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IPQC founder seeks political backing after EPO no-show

Rory O’Neill
November 09, 2023
MUNICH-GARCHING BAVARIA GERMANY - JUN 30: Entrance to the Main building and campus of the Technical University of Munich in Munich-Garching, Germany on June 30, 2019
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The EPO declined to attend the latest meeting organised by the Industry Patent Quality Charter, a group that has called on the office to grant higher-quality patents

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