{"id":22949,"date":"2026-07-06T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/?p=22949"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:55:22","slug":"european-inventor-award-2026-winners-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/en\/european-inventor-award-2026-winners-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"European Inventor Award 2026 winners revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Patent Office<\/span><\/a> announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2026<\/strong> during a ceremony broadcast live from Berlin.<\/p>\n

This prestigious annual award ceremony celebrates the ingenuity, creativity, and determination of inventors who are shaping the world around us. This year, the awards recognized groundbreaking innovations in the fields of food chemistry, energy, biotechnology, and environmental technology.<\/p>\n

The ceremony also featured a remarkable highlight, as one team of inventors received two awards, winning both in their category and the Popular Prize.<\/p>\n

The winners are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd47 Industry<\/strong>
\nAngeliki Triantafyllou (Greece\/Sweden) \u2013 An enzymatic process for producing oat-based beverages<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd47 SMEs<\/strong>
\nFranck Zal (France) \u2013 Harnessing the therapeutic potential of marine worms<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd47 Research<\/strong>
\nAdrian V. S. Hill (Ireland, United Kingdom) \u2013 A highly effective malaria vaccine<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd47 Non-EPO Countries<\/strong>
\nYu Haijun & Xie Yinghao (China) \u2013 Smart battery recycling<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd47 Lifetime Achievement<\/strong>
\nRainer Marquardt (Germany) \u2013 The Modular Multilevel Converter and its industrial application<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd47 Popular Prize<\/strong>
\nYu Haijun & Xie Yinghao (China) \u2013 Smart battery recycling<\/p>\n

View the winners’ profiles here: https:\/\/www.epo.org\/en\/news-events\/european-inventor-award\/meet-the-finalists?size=n_15_n&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=year&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalues%5D%5B0%5D=2026&filters%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=any&filters%5B0%5D%5Bpersistent%5D=false&filters%5B1%5D%5Bfield%5D=winner&filters%5B1%5D%5Bvalues%5D%5B0%5D=Winner&filters%5B1%5D%5Btype%5D=any&filters%5B1%5D%5Bpersistent%5D=false&sort-field=lastname_lowercase&sort-direction=asc<\/a><\/p>\n

Following the successful conclusion of the European Inventor Award 2026<\/strong> in Berlin, communications representatives from the national patent offices of the EPO Member States held their annual Annual Communication Meeting, reaffirming the pivotal role of their collaboration in promoting innovation and European inventiveness.<\/p>\n

The meeting highlighted the importance of developing a shared narrative around European innovation, as well as the need for continuous exchange of expertise and best practices among the national patent offices.<\/p>\n

Announcement from the EPO website: https:\/\/www.epo.org\/en\/news-events\/news\/european-inventor-award-2026-winners-revealed\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n