Innova Pure Water Strengthens Patent Position For Personal Water Filtration Products

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Innova Pure Water Strengthens Patent Position For Personal Water Filtration Products

FLORIDA, CLEARWATER, Feb. 4 -/E-Wire/-- Innova Pure Water, Inc. (IPUR: OTCBB) has been awarded eight new patents relative to their portable water filters over the past eighteen months, according to Chairman John E. Nohren, bringing their total number of patents held to over forty.

"These patents materially broaden and strengthen Innova's position covering the personal water filtration segment of market," stated Nohren. The new patents are 6,136,189, 6,165,362, 6,277,284, 6,136,189, 6,193,886, 6,200,471, 6,221,416 and 6,153,096.

Innova has two additional patents pending in the personal portable filtration field including one to cover the new Biological Filter product that has proven successful in removing E. coli, as well as K. terrigena bacteria and Cryptosporidium cysts, surpassing the EPA requirements, as tested, providing the consumer with a high degree of affordable and convenient protection. Three additional patents have also been filed to protect Innova's new Static Filtration Pitcher products and technology.

Over the past three years, Innova has successfully litigated its patent 5,609,759 on three occasions resulting in Aladdin Sales and Marketing vacating the market while The Brita Products Company and Seychelle Environmental Technology are continuing to market portable filter bottles under license and royalty agreements with Innova. In the remaining suit against Safari, it appears that Safari has also vacated the market.

"As a matter of policy, Innova will continue to forcefully defend its patents and is aware of further opportunities to secure its position of leadership, " concluded Nohren.

Innova Pure Water, Inc. (IPUR: OTCBB), founded in 1985, is a recognized leader in consumer product water treatment technology. Innova is based in Clearwater, Florida and can be found on the web at www.ipur.com.

Except for historical information, matters discussed above, including statements about future growth, profitability, costs or expectations, are forward-looking statements based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections. Important factors that could cause results to differ materially from management's expectations are described in "Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation" in the company's SEC Form 10-K for the year ending June 30, 2001, as updated from time to time in the company's SEC filings. Those factors include, but are not limited to, marketplace conditions and events, the company's costs, risks inherent in litigation or international operations, the success of new products, integration of acquisitions, and environmental, regulatory and intellectual property matters.

Innova Pure Water, Inc.

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