The representatives of the State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) took part in the 69th edition of the International Exhibition “IDEAS – INVENTIONS – NEW PRODUCTS”, which took place from 2 to 5 November 2017 in Nuremberg, Germany. The event was organized by the Exhibition Center of Nuremberg, with Malaysia as the main partner.

Inventors and organizations from around 40 countries participated in the current edition, and visitors had the possibility to admire approximately 700 inventions.

The representatives of AGEPI participated with an information exhibition stand, where they presented the national intellectual property system, disseminated the information about the services provided by AGEPI, about the system of validation of European patents in the Republic of Moldova and about the International Exhibition “INFOINVENT”, 15th edition.

At the same time, 6 inventions of Moldovan inventors were exhibited at the stand. In this year, the invention with the title “Shaving System” (Valcov Victor) was appreciated with a bronze medal by the international jury and a medal by the Inventors’ Association of India, and the cycle of inventions “New compounds with antibiotic and antioxidant properties” (State University of Moldova) was awarded with a medal by the “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania.

In turn, AGEPI selected and mentioned with distinctions three of the most interesting inventions presented in the exhibition by Romania, Austria and Taiwan.

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