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Nominees and winners 2009
The 2009 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Prague, Czech Republic on 28 April.
Industry
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Winners: Jürg Zimmermann, Brian Druker (Switzerland)
CML Treatment (marketed as Glivec) -
Fiona Fairhurst (UK)
Fastskin Bathing Suit -
Koen Meijer, Huib den Hartog (Netherlands)
Cyclone Converter Furnace (CCF)
SMEs/research
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Winner: Joseph Le Mer (France)
Heat exchanger element and method and device for producing the same -
John Daugman (UK)
Iris recognition -
Bartolomej Janek (Slovakia)
Reduction gear systems
Non-European countries
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Winners: Yiqing Zhou, Dianxi Ning, Shufen Wang, Deben Ding, Guofu Li, Chengqi Shan, Guangyu Liu (China)
Anti-malaria composition (marketed as Coartem) -
Shoichi Sasaki (Japan)
Power control system for hybrid automobile -
Marion "Frank" Rudy (US)
Shock-absorbing cushion for shoes
Lifetime achievement
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Winner: Adolf Goetzberger (Germany)
Fluorescent planar collector concentrators for solar energy conversion -
Raoul Parienti (France)
Reading assisting device "Top Braille" -
Maria-Regina Kula (Germany)
Contributions to biochemistry