PIUG 2005 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals
The Future of Patent Information - Tools and Techniques for Adding Value
Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May 26, 2005
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
This is a reminder for those interested in presenting a talk at the PIUG
2005 Annual Conference. The conference will take place from Saturday,
May 21 to Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City,
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, USA, 22202, (703) 418-1234,
www.crystalcity.hyatt.com. The theme for the conference is "The Future
of Patent Information - Tools and Techniques for Adding Value". The
deadline for submission of a talk has been extended to January 31, 2005.
We are particularly interested to hear from information users within
corporations, patent offices, patent offices, law firms, or universities
who are able to discuss one of the following topics:
Post Processing Tools, Techniques and Philosophies
- Examples of software (BizInt, STN Express, etc.) used to format
results
- Macros or programs you have written to format results, write reports
or just make our jobs easier
- Philosophies on screening, analysis, report writing
- Comparison of search output/reports for different clients, types of
search
- Tips and techniques
- Case studies
- Applying software tools, e.g. patent mapping software, to enhance or
visualize search results
New and future technology - - Patent Analysis Tools and Techniques in
2005+
- New technologies adapted for patent analysis, text mining
- Primer on database technology
- Introduction to XML and why it matters
- Chemistry without structures
- Data exchange between different analysis tools
- Comparison of new tools for claims analysis
Paperless Patent Offices
- Searching for patent examiners or lawyers; how the search is used
- Patent examiners and the paperless patent office
- Challenges for the mechanical arts - searching images
- Primer/glossary of IP terminology
Hot Topics
- Practical challenges facing the patent analyst
- Retrospective information - incorporating older data into the
commercial databases - comparison of vendors; examples or case studies
- Classification systems - when to use, comparisons, examples or case
studies
Patent Office Updates
- Impact of EPO's chemical registration project
- USPTO early publication - the first 5 years
- What's happening with IPC Reform
- Reform of the PCT and Substantive Patent Law Treaty
Papers on other topics are also desirable, for example, papers
highlighting specific tips and techniques for doing patent / literature
research or analysis, or else papers falling in one or more of the
following general categories:
- Expert Patent Searching
- Strategic Issues
- Business Impact of Patent Information
- Case Studies
If these or related themes fall into your area of expertise then we
would like to hear from you!
Please send your proposed speaker name, brief biography, full contact
information, presentation title, and abstract to Barbara.L.Burg_at_gsk.com
and Terri_at_terridockter.com on or before January 31, 2005, for full
consideration. If you think you may be interested in speaking but
require management approval beforehand, please let us know so that we
can begin to consider your general proposal for a paper in the meantime
(submission of just a few descriptive sentences will be sufficient).
The organizers reserve the right to accept abstracts at their discretion
in order to assemble the best possible program. Invited speakers may
take precedence over other speakers. Please be advised that your
abstract submission may be published on the Internet or elsewhere,
shortly after receipt or at any time thereafter. Therefore, do not
include confidential or business-sensitive information in your abstract.
If you would like to make a recommendation for a speaker on a particular
topic, we would appreciate hearing from you. Please do not hesitate to
contact the 2005 PIUG Annual Conference organizers with your views.
Please visit www.piug.org for further information regarding the
conference.
Best regards,
Barbara Burg (Barbara.L.Burg_at_gsk.com)
Terri Dockter (Terri_at_terridockter.com)
Program Committee Co-chairs
The Patent Information Users Group, Inc. (PIUG), the International
Society for Patent Information, is a not-for-profit organization for
individuals having a professional, scientific or technical interest in
patent information. With the ever increasing volume of patents and
related technical documents, the effective retrieval and analysis of
patent information has become an essential skill in business. The
mission of PIUG is therefore to encourage the development of patent
information research and analysis systems, to further develop members'
patent research and analysis skills, and to provide appropriate
recognition for its members excelling in the field. Through this
international forum and discussion, we promote and improve the
retrieval, analysis and dissemination of patent information.
As of October 2004, PIUG had 570 members, including nearly 300 patent
information professionals who do patent searching for a corporation,
over 40 patent information professionals who do patent searching for law
firms and 70 patent information consultants. PIUG members are employed
in performing patentability, freedom to practice, and validity patent
searches for Fortune 500 / multi-national companies, leading
universities and major IP law firms. We have a very active discussion
list with over 1400 subscribers world-wide. For more information, see
www.piug.org.
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