In April 2025, the European Patent Office (EPO) granted the Poznań University of Life Sciences its third European patent (No. EP4389969) for the invention entitled “Method of manufacturing a board composite using cellulose and carbon particles with enhanced fire resistance” (application in the Polish Patent Office No. P.442964, application in the EPO No. EP23209927.5).
The inventors are researchers from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology:
Prof. Bartłomiej Mazela,
Dr. Waldemar Perdoch,
Dr. Wojciech Grześkowiak.
In June 2025, the University also obtained a unitary patent, extending the legal protection of the invention to most European countries (including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden).
A European patent granted by the EPO has particular importance for the evaluation of scientific activity quality – under criterion one, the University receives 100 points.
- ‹ Previous
- Next ›
