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In a world in which boundaries are disappearing and people, capital, information and products move around with increasing ease, the protection of industrial property and the use of information contained within patents are essential for the knowledge economy in the Netherlands.

Patents and NL Patent Office have already been in existence for decades. Read more about the history of:

NL Patent Office or
The patent system