Re: [CHMINF-L] Edlyn Simmons named IPI-Award Recipient

Congratulations to the selection committee for an excellent choice, Edlyn
Simmons, for the IPI 2005 Award, and congratulations to Edlyn on receiving
the award. I've known Edlyn ever since I became active in patent searching
and I consider her to be one of my continuing mentors in the field (patents
especially are a life-long learning process, right?). I've also had the
privilege of serving with her on several of the advisory groups cited. She
has always been an essential contributor to the work of those groups.

For those of you who haven't heard Edlyn speak on one of her favorite
topics, you can catch a glimpse of her informative yet entertaining style
whenever she answers a question or plea for help on either of these lists.
Edlyn, we're looking forward to future presentations and publications. Last
week, I was looking over the still evolving 5th Edition of Kirk Othmer and
wondering if Edlyn would be writing the chapter on patents. I and others
are looking forward with great anticipation for its publication.

-- Bob Buntrock
Buntrock Associates
Orono, ME

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From: "Trudi Jones" <searches_at_TPRINTERNATIONAL.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: [CHMINF-L] Edlyn Simmons named IPI-Award Recipient


March 2005: For Immediate Release.


MS. EDLYN SIMMONS JOINS PATENT INFORMATION INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME

Ms. Edlyn Simmons, Section Manager for Patent Information in the
Intellectual Property and Business Information Services Department at
Proctor & Gamble in the U.S., is being honored as the recipient of the
International Patent Information IPI-Award 2005.

The news was heard by over 300 information professionals attending the
recent International Patent Information Conference & Exposition, IPI-ConfEx
2005, in Benalmadena, Southern Spain on March 8th.

Presiding over the event were members of the IPI-Award Selection Board, an
international body responsible for reviewing the nominations. As Master of
Ceremonies, the proceedings were commenced by Mr. Ford Khorsandian, who is
also the founder of the Award. The other Board members present were Mr.
Roland Herberger, Mr. Koh Ishii, Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler, Ms. Lucy
Teixeira Akers, and Ms. Julie Watters. Those not able to be present, but
who sent their best wishes, were Dr. Sandra Unger, Dr. Richard Kurt, Mr.
Yutaka Wada and IPI-Award Board Chairman, Dr. Ian Sinclair.

Following an introduction by Trudi Jones on behalf of Award sponsors
Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, the name of the recipient
for 2005 was jointly announced by Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler (herself an
IPI-Award recipient in 2003) and Ms. Lucy Teixeira Akers. Both praised the
achievements of Ms. Simmons, stating that: "She has been a tireless
lobbyist and advocate on behalf of patent information professionals
everywhere, liaising with vendors to ensure viable, higher quality services
and new products (notably Markush systems), with better features and
benefits for our profession." The audience enthusiastically greeted the
announcement with applause and was delighted to hear the comments of Ms.
Edlyn Simmons herself via a live telephone link-up from her Ohio home in
the United States.

Mr. Roland Herberger and Ms. Julie Watters shared some biographical
highlights of Ms. Simmons' impressive career and her many achievements as a
leading educator and advisor in the field of patent information.

Mr. Koh Ishii congratulated Ms. Simmons on behalf of the Selection Board
and the conference attendees. Ms. Simmons addressed the IPI-ConfEx
audience, saying: "I'm thrilled to be honored with the IPI-Award by my
friends and colleagues in the patent information profession. My career has
given me an opportunity to learn from others in the field and to share what
I've learned with patent information professionals around the world by
writing and presenting at conferences. Through patent information, I've
traveled and made friends around the world. Receiving the IPI-Award is
like the icing on the cake."

Mr. David Dickens (Questel Orbit) and Mr. Michael Blackman (World Patent
Information Journal, Elsevier) joined those on stage to offer their
congratulations and invite Ms. Simmons to share some anecdotes from her
career. The full text of the announcement will be available shortly on the
Award website at http://www.IPI-Award.com.


A LEADING EDUCATOR IN OUR PROFESSION:

Edlyn Simmons gained both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Chemistry
from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

 From an early career in Chemistry, she transitioned into patents whilst at
Merrell National Laboratories. There she became a Patent Agent and served
the company as patent information manager for many years under the banners
of Marion Merrell Dow and Hoechst Marion Roussel. She moved to Procter &
Gamble in 1999, continuing her career in patent information management.

Perhaps one of Ms. Simmons' most significant contributions is the role that
she has played in co-founding the Patent Information Users Group, the
PIUG. The PIUG has grown to be a major force in patent information and its
existence is largely due to the efforts of Edlyn Simmons in particular and
a handful of other farsighted individuals who, in 1987, saw the need for
such an organization and took steps to make it a reality. Ms. Simmons has
served as Chair of the PIUG from 1990-1992 and Director-at-Large from
2000-2004. She is currently serving another term as Director-at-Large
until 2006.

Over the years, Ms. Simmons has also played a major role as advisor and/or
Board Member to various other associations and vendor organizations,
including:

* ACS Board-Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service
* Derwent Subscriber Advisory Committee
* Questel Orbit International Advisory Council
* Pharmaceutical Educational & Research Institute
* ACS National Chemical Information Symposia
* ACS division of Chemistry and the Law

Ms. Simmons is well known within the patent information industry for her
informative presentations and for her educational instruction and
encouragement of others in their pursuit of careers in patent
information. Ms. Simmons has a string of publications to her
credit. Among these, she has made editorial contributions to two books:
co-authoring with Dr. Stu Kaback the chapter on patent information in the
'Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology' (she is currently working
on her own in updating the 5th edition), as well as authoring three
editions of a chapter in the 'Manual of Online Search Strategies'. In
addition, she serves on the editorial advisory board for the
highly-regarded 'World Patent Information' journal.

The nomination for Edlyn Simmons was put forward by Dr. Stu Kaback
(formerly of ExxonMobil) and was seconded by Mr. Robert Massie (Chemical
Abstracts), Ms. Nancy Lambert (ChevronTexaco), Ms. Bettina Voelk (BDV), Ms.
Shirley Bailey-Wood (formerly of Derwent), Mr. David Dickens (Questel
Orbit), Dr. Peter Rusch (consultant), and Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler (BASF).

The presentation of the actual IPI-Award plaque to Ms. Simmons will take
place later this year at a ceremony to be held during the PIUG Annual
Meeting, which takes place May 21-26 at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City,
Arlington, VA.

Anyone wishing to send a congratulatory message to Ms. Simmons may send an
email to simmons.es_at_pg.com.


AWARD BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY:

The International Patent Information (IPI) Award is sponsored by Technology
& Patent Research (TPR) International Inc. The IPI-Award selection process
is presided over by a Board of eminent patent information industry
professionals representing Europe, the United States and Japan. The
IPI-Award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $3000.

Ford Khorsandian, President of TPR, explains: "The International Patent
Information Award has been established to pay tribute to one individual
each year who, through their career as a dedicated patent information
professional, has made a significant positive impact on patent
information. It is intended to highlight the patent information profession
in general and how the profession is valued by others. The Award is made
on an international level and has been set up to represent the pinnacle of
achievement in the patent information profession. Now marking five years
since its inception, the IPI-Award Hall of Fame is an impressive who's who
in patent information. We celebrate these pioneers and learn from their
experiences."

 From its base in San Diego, California, TPR International specializes in
in-depth searching of both patent and non-patent information through online
databases, manual searching of document collections worldwide, and provides
patent intelligence services to multi-national R&D based corporations and
patent law firms. For more information, visit
http://www.TPRInternational.com


SEE THE IPI-AWARD WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS:

The IPI-Award website at http://www.IPI-Award.com will soon be updated with
a photograph of Ms. Edlyn Simmons and speech transcripts of the recent
event.

For further information on the IPI-Award, or the specialist patent
information conference and exposition, IPI-ConfEx
(http://www.IPI-ConfEx.com), which takes place in Europe every March,
contact: Trudi Jones, Trudi_at_IPI-Institute.com or
searches_at_TPRInternational.com, +1(858)592 9084.

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