European Inventor Of The Year 2007 - Two Britons Among The Twelve Nominees For Europe's Top Innovation Prize
On 18 April 2007 the European Inventor of the Year awards will be presented at a gala event in Munich. This is the second time that outstanding inventors will be honoured with the award instituted by the EU Commission and European Patent Office (EPO). The finalists selected by an independent high-profile international jury have just been announced in the four categories: Industry, SMEs/Research, Non-European Countries and Lifetime Achievement. One in each category will receive the prestigious European innovation award from EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen and EPO President Alain Pompidou.
The awards recognise innovators and innovations that have made a significant and lasting contribution to technical development in Europe and beyond, and thus strengthened Europe's economic position. The inventions range widely from a patent that revolutionised the way pacemakers work and has helped save thousands of lives, to biodegradable plastics made of plant starch and an innovation that plays a key role in sensor technology. Since innovation is often the result of teamwork, teams as well as individuals were nominated.
Of the three inventors nominated for lifetime achievement awards, two are British:
Professor Marc Feldmann from the Kennedy Institute, Imperial College, London, for the discovery of the role played by cytokines in autoimmune disease, and the development of a cure that has helped millions of patients throughout the world.
Sir Alec Jeffreys from the University of Leicester for the discovery of the DNA fingerprint, which has revolutionised the fields of biotechnology, archaeology and forensics, to name but a few.
http://www.european-inventor.org
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