Patents Ensure our Success
A new patent application from Austria has aroused much interest in recent weeks. TU Vienna has invented a bridge construction method based on the principle of the umbrella. Thin-walled precast parts are vertically erected as a tower and then unfolded by crane – an innovative process that saves time. The construction can soon bear loads, and the road decks can be installed within a very short time.
The Association of German Enigineering Federation (VDMA) has accompanied for many years in a tug-of-war in the European patent system. For a long time now, the dispute has concerned the so-called lan...
