这是第二次授予欧洲发明奖,是由欧盟专利办公室委员会颁发的。
This is the second time that outstanding inventors were honoured with the European Inventor of the Year award, which is instituted by the EU Commission and European Patent Office (EPO).
本次合作还旨在帮助欧盟成员国简化引入单一的泛欧盟专利的决策过程。
The collaboration also aims to facilitate the decision process of the EU states in their attempt to simplify the introduction of a single pan-European patent.
对欧盟各成员国来说,放弃其对专利的否定权将会给他们自己的主权带来非常大的损失。
Surrendering their veto over patents would be a substantial loss of sovereignty for the EU's members.
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