Adres Patent General Manager Cumhur Akbulut said, “According to WIPO data, 1 million 300 thousand patents have been processed on water systems and treatment in the last 20 years. Most of this figure consists of data from the last 5 years.”
Adres Patent General Manager Cumhur Akbulut stated that according to the data of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 1 million 300 thousand patents have been processed in the last 20 years on water systems and treatment, a significant part of which has been carried out in the last 5 years.
According to Adres Patent statement, although three-quarters of the world is covered with water, the amount of fresh water suitable for human use is quite limited. Less than 1% of the available water on the earth’s surface consists of freshwater resources suitable for ecosystem and human use. Accordingly, while there are approximately 35 million cubic kilometers of freshwater in the world, only 105 thousand cubic kilometers of this is among the available freshwater resources.
Akbulut, whose views are included in the statement, stated that approximately 70% of the world’s water resources are used for agricultural purposes, while the industrial use is 19% and the domestic use is around 11%.
Pointing out that the annual average precipitation in Turkiye is just over 600 millimeters and this figure is below the world average of 800 millimeters, Akbulut said, “In this context, we need to give more weight as a country to technologies aimed at reintroducing water to the economy against possible water shortages in the future. According to WIPO data, 1 million 300 thousand patents have been carried out on water systems and treatment globally in the last 20 years. Most of this figure consists of data from the last 5 years.”
China leads in applications
Akbulut stated that most of the patent transactions regarding water systems and treatment applications were made in China, and said:
‘China is followed by Japan, America and North Korea. The Middle East region, which is expected to be water-poor, is not in the top 10 applications. Patent applications for 100% recovery of used water to the economy are ongoing. With the commercialization of existing works, we will take an important step towards protecting our resources.
It focuses on investments in rainwater storage systems of organized industrial zones and private companies. In particular, many dyehouses operating in the textile field are working on rainwater storage systems. In addition, organized industrial zones have focused on investments in rainwater storage systems in order to protect existing resources. On the textile machinery side, machines that dye by air without the use of water were also developed. Although the cost is high, we need to manufacture these machines in our country as well.’
Source: AA / Prepared by Irem Yildiz