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Nominees and winners 2010
The 2010 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Madrid, Spain on 28/29 April.
Industry
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Winners: Albert Markendorf (Switzerland) and Raimund Loser (Germany)
Three-dimensional scanning and measuring system - Hermann Grether and Christoph Weis (Germany)
Jet regulator for water taps - Benedetto Vigna (Italy)
Three-dimensional motion sensor
SMEs/research
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Winners: Jürgen Pfitzer and Helmut Nägele (Germany)
Arboform renewable plastic - Albert Gelet, Jean-Yves Chapelon, Dominique Cathignol and Emmanuel Blanc (France)
Therapeutic prostate cancer treatment probe - Jorge Blasco, José Luis Gonzalez, Francisco Andres, Antonio Pairet and Antonio Poveda (Spain)
Overvoltage protection circuit; method for multiple access and data transmission
Non-European countries
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Winners: Sanjai Kohli and Steven Chen (USA)
GPS Spread spectrum receiver -
Winners: Ben Wiens and Danny Epp (Canada)
Electrochemical fuel cell - Napoleone Ferrara and team (USA)
Anti-VEGF antibodies
Lifetime achievement
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Winner: Wolfgang Krätschmer (Germany)
Process for working with new form of carbon - Peter Landrock (Denmark)
Encryption codes for secure electronic data transfer -
Désiré Collen (Belgium)
Thrombolytic treatments for heart attacks and strokes
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