Innova Pure Water Strengthens Patent Position For Personal Water Filtration Products

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clearwater, Florida February 21, 2002: 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. Five additional Patents are pending.

"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.

Two pending patents include the new Personal Biological Filter products that have proven so successful in removing E.coli, as well as K. terrigena bacteria and Cryptosporidium cysts, surpassing the EPA requirements, as tested. These products provide the consumer, and potentially the military, with a high degree of effective and convenient protection. A second design has been engineered to specifically meet military needs.

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.

"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.

For further information contact:
Rose C. Smith, or
John E. Nohren Jr.
(727) 572-1000