Auto industry files 18 percent more international patents in 2013

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Auto industry files 18 percent more international patents in 2013

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/auto-industry-files-18-percent-more-international-patents-175840131--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eiwLDA8NGIyDH.GyCN06CQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-13T180040Z_1_CBREA2C1E1600_RTROPTP_2_USA-WEATHER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Vehicles make their way through a ground blizzard on a highway leading to Denver" align="left" title="Vehicles make their way through a ground blizzard on a highway leading to Denver" border="0" /></a>By Edward Taylor and Ben Klayman FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The car industry's international patent filings jumped 18 percent in 2013, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said on Thursday, in part reflecting a push for new technologies to lower exhaust emissions. &quot;In line with growing investments in research and development, the automobile industry has seen a sharp increase in international patent filings over the last three years,&quot; WIPO said in a statement. In 2013, 4,275 patents were filed by auto manufacturers, compared with 3,606 in 2012. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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