Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2017 Oficina Europea de Patentes Handelsblatt Research Institute text -ge Munich European Patent Office 2017 monographic eng 100 p. graf. European patent applications related to smart connected objects are rising rapidly, achieving a growth rate of 54% in the last three years, the first European Patent Office (EPO) landscaping study on “Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)” reveals. Conducted by the EPO in co-operation with Handelsblatt Research Institute, the study examines this profound technology trend that is now being observed across a whole range of technical fields specialized (Yann Ménière, Ilja Rudyk, Javier Valdes (EPO)) ; European Patent Office ; In co-operation with Handelsblatt Research Institute Tecnologías habilitadoras digitales fourth industrial revolution patents technology trend 978-3-89605-200-1 http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/17FDB5538E87B4B9C12581EF0045762F/$File/fourth_industrial_revolution_2017__en.pdf http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/17FDB5538E87B4B9C12581EF0045762F/$File/fourth_industrial_revolution_2017__en.pdf 180410 20220511150228.0 00004529