Patent Landscape Report on Desalination Technologies and the Use of Alternative Energies for Desalination.

Patent Landscape Report on Desalination Technologies and the Use of Alternative Energies for Desalination.

Book

92 pages ; [28] cm.

9789280521665

2790-7015 (Online)
2790-7007 (Print)

This report identified 4551 patent families (including utility models) that claim inventions related to desalination of water, and 921 families describing the combination of desalination technologies with the use of renewable energies. Based on this patent collection, various patterns of patenting activity and innovation in the area of desalination are presented, with a separate focus on the use of renewable energies for desalination. A comprehensive explanation of the search methodology and history (including all search queries), and of the evaluation of the search results is included and illustrates how patent information can be retrieved and exploited in the area of desalination.

Print publication.

Patent Landscape Reports.

Geneva, Switzerland : World Intellectual Property Organization, 2011.

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