Special Italy Expo 2025

- Inaugurated at the Italian Pavilion the Exhibition 'The Italy of Patents. Successful Inventions and Innovations'.

"Italy of Patents' and the Intellectual Property Award

MIMIT starring in the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

by Vincenzo Miglietta and Nicola Filippone

24 April 2025

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Intellectual Property Award winners announced
Vattani, 'strategic collaboration with Mimit'

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The Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka confirms itself as a meeting place for international cultures and a precious showcase for Made in Italy. It could not miss the contribution of the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy in proposing to visitors the "know-how" and the ability to innovate of Italy and its companies. What better than an exhibition that, through patents and industrial inventions, can tell the story of Italy's ability to innovate by comparing different generations of creators: those who individually filed their inventions in the early days and those who today, increasingly numerous, work in multidisciplinary teams within universities, research centres and start-ups. Hence the exhibition 'The Italy of Patents. Successful Inventions and Innovations" by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (MIMIT), inaugurated inside the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, in the presence of Deputy Minister Valentino Valentini and the Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka, Amb. Mario Vattani.

"Italy, the cradle of innovation that protects and valorises intellectual property as an authentic passport to our know-how in the world, finds in the initiatives we are taking to Osaka not only the celebration of its past but the stimulus for a profound reflection on how the protection of creative genius represents the strategic key to increasing our present and future competitiveness," said Deputy Minister Valentino Valentini.

The exhibition represents a summary of the more than 100 patents that were exhibited in Rome from 18 November to 2 April 2025: there is also a multimedia contribution that recalls all the innovations already on display at Palazzo Piacentini. In addition to the exhibition, the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, in collaboration with Invitalia and Netval, presented the 11 winners of the Intellectual Property Awards (6 winners of the IPA Award and 5 winners of the Female Entrepreneurship Award), Italian excellences in the field of technological innovation and patent development. Along with Deputy Minister Valentini, the following spoke at the event: Maria Chiara di Guardo, Vice President of Netval; Ernesto Somma, Head of Investment Management Unit at Invitalia; and Federico Novembrini, Head of Knowledge Share (Netval).

The 'Intellectual Property Award' is the competition reserved for Italian universities, national public research organisations and institutes for hospitalisation and scientific care that hold patents. The aim of the initiative is to highlight the strong innovative potential of the national public research system and its contribution to technological progress and economic growth, as evidenced by the scientific results achieved and protected by the filing of patents.

"The collaboration with the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy is strategic to promote the production chains and attract Japanese investments in our country, taking advantage of the global stage represented by the Expo," said Amb. Mario Vattani, Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka. "From the Made in Italy Day to the exhibition L'Italia dei brevetti, up to the Intellectual Property Awards: many are the initiatives and tools to make Italian excellence a protagonist, involving experts, companies and representatives of the various production chains."

Cerimonia di inaugurazione della mostra

Il taglio del nastro con Valentini (5° da sx) e Vattani (6° da sx)

Several patents were on display at the exhibition in the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka:

- Smart Block - Ancybernetics

Robotic system for edutainment experiences or serious games based on 'intelligent' assemblable blocks designed to measure, identify and model educational and rehabilitation experiences.

- Dyadema - Brembo

Brake caliper for a brake system that is easy to build, install and maintain, effectively evacuating the heat generated during braking and preventing the brake from overheating and the potential deterioration of its dynamic performance and reliability.

- S15 - Fameccanica

Pivotal process for the production of soluble single-serving capsules using a robotic dosing tracking system. It enables automatic and accurate dosing of several detergents and the production of single-serving capsules in different shapes, offering considerable versatility.

- Fast Ferrari Active Suspension. Ferrari's active suspension system, using TASV (True Active Spool Valve) technology, combines an electric motor drive with a high-precision hydraulic shock absorber in one fully integrated system.

- KREO - Kinetic Responsive Envelope by Origami (Impianti Meridionali and Univ of Catania). Lightweight, stand-alone kinetic device for architecture.

- Disassembled footwear - Servati

Patented technology that enables complete disassembly of footwear at the end of its life for optimal material recycling. This system allows shoe modules, such as the upper and sole, to be assembled using mechanical methods, eliminating the use of glues and chemical solvents.

- Nemo's Garden - Ocean Reef

A transparent synthetic semi-sphere anchored to the seabed and filled with air using a hydroponic cultivation system that obtains irrigation water from the condensation of moisture generated by the evaporation of seawater on the inner walls of the semi-sphere or on surfaces cooled by external water circulation.

- True Lok - Orthofix

A medical device used by orthopaedic doctors to stabilise bone fractures and promote healing. Applied directly to the bone, it creates an external 'bridge' that bypasses the fracture.

- Outing - Piaggio

GITA's revolution lies in the support it is able to provide in everyday life, extending the range of action and the limited human carrying capacity.

- PZero - Pirelli

Self-supporting tyres are able to support the weight of the vehicle even under total loss of pressure, allowing the driver to continue travelling to a garage without having to stop and wait for roadside assistance

- Cool+ - Sacmi

Caps for the beverage industry are produced from melted plastic granules and fed to a multi-cavity mould. This mould gives the plastic the shape of the cap, while cooling it. This unique cooling system, called Cool+®, enables very high performance.

- Hydrone - Saipem

Unmanned underwater vehicle, system and method for maintenance and inspection of underwater installations.

- Disassembled footwear - Servati

- Hoop - Versalis

Innovative technology capable of transforming mixed plastic waste - today not mechanically recycled - into new raw material (called recycling oil or 'r-oil').