NETHERLANDS-PATENT-TECHNOLOGY-INNOVATION
TO GO WITH STORY BY JAN HENNOP
This picture taken on January 20, 2011 shows the Eindhoven Hight Tech Campus (HTC). Residents and visitors to the Campus meet daily in the Strip, the "beating heart" of the of HTC, during lunch, an intense workout or during one of the many networking events, concerts or technical conferences. From cancer-busting ultrasound techniques to ways to boost vitamins in tomatoes, Dutch tech-hub Eindhoven's avalanche of patents has just earned it the crown of "most inventive city in the world." The Eindhoven region and in particular its research and development hub the High Tech Campus (HTC) accounts for 42 percent of patent applications filed in 2011 in the Netherlands. AFP PHOTO / ANP / RUUD VERHALLE **NETHERLANDS OUT**
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