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\nThe European Patent Office (EPO) today announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2023. During a ceremony streamed from Valencia, the EPO revealed the winners in five Award categories and in the Young Inventors Prize. Of these six winners, three teams featured or were solely represented by women, reflecting an encouraging step towards equality in inventive careers. One additional winner was revealed in the Popular Prize, the only prize decided by public vote.\n<\/p>\n
\nViewers from around the globe joined Filomena Cautela as she took them on an exciting journey, showing how inventors and innovation touch lives. As the show drew to a close, the presenter from Portugal revealed Malta as the host country for the 2024 Award. If you missed the ceremony or would like to re-watch it, you can access the stream via the links below.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nConverting waste and residues into high-quality renewable solutions
<\/b>Pia Bergstr\u00f6m, Annika Malm, Jukka Myllyoja, Jukka-Pekka Pasanen and Blanka Toukoniitty (Finland)<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe team from the Finnish company Neste have been part of developing a unique technology that enables a wide variety of wastes and residues to be transformed into premium-quality renewable products, such as fuel.\n<\/p>\n
\nA safe and sustainable way to store hydrogen
<\/b>Patricia de Rango, Daniel Fruchart, Albin Chaise, Michel Jehan, Nataliya Skryabina (France)<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe French team combined their expertise and interests to develop a method to store hydrogen more safely and sustainably with less energy.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nReducing noise with an advanced acoustic material
<\/b>Rhona Togher, Eimear O’Carroll (Ireland)\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Irish physicists developed a composite material to reduce noise pollution. The material is thin, lightweight and cost-effective, making it suitable for applications ranging from aerospace to automotive.\n<\/p>\n
\nLi-ion batteries that lower fire and explosion risks (China)<\/b>\u00a0
Kai Wu and team<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nTogether with his team, the inventor from China team has pioneered a series of features to improve the safety and performance of Li-ion batteries, helping the shift to cleaner motoring.\n<\/p>\n
\nMolecular sieve catalysts to improve chemical reactions<\/b>\u00a0
Avelino Corma Can\u00f3s (Spain)<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Spanish chemist is a pioneer in the field of catalysts. His legacy, however, is the Instituto de Tecnolog\u00eda Qu\u00edmica de Val\u00e8ncia, an institution he co-founded to drive chemistry research in energy, sustainability, health and water.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe most recent addition to the Award celebrates the work of inventors 30 and under, with finalists chosen for their contribution to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Unlike the categories above, a granted European patent is not a prerequisite and the winner receives \u20ac20 000. The second and third placed finalists receive \u20ac 10 000 and \u20ac 5 000 respectively.\n<\/p>\n
\nAffordable light system to save both livestock and predators<\/b>\u00a0
Richard Turere (Kenya)<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe young Maasai man developed Lion Lights\u2122, an automated system that deters lions from attacking livestock in enclosures. His invention prevents human-wildlife conflict and is helping to boost the lion population in Kenya.\n<\/p>\n
\nAccessible programming for visually impaired children<\/b>\u00a0
Filipa de Sousa Rocha (Portugal)<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe computer engineer is on a mission to make digital learning more accessible to visually impaired children. Her work uses tangible objects to teach digital literacy through play, bringing a smile to the faces of young learners as they pick up skills such as computer programming.\n<\/p>\n
\nRemoving microplastics from water<\/b>\u00a0
Fionn Ferreira (Ireland)<\/i>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe twenty-two-year-old environmentalist is tackling microplastics pollution with his magnet-based method, which extracts microplastics from water quickly, safely and without harm.\n<\/p>\n
\nA safe and sustainable way to store hydrogen<\/b>\n<\/p>\n
\nPatricia de Rango, Daniel Fruchart, Albin Chaise, Michel Jehan, Nataliya Skryabina
The Popular Prize is the only prize in which the winner is decided by a public vote. While it was a tightly contested race, the French team took home the trophy, having already won in the Research category.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe winners above may have left you feeling inspired about innovation, or maybe you know of an inventor whose ground-breaking work is worthy of a trophy. If you do, nominate them for the Award in 2024 via the links below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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