Destek Patent analyzed Turkey's 2021 trademark and patent application data, released by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. According to the data, Istanbul held the record with 79,608 trademark and 3,582 patent applications in 2021. After Istanbul and Ankara, Izmir had the most trademark and patent applications. Among domestic patent applications, the manufacturing of medical and surgical equipment and orthopedic appliances was the most frequently filed field, while 11% of domestic patent applications were filed by universities.

Destek Patent, which has maintained its sector leadership in the field of intellectual and industrial property rights in Türkiye for 42 years, evaluated the "2021 domestic industrial property data" announced by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.

In 2021, a total of 248,597 domestic industrial property applications were made to the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, including 8,439 patents, 4,418 utility models, 176,493 trademarks and 59,247 designs.

Thus, there was a 3 percent increase in domestic patent applications, a 24 percent increase in utility model applications, a 13 percent increase in trademark applications, and a 41 percent increase in design applications.

When we look at the registration numbers, there was a 51 percent increase with 3,342 domestic patent registrations, while the number of domestic utility model registrations increased by 120 percent, reaching 2,513.

While the number of domestic trademark registrations increased by 33 percent, reaching 114,242, the number of domestic design registrations increased by 16 percent, reaching 44,278.

According to 2021 data announced by TURKPATENT, among the provinces with the most domestic trademark applications in Türkiye in 2021, Istanbul ranked first with 79,608 applications. Ankara ranked second with 14,881 applications, and Izmir ranked third with 11,314 applications.

Izmir was followed by Bursa with 7,896 applications. Antalya, with 5,697 trademark applications, ranked fifth in Türkiye in terms of trademark applications in 2021.

Istanbul ranked first among the provinces with the most domestic patent applications in Türkiye in 2021, with 3,582 applications. Ankara followed with 1,117 applications, while Izmir came in third with 471 patent applications.

While Bursa follows Izmir with 450 applications, Kocaeli became the 5th province with the most patent applications in 2021 with 197 patent applications.

According to the announced data, the manufacturing of medical and surgical equipment and orthopedic devices was the field with the most domestic patent applications with 609 applications, followed by the manufacturing of office machines and computers with 534 applications.

The manufacturing of household appliances not classified elsewhere ranked third with 523 applications, while the manufacturing of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers ranked fourth with 483 applications.

With 469 applications, the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, medicinal chemicals and botanical products was the 5th field with the most domestic patent applications.

Universities account for 11 percent of total domestic patent applications. The top ten institutions, which accounted for 1,534 of the domestic patent applications in 2021, accounted for 18 percent of the total, while 19 universities were among the top 50 institutions filing domestic patent applications.

Support Patent Board Chairman Kemal Yamankaradeniz made the following statements in his evaluation of 2021:

"When we look at 2021 data, we see an increase in trademark and patent applications compared to previous years. This is of great importance for the creativity of our institutions and the development of our country. We believe that the key to achieving higher levels lies in education. It's not just the business world or engineers, but the public in general, from young to old, who need to be more aware. In this regard, institutions like ours, industry, and educational institutions all have significant responsibilities.

As an organization that has been working in the field of industrial property rights for 42 years, we believe we play a significant role in this responsibility. Believing that industrial property rights awareness should be instilled at a young age, we launched our "Own Your Idea" project in 2019. As part of this project, we provide free training to students, entrepreneurs, SMEs, technology transfer offices, and members of sectoral foundations and associations, starting from middle and high school.

In addition to such studies, companies at universities and R&D centers should, of course, conduct research on different products tailored to the needs of their respective sectors, and R&D budgets at universities should be increased. Academic-industry collaborations should be increased, and studies conducted with financial support from TÜBİTAK should translate into more patent and utility model applications. Only through this integration of efforts will our country be able to succeed in global competition and achieve a high share of world trade.

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