Through the IPI Discussion Lists, you can communicate with like-minded patent information professionals everywhere, in any language you choose. To subscribe or unsubscribe takes only a minute and the benefits include the following:
Keep up with the latest news and developments in the patent information industry
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‘IPI-Discussions’ -- for Patent Information Professionals in General
The general IPI-Institute Patent Information Discussion List, IPI-Discussions, is made available to anyone who is working in or is associated with the field of patent information, such as patent information users, vendors, patent offices, etc. It is intended to provide an interactive forum for the discussion of patent information searching and related subjects.
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‘IPI-Eng’ -- for Patent Information Professionals in Engineering
Information specialists working in the electronics and engineering fields are also encouraged to join the IPI-Eng Discussion List. This has been specifically established for the discussion of topics of unique and specialist interest to information professionals in the engineering areas. Examples of subjects addressed could include classification searching, full text searching, use of specialist indexing and databases, searching of drawings, etc.. Anyone registering or intending to register for IPI-ConfEx should also join the IPI-Discussion list above to receive important announcements regarding conference arrangements, as well as for general patent information discussions.
