Dear Colleagues:
The Selection Board for the International Patent Information (IPI) Award
has concluded its deliberations and is to name the third ever recipient of
this prestigious Award.
The recipient has already been notified and an official announcement is to
be made by the IPI Selection Board at the upcoming meeting of the Patent
Information Users Group (PIUG) in Berkeley, California. The PIUG Annual
Conference runs April 20-24, 2002 at the Radisson Berkeley Marina
Hotel. Attendees at the Meeting will have the opportunity to hear of the
International Selection Board's decision first-hand at the luncheon to be
held on Monday, 22 April. The announcement will be made around 1 p.m.
PST. This will be followed by a formal press release and postings to
various bulletin boards.
Please see below for more information about the IPI Award.
Regards
Trudi Jones
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PATENT INFORMATION INDUSTRY HONORS ITS GREAT PROFESSIONALS
In many areas of sciences and the arts there are awards acknowledging the
significant achievements of individuals and their service towards the
advancement of their fields. No such award had existed in the field of
patent information and related disciplines. However, there are many
individuals who, through their ideas, hard work, dedication and personal
leadership, have made a significant positive impact on the profession, as
well as the patent and scientific community.
The annual 'International Patent Information Award' is aimed at recognizing
individual contributions towards the advancement of patent information and
to the patent world in general. The IPI Award, established and sponsored
by Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, Inc., consists of a
plaque and an honorarium of $2500 or other currency equivalent.
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION BOARD FOR THE IPI AWARD 2002:
For the third Award, to be presented in 2002, an International Selection
Board has been formed. The Board's responsibility is to evaluate the
nominations for the Award and select this year's recipient. The Board
comprises the eminent information professionals listed below:
* Ms. Lucy Akers, Information Consultant and former Team Leader,
Intellectual Property Management at ExxonMobil (US); current Chairperson of
the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG).
* Dr. Ebe Campi, Principal Director at the European Patent Office (The
Netherlands); also past President of the Patent Documentation Group (PDG)
in Europe.
* Mr. Jeffrey Forman, Manager, Information Services, Intellectual Property
Law of IBM (US); Chairman of one of the PIUG committees.
* Dr. Christoph Haxel, Director, Henkel InfoCenter (Germany); current
President of the Patent Documentation Group (PDG) in Europe.
* Mr. Koh Ishii of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil (Japan); past President of several
patent information user groups in Japan.
* Ms. Barbara Peterson, Director of Library & Information Services at 3M
(US); past Chairperson of the Industrial Technical Information Managers
Group (ITIMG).
* Dr. Ian Sinclair, Manager of Information Resources at Pfizer (UK); former
Vice President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe.
* Mr. Ford Khorsandian (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member);
President, Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, current Vice
Chairman of the PIUG.
For further information, contact Ford Khorsandian at the address shown
below, or visit the Award website at: http://www.PatentInformationAward.com
for information on last year's recipient. Announcements regarding this
year's recipient will be posted to the website in May, 2002.
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16885 Via Del Campo Court, Suite 215
San Diego, CA 92127
Tel:(858)592 9084 Fax:(858) 592 0045
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