cancer drugs |
| Life's work | Anton van Zanten | ESP |
| Audience award | Helen Lee | Blood diagnostic kit |
2015
| category | Award winners | power |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | Franz Amtmann, Philippe Maugars | Near Field Communication |
| research | Ludwik Leibler | Vitrimers |
| SMEs | Laura van 't Veer | Genetic breast cancer test |
| Non-European invention | Sumio Iijima , Akira Koshio, Masako Yudasaka | Carbon nanotubes |
| Lifetime achievement | Andreas Manz | |
| Audience award | Ian Frazer, Jian Zhou | HPV vaccine |
2014
| category | Award winners | power |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | Koen Andries, Jérôme Guillemont | Bedaquiline |
| research | Christofer Toumazou | Microchip for DNA testing |
| SMEs | Peter Holme Jensen, Claus Hélix-Nielsen, Danielle Keller | Energy efficient water purification |
| Non-European invention | Charles W. Hull | 3D printing |
| Lifetime achievement | Artur Fischer | Dowels and much more. |
| Audience award | Masahiro Hara, Motoaki Watabe, Tadao Nojiri, Takayuki Nagaya, Yuji Uchiyama | QR code |
2013
- Life's work: Martin Schadt (Switzerland)
- Industry: Claus Hämmerle , Klaus Brüstle (Austria)
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Pål Nyrén (Sweden)
- Research: Patrick Couvreur (France)
- Non-European invention: Ajay Bhatt (India)
- Audience Award: Jose Luis Lopez Gomez (Spain)
2012
- Life's work: Josef F. Bille (Germany)
- Industry: Jan Tøpholm , Søren Westermann and Svend Vitting Andersen (Denmark)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Manfred Stefener, Oliver Freitag and Jens Müller (Germany)
- Non-European invention: John O 'Sullivan , Graham Daniels , Terence Percival , Diethelm Ostry and John Deane (Australia)
2011
- Life's work: Per-Ingvar Brånemark (Sweden),
- Industry: Ann Lambrechts (Belgium),
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Jens Dall Bentzen ,
- Research: Christine Van Broeckhoven (Belgium),
- non-European invention: Ashok Gadgil and Vikas Garud (United States),
2010
- Life's work: Wolfgang Krätschmer (Germany),
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): / Research: Jürgen Pfitzer and Helmut Nägele (Germany),
- Industry: Albert Markendorf (Switzerland) and Raimund Loser ,
- non-European invention: Sanjai Kohli and Steven Chen (United States),
- non-European invention: Ben Wiens and Danny Epps (People's Republic of China),
2009
- Lifetime Achievement: Adolf Goetzberger (Germany)
- Industry: Jürg Zimmermann (Switzerland) and Brian Drucker (United States),
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): / Research: Joseph Le Mer (France)
- Non-European invention: Zhou Yiqing and team (People's Republic of China)
2008
- Life's work: Erik De Clercq (Belgium)
- Industry: Norbert Enning , Ulrich Klages , Heinrich Timm, Gundolf Kreis , Alois Feldschmid , Christian Dornberg and Karl Reiter (Germany)
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): / Research: Douglas Anderson , Robert Henderson and Roger Lucas (United Kingdom)
- non-European invention: Philip S. Green
2007
- Life's work: Marc Feldmann (United Kingdom)
- Industry: Franz Lärmer and Andrea Urban (Germany)
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) / Research: Catia Bastioli (Italy)
- non-European invention: Joseph P. Vacca
2006
- Life's work: Federico Faggin (Italy)
- Industry: Zbigniew Janowicz and Cornelis Hollenberg
- Small and Medium Business (SMB): Stephen PA Fodor , Michael C. Pirrung , J. Leighton Read, and Lubert Stryer
- Research: Peter Grünberg (Germany)
- non- European invention: Larry Gold and Craig Tuerk
- new EU states: John Starrett, Joanne Bronson, John Martin, Muzammil Mansuri and David Tortolani
See also
Austrian State Prize for Patent