UCL
 Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL-Bruxelles)
Louvain Drug Research Institute (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Unit 

The first industrial patent (known in Europe) was awarded in 1421 in Florence to the Engineer Filippo Brunelleschi, who obtained it for an invention related to the handling of merchandises intended for boat transport ...

Brunelleschi was also painter, goldsmith, and architect of the Florentine school. He built the world-known "Dome of Florence" (Duomo dalla Basilica Santa Maria del Fiore). The sculpture shown above represents him while raising eyes to his work...


Patents

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Awarded

  1. Poupaert J, Prevost M., Vandevuer S, Van Bambeke F, Colacino E, Tytgat I, Tulkens PM.
    Inibitors of D-Ala-D-Ala-ligase as antibacterial agents.
    Patent number: WO2009080788 (A2); classification: international: C07D263/56; C07D263/00; european: C07D263/56
    Application number: WO2008EP68100 20081219; Priority number(s): EP20070150355 20071221
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