Syrian inventor Hikmat Jabouli wins first place in the world in the Intellectual Property Competition
Damascus (ST): The Syrian engineer, Hikmat Jabouli, won first place in the world in the World Intellectual Property Day competition by inventing a smart electronic device that helps paraplegics to walk, move and stand.
In a statement immediately after the results were released, the engineer confirmed that she was able to obtain the largest number of votes in the competition, expressing her great happiness at winning and that she was able to represent Syria globally.
Jabouli thanked every Syrian who supported her voice and everyone who contributed to the delivery of her message globally, stressing her determination to continue her efforts to come up with new inventions that serve the Syrian people .
Ghana and China won the second and third places in the Youth Video Contest on this year’s World Intellectual Property Day, which bears the theme “Intellectual Property and Youth…Innovation for a Better Future”.
The 25-year-old engineer, a graduate of Damascus University, Department of Medical Engineering, managed to invent a smart electronic orthosis for paraplegics in order to support her little sister Ghazal, who was exposed to mortar shrapnel during the terrorist war on Syria.
The device invented by Hikmat was granted a patent in 2018 and was awarded the WIPO Gold Medal in 2019 from the World Intellectual Property Organization in Switzerland.