Turkey: 2011 Patent Days

ANKARA - Turkish Patent Institute organizes on May 26 and 27, 2011 “Patent Days”, which has been held in various cities of Turkey since 2008, in Ankara this year. The purpose of the organization is to encourage innovation, productiveness and creativity as well as increasing the level of knowledge and awareness in the field of industrial property rights. The organization partner of this year is Hacettepe University, Ankara.

The technology need of industry and practical need of universities are met by the cooperation between universities and industry in many countries. Turkish Patent Institute, which has a strategic role in terms of all public and private sectors, aims at contributing the improvement of the creative and innovative structure of Turkish economy and industry through industrial property rights that have a great role in the technological and economical development of countries.

During the “Patent Days”, informative seminars will be held and patent experts will provide consultancy service free of charge. Among the Institute’s main purposes are;

- Small and medium sized enterprises could find chance to follow the latest technology trends and their competitors,
- Universities could transform their current scientific studies into patents and offer them to the use of industrialists,
- Enterprises could find solutions to the technical problems they encounter during the manufacture process,
- Enterprises could develop new idea products utilizing patent documents.

In addition, the participants will also be informed about the Patent and R&D contributions provided by Ministry of Industry and Trade, TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institution) as well as KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization).