Minister Varank Announced the Turkish Firms and Organizations with the Most Patent Applications

Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank reported and evaluated the companies and organizations that made the highest number of domestic patent applications with the "Intellectual Property Rights data" in the first six months of the year.

Minister Varank stated that the data in the first six months of the year will be completed at a good point, and emphasized the importance of organizations investing in R&D in the development of the number of applications.

Regarding the subject, "The number of domestic patent applications, which was predominant by large industrial organizations in the previous years, spread to a wider base in the first 6 months of this year, especially with the contribution of SMEs and universities. Despite a slight decrease in the number of applications of the top 10 companies in recent years, the total number of applications was preserved. This situation is very important in terms of showing that more of our companies tend to innovate," Varank said, according to TURKPATENT data, among the companies and organizations that make the most domestic patent applications, Arçelik ranks first with 150 applications and Turkcell ranks second with 70 applications and Mercedes Benz Türk and Vestel Elektronik share the third place with 30 applications each.

Stating that the companies operating in the fields of automotive, white goods and telecommunications stand out among the top 10 companies and organizations making the most patent applications, Varank pointed out that these organizations constitute 15 percent of the total domestic patent applications.

Minister Varank stated that there are 21 universities among the top 50 organizations and said, "This situation shows the positive effects of our efforts to increase patent awareness in our universities."

Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, when evaluated in terms of Intellectual Property Rights applications, stated that in the first six months of the year, a total of 61 thousand 278 trademark applications were made, 53 thousand 645 of which were domestic, and that the domestic trademark application rate was 87.5 percent.

Source: TURKPATENT