IPI-ConfEx

Meeting Abstracts

Challenges for IP and Patent Protection in a New World Order
Yo Takagi, Executive Director, Global IP Infrastructure Department, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Abstract
Globalization, ICT and emerging economies are transforming the world economy, innovation, business and policies. New challenges facing the patent system will be analyzed in the global context. Possible ways of developing the global IP system in response to a driving force towards a new world order provide us with new opportunities for patent information. WIPO’s new strategic initiatives will also be discussed to create a level playing field of innovation and business, and to coordinate and develop “Global IP Infrastructure.”

Biography
Mr. Yo Takagi is the Executive Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He now takes lead of WIPO’s new strategic initiative of coordinating and developing global intellectual property infrastructure, including patent information services and policies. He has 30 years of experience in intellectual property. He joined WIPO in 1994 as the Director of Industrial Property Information. Previously, he was a patent examiner at the Japan Patent Office. He was responsible for WIPO’s strategic planning and policies development from 1999 to 2008. Born in 1955, he was educated at Kyoto University where he majored in chemical engineering.

Open Innovation and Intellectual Property
Bruce Ackman, Director, Business Development, InnoCentive, Inc.

Abstract
The promise of Open Innovation is characterized by speed of execution and diversity of thought. Speed and diversity however can complicate to the evaluation of, and decisions on, any attendant Intellectual Property Rights that may arise. This presentation will describe the environment under which Open Innovation may give rise to new Intellectual Property as well as methods for effective identification, evaluation and management of potential Intellectual Property Rights from potentially diverse sources and perspectives.

Biography
Bruce Ackman has been with InnoCentive for more than six years, from the early days of the company’s growth through to the present, where InnoCentive is the leading authority on Prize-based Open Innovation. Bruce has been involved in the development and introduction to the marketplace, of many aspects of InnoCentive’s business model and current services and now has responsibility for business development activity within Eastern North America and EMEA. As an early practitioner of Open Innovation, Bruce has a broad understanding of the cultural, commercial, technical and intellectual property rights aspects of Open Innovation and has worked with dozens of the worlds largest and most progressive research-centric organizations to communicate and implement InnoCentive’s unique model.

Bruce holds degrees in Biochemistry and Business from McGill and Queen’s University in Canada and, prior to joining InnoCentive, has spent his career in the commercial development of emerging technologies in the life sciences and materials sciences fields. His background includes university technology transfer, entrepreneurship and technology based start-ups and biotechnology business development.

How to Obtain the Information of Japanese Patents in the Shortest Time Lag
Izumi Tsuzuki, Associate Professor
Graduate School of Intellectual Property Osaka Institute of Technology

Abstract
To access the Japanese patent information, free databases on IPDL supported by INPI are available. The time lag of the databases of IPDL written in English is fairly short, compared with the databases commercially supplied. And if you use Japanese databases of simple interface (easy to use for English speaking people) on IPDL and access the information in the databases of English together with the databases of Japanese, you will be able to get the Japanese patent information without most time-lag. Considering the time-lag of Japanese patent information, the method how you can use the English databases together with Japanese databases of simple interface to get more quick information of Japanese patents is suggested.

Biography
Izumi Tsuzuki holds Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Kyoto University (Japan). She worked for Maruzen more then 10 years as an instructor of Dialog Information System and patent databases. After quitted the company, she joined a patent office in Osaka. After some years, she joined KMK Digitex and G-Search (those are Japanese database providing company and/or an agent of Dialog). Since April of 2005, she is an associate professor of Graduate School of Intellectual Property of Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan). She is one of the vice chairmen of the committee of Online Patent Retrieval Contest at INPIT and AKPIC.

The importance of IP and R&D During Economic Downturns
David Brown, President, IP Solutions, the Scientific Business of Thomson Reuters

Abstract
The world is in an economic slowdown of unprecedented proportion. News headlines are filled with stories of company downsizings and workers being laid off.

During this session, you will learn why it is in just such times that it is critical for companies to continue with their R&D investments and to protect their innovations through intellectual property. Doing this will give the organization a competitive advantage and a point from which to grow when the economy improves.

Intellectual assets are also a source of revenue for companies struggling with cash flow. Knowing how to assess an IP portfolio and value the rights is critical to finding ways to segregate assets and turn the appropriate ones into capital.

Hear from a top executive at the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters about how intellectual property is becoming an even more important asset in this environment and how some leading organizations are using it to weather the economic storm.

Biography
David Brown is Executive Vice President of Corporate Markets, a strategic business unit at the
Scientific business of Thomson Reuters.

In this role, he is responsible for meeting the needs of Thomson Reuters corporate clients
and for managing Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property and Engineering solutions. During his
19 years in the information industry, David has held a variety of senior management roles, having
previously served as executive vice president and general manager of Dialog, senior vice president
of content development, senior vice president of strategic accounts, and senior vice president of
NewsEdge following its acquisition by Thomson.

David holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina and
bachelor’s degrees from the University of Notre Dame in history and computer science. David also
serves on the board of NFAIS, the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services.
He is based in Cary, N.C.

EPC 2000 and the London Agreement - Impact of These Changes on
European Patent Documentation
Marjolaine Thulin, Patent Information Specialist, AWAPATENT AB

Abstract
The reformed European Patent Convention, EPC 2000, has given new opportunities to patent applicants during prosecution of patent applications at the European Patent Office. Together with the London Agreement it has also added new elements to the already somewhat complex life of a European patent granted by the EPO, with validations in designated states, oppositions, amendments, revocation… This presentation will give an overview of major changes brought by these two reforms and how they could affect the European patent documentation.

Biography
Marjolaine Thulin, B.Sc. and with a degree in Informatics from the Stockholm University, has been a patent searcher since the early 1980s. After working for the Swedish Board for Technical Development and at Patent information AB she joined AWAPATENT AB in 1992 as patent information specialist. AWAPATENT AB, one of the largest patent attorney firms in Europe has been named Sweden IP Firm of the Year 2008 by the industry’s leading global magazine, Managing Intellectual Property. Marjolaine is a member of SACEPO-PDI, of SIPIG (Swedish IP Information Group) and of SFIS (Swedish Association of Information Specialists).

From Charts to Smarts: Affordable Visualizations for Extraction of IP Intelligence
Elliott Linder, Marketing Director, Questel

Abstract
Graphical representations of IP information can yield valuable insights into relationships and trends, but sophisticated graphical tools have been historically expensive. This presentation will feature a series of high-value-added interactive charting and graphing functionalities available in a cost-effective module built into a powerful, data-rich patent search and workfile interface. One-click extended Patent Family graphing will be featured.

Biography
Elliott Linder earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from New York University. He served for nearly 23 years at the American Petroleum Institute’s Central Abstracting and Information Services as indexing manager and editor of the API Thesaurus. During this period his professional affiliation with Orbit began when, in 1975, Orbit was the first service to make the API files available online.
From 1993 to 1994 Mr Linder was a senior information specialist on contract to NASA, where he oversaw publication of the NASA Thesaurus and worked on the procurement recommendation for replacement of the RECON search and retrieval system.
Mr Linder spent 1995 to 1998 as senior product manager at Chadwyck-Healey Inc, where he created and managed the International Index to Music Periodicals, as well as three other electronic music and performing arts database products and two electronic history/social science products.
From 1999 to 2002 Mr Linder was a senior information specialist on contract to the Search and Information Resources Administration (SIRA) of the USPTO.
Mr Linder has now come full circle, joining Questel in 2002, serving as Sales Manager, North America, and currently as Marketing Director.

Parallel Breakout Focus Discussion Sessions

During this designated time-slot in the programme, delegates will have the opportunity to participate in parallel Breakout Discussion Sessions in groups. For this Session, delegates will select one Information Area of Interest group that they would like to join (IP Landscaping & Mapping, Tex Mining & Visualisation Tools, Asian Patent Information, etc.) to discuss the questions presented in the table for Breakout Session 1 shown below.

Once delegates have submitted their registration form for the conference, they will be sent details separately on how to enroll for one of these Focus Discussion groups.

In addition, each of the topics below will also be presented to all of the delegates during the Plenary Session.

Areas Of Interest	Breakout Focus Discussion Session followed by presentation during plenary session
IP Landscaping & Mapping (a)	Small Focus Discussion Groups led by Facilitators
Text Mining & Visualisation Tools (b)
Asian Patent Information (c)
Quality in Patent Information 1 - Hosts & Providers (d)
Quality in Patent Information 2 - the Search Process, Analysis and Reporting (e)
Recruiting and Developing Patent Information Professionals (f)
Current Awareness Services (g)
Chemical Structure Searching - Tips and Techniques (h)
Biosequence Searching - Tips and Techniques (i)
Challenges in Searching Engineering Subject Matter: Non-text Content in Engineering - Tables, Diagrams, Drawings, and Charts (j) Engineering Patent Searching Options -- Broad Classification vs Indexing and Keywords (k)

Asian Patent Coverage on STN
Ursula Klemm, STN Sales Manager, FIZ-Karlsruhe

Abstract
A company filing patent applications worldwide cannot ignore patent literature from East Asian countries. More than half of the patent applications filed every year are written in Japanese, Chinese or Korean. STN International has made a wealth of patent information from China, Korea and India available in English language, most notably recent Chinese utility models. An overview on content and database-specific features will be given for STN’s value-add files CAPLUS and DWPI as well as for INPAFAMDB, JAPIO and KOREAPAT.

Biography
Ursula Klemm joined FIZ Karlsruhe in 1984 – the early years of STN International. After many years working for the Customer Support of FIZ Karlsruhe/STN and supporting customers with specialized training for STN patent databases, she is working as STN Sales Manager, especially responsible for Southern Europe, Israel and Asia for a couple of years. Ursula holds a Masters degree in mineralogy and a PhD in organic geochemistry from Mainz University (DE).

Partnering with a Search Firm – One Element of a Strategy for Patent Information Management in Changing Times
Mark Hower, Product Manager, TPR International

Abstract
In determining which search firm to partner with, considerations must include technical capabilities, global network of resources, reputation in the industry, and cost. One of the biggest advantages of partnering with a search firm is that you can continue to do what you do best while improving your productivity. This partnership can offer you the options of taking on overload work, handling unfamiliar areas of technology, or taking on research which may not be easily handled internally. You can leverage your relationship to bring value to your company beyond what may be possible with current resources.

Biography
Mark Hower is a Product Manager with TPR International. His career in patent information and searching began in 1991 when he joined Derwent Information in North America. He subsequently held positions in sales, marketing and product development with SmartPatents (later renamed Aurigin Systems), the developer of Aureka, and with MicroPatent, where he directed the launch of PatentWeb.

Mark has worked as a consultant with various technology companies, including a start-up patent searching company. More recently he returned to patent searching and analysis with the IP strategy consulting group at CPA. In his early days he was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. He graduated from Bucknell University and received his MBA from the Darden School of the University of Virginia. His graduate research was on the development of ACE inhibitors for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders after serving an internship at Rhone Poulenc Rorer.

Mark is a member of PIUG and LES. He resides in McLean, Virginia.

IP Developments Around the World, with particular reference to EU and USA
Anna Pezzoli, Patent Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline

Abstract
Recent developments at the European Patent Office (EPO) including Trilateral Cooperation, Collaboration on Documentation Searches among EPO, JPO (Japanese Patent Office) and USPTO (USA Patent Office).
Raising the Bar for patentability.
Regulatory Data Protection and Paediatric Regulation.
US Patent Law Reform.

Biography
Qualifications
Degree in Chemistry
Two-year post degree course in organic chemistry
Qualified Italian patent agent.
European patent attorney
Experience
Worked at Padova University as a researcher for 3 years in peptide chemistry .
Joined Glaxo Research Medicinal Chemistry Dept. in Verona (Italy) in 1986. Joined Patents Unit within the Legal Deparment of GlaxoSmithKline Italy in 1992 and became member of GSK Corporate Intellectual Property Department in 1995.

A New Semantic- and Machine Learning Based Approach to Patent Valuation
Bernd Drapp, Head of Innovation and IP Management, Fraunhofer-TEG

Abstract
The value of something cannot be stated in the abstract; all that can be stated is its value in a
particular place, at a particular time, in particular circumstances (King, 2001).Thus, the value of a
patent is not a fixed number. However, the management of intellectual assets has become a central
feature in the new knowledge-based economy. The motivation for the valuation of Intellectual
Property, especially for patents differs from case to case. E.g. selling a patent or buying a patent or
strategic decisions on R&D investments. Due to the different motivations there is neither an agreed
formula nor a common approach for the valuation process, especially when the strategic value is asked
instead of the monetary value.

In the past, so-called patent value indicators were gathered and classified. Most of these indicators
are based on bibliographic- and patent meta data as length of the independent claims and number of
IPCs, repectively.

In our paper we present a new approach for the classification and valuation of patents which
combines machine learning techniques, text mining and the semantic analysis of a patent’s content.
Following our approach the value indicators are not longer limited to bibliographic or mata data. The
usage of text mining tools in combination with the semantic analysis of a patent document enable to
create new content based value indicators. Indicators such as: “Kind of Patent (e.g., method, process or
substance patent)”, “Technical sophistication”, “Width of the claims” or “Object of protection”) can
only be obtained by means of content distillery techniques. We used content distillery techniques
involving Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) which is a suitable method for extracting and representing
the meaning of words given in terms of their contextual usage by statistical computations applied to a
large corpus. We also report how a neuronal network, text mining tools and the semantic analysis of
patent were combined to achieve a flexible and powerful patent valuation module.

Biography
Dr. Bernd Drapp is heading the Innovation- and IP-Management at the Fraunhofer-TEG. The group
carries out industrial projects in almost all IP related areas including IP-valuation and liquidations. The
group’s research interests address the usage of patent data along the innovation process and
technology analysis by the means of patent data. The group also has carried out research projects in
the field of sematic analysis of scientific publications as a tool for a new customer service in the area
of knowledge brokerage.

Enhancing the Dialog User Experience: New Full-Text Content and Tools from ProQuest
Lynn Christie, Vice President, Global Product Management, Dialog LLC

Abstract
With the ProQuest alignment, Dialog customers in the global professional community of librarians and researchers are gaining new capabilities, with product lines that build on the core values of precision searching, breadth and depth of content and top notch customer support. This presentation reveals some of the opportunities for Dialog content to be enriched by ProQuest resources that are in the pipeline for 2009

Biography
Lynn Christie sets strategy and development for products on the Dialog® and DataStar® platforms.

Lynn’s information industry roots are deep. Before joining Dialog, Lynn was Director of Publisher Relations for Ovid Technologies, part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Previous to that, she was Vice President for Business Development for the Foundation Center, where she developed two new online products that help non-profits identify and solicit funding from foundations.

Lynn was also Senior Director, Electronic Products for Thomson Healthcare and Vice President and Managing Director for FIND/SVP (now Guideline), where she managed the publishing division. She was Vice President and Publisher for Frost & Sullivan, the leading publisher of market research reports worldwide.

Lynn graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in History from Colorado College. She is currently based in New York City and will be operating from Dialog’s London offices beginning in early 2009.

Machine Translations – Are They Meeting the Needs of the
Patent Information Community
Sandra Bailly, Senior Information Scientist, Procter & Gamble

Abstract
Patent Researchers have become more exposed to foreign languages and more particularly to Asian languages. Searching, retrieving and understanding Asian and Cyrillic patent languages have always provided non native speaking patent researchers with a significant challenge. This presentation will discuss various machine translation tools available in the IP world. Limitations, strengths and possible improvement solutions will be highlighted, illustrated with relevant examples

Biography
I have a master degree in Organic Chemistry form university of Strasbourg (France) and a Master Degree in Information Science from university of Nancy (France). I am Senior Information Scientist at Procter and Gamble, based at the Brussels Innovation Center. I’ve joined P&G in 2001 as Patent Researcher supporting the P&G Health Care business and in the last 4 years, I am supporting the P&G Household Care business. P&G is the third company that I worked for and I have 10 years of professional experience in the patent research area.

BizInt Smart Charts 4.0 – The Next Generation of Creating Multi-Database Reports
Diane Webb, President & CEO, BizInt Solutions, Inc

Abstract
The focus of BizInt development in 2009 is Version 4.0, a major upgrade to BizInt Smart Charts for Patents and BizInt Smart Charts for Drug Pipelines. Version 4.0 will introduce the concept of "reference rows" -- the ability to create a single row combining information from different sources.

In BizInt Smart Charts Version 3 you can combine related information from different databases and hosts into a single tabular report or "chart". Each record is represented by a single row in the chart with a link back to the original record. Similar information from different sources is aligned in the same column. The "Generate Common Drug Name" tool analyzes drug names and synonyms to help identify related compounds in BizInt Smart Charts for Drug Pipelines. A similar "Identify Common Patent Families" helps group related patent records from different sources.

Version 4.0 will take the next step in working with combined reports. You will be able to generate a "reference row" which represents related drug records or patent family members. Reference rows will be constructed automatically based on user-defined rules. These rules will define how information should be selected from different records to construct each cell in the reference row. You will also be able to override these selections on a cell by cell basis. Reference rows will contain links to all the original records associated with a reference row.

Biography
Diane Webb is co-founder, President and CEO of BizInt Solutions, Inc. Diane has 20 years of experience managing the development of software tools for information analysis. Prior to joining TRW, Inc., Diane managed several US Government projects in which the core technology used in BizInt Smart Charts was developed. In 1993, she launched the TRW "defense conversion" project which created the initial Smart Charts concept and software. In 1996, Diane and John Willmore purchased the Smart Charts product and founded BizInt Solutions. Diane has degrees in the history of science and physics from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. She spends much of her time outside work training and competing with her three longhaired dachshunds.

Text Mining and How Patent Professionals Can Benefit From It Today
Manfred Pitz, Director of Sales, Temis

Abstract
In this overview style presentation you will learn what advantages Text Mining holds for patent information professionals. By enriching patent information with a variety of annotation components, so called Skill Cartridges™, the users of TEMIS’ software solution Luxid® benefit from enhanced search capabilities and a wide range of analytic functions. Besides domain specific pre-built annotation components, companies and organizations are also able to apply their existing in-house knowledge. This way they not only gain speed but also a competitive advantage.

Biography
Manfred Pitz joined TEMIS in 2004 and oversees TEMIS’ sales activities in Germany and Austria. Manfred started his career at Hoechst (now part of Sanofi-Aventis) where he worked in the marketing department of the polyester film division both in Germany and the US. Prior to TEMIS, Manfred has held management positions in the software industry for over ten years. Manfred holds a master degree in economics, with a focus on information technology and marketing

Leveraging Keyword Searching and Advanced Filtering for Relevant
Sequence Search Result Reports
Laurent Wiart, Senior Application Scientist, GenomeQuest

Abstract
Keyword searching is a powerful tool for quickly identifying sequences of interest to your project. In GenomeQuest, you can use the advanced syntax for keyword searching, coupled with grouping and sorting features, to organize and analyze your search results. GenomeQuest enables you to go even deeper using the FilterSmart technology, which includes over 60 filtering terms, and pre-set filters for pre-set filters for legal status, patent sequence location, and even patent equivalent representatives. In this presentation, you will experience the use of advanced keyword syntax, see how you can save and name filters for convenient reuse, generate intuitive reports that reflect the user applied filters, grouping and sorting, and even share the results with other users, for patent sequences , but also for genes, drugs, mRNA, and other kinds of biological sequences.

Biography
Laurent Wiart has been with GenomeQuest for 7 years and has held positions in R&D, and Sales and Services. As a Senior Field Application Scientist, Wiart works in conjunction with the Product Team to adapt the product to the needs of the customer, and has been instrumental in connecting GenomeQuest to third party applications such as Invitrogen Vector NTI and BizInt Smart Charts, as well as APIs to improve connectivity. Prior to joining GenomeQuest, Laurent worked as both a wet lab biologist and a bioinformatician in France. He has a degree in Biological Engineering from EBI (Ecole de Biologie Industrielle) and a degree in Bioinformatics from Paris VI/Versailles Universities.

Which Way to Search a Chemical Formula? Multiple Strategies for Maximum Retrieval in Markush Databases
Stuart Newbold, Information Manager, Astex Therapeutics Ltd

Abstract
When undertaking freedom to operate and infringement searches in Markush databases, there is an understandable temptation to draw structures and apply search constraints in order to best describe the (sub) genus and particular species of interest. Whilst this linear approach is a valid, the representative nature of Markush formula together with the Match Level assignments ascribed by database indexers to document formulae and searchers to structure queries, means this approach is often insufficient in identifying all relevant art. This presentation shows how a multiple query approach, making use of STN’s Marpat database, can deliver beneficial results.

Biography
Stuart Newbold has worked for over 20 years in the information industry and is currently Information Manager at UK biotechnology company Astex Therapeutics. Based in Cambridge, Stuart joined Astex in 2003 and provides information support to Astex patent attorneys, commercial and scientific research staff. Before joining Astex Stuart was part of the UK STN marketing team at the Royal Society of Chemistry, and before that held a variety of information roles, including managing the Search Services department, at Derwent Information (now Thomson Scientific). Stuart has a degree in Polymer Chemistry from London Metropolitan University and an MBA from the Open University.

Biosimilars - New Fontiers for Biomolecules and Challenges for Patent Searching
Sunny Wang, Head, Patent Search Group, Sanofi-Aventis

Abstract
Biosimilar drugs are a rapidly developing area lately and these biologic products are attracting interest and controversy in law regulation and pharmaceutical industries. This talk will describe the considerations for a patent searcher in terms of patent coverage and patent search strategies for biosimilars. The key issue for biosimilars is their similarity, but not the identicality to innovator's biologics. Freedom-to-operate and patentability searching may be required at the same time comparing to either one to usual biomolecules. Examples of practical considerations and strategies with biosimilar searching will be given.

Biography
Sunny Wang, Head of Patent Search Group, US Patent, sanofi-aventis, is an information specialist and an US PTO registered patent agent (admitted in 2003). She has more than eight years experience in biotech search and analysis covering all aspects of patent information search. Prior to being an information specialist and patent agent, she was a highly productive molecular biology bench scientist with over fifteen peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters published as first author or co-author. Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Master degree in Biological Chemistry, she had worked for Amgen for six years before joining the predecessor company of sanofi-aventis.

"The Tonic and Aperient Alternative Pill" –
Pharmaceutical Formulations and Patent Searching
Margaret Rainey,Manager, Patents Information, GSK

Abstract
This talk will look at searching for patents on pharmaceutical formulations. It will cover what these are, why they're needed, what a typical patent application containing them looks like, some of the particular problems involved in this area, and methods, tools and tips for searching.

Biography
Margaret Rainey has been a biotechnology patent searcher since 1990, and before that worked in the labs of what is now Cancer UK, a leading cancer research charity. She manages the specialist Patent Information team in the Corporate Intellectual Property Department of GlaxoSmithKline in London, and has degrees in Biochemistry, Immunology, and Information Science. Margaret is a member of the management committee of PATMG, the UK national user group; a chartered member of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals); a member of PIUG; and is GSK's main delegate to the PDG.

Towards Patent Image Retrieval
Stefanos Vrochidis, Electrical and Computer Engineer, Research Associate
Informatics and Telematics Institute

Abstract
Figures, drawings, and diagrams are almost always contained in patents as a means to further specify the objects to be patented. For this reason, a patent image retrieval system would be of great importance to patent experts. The retrieval functionalities of such a system should extend beyond figure browsing and metadata-based retrieval to include content-based search according to the query-by-example paradigm and classification. To this end, techniques from Document Image Analysis need to be employed for patent pre-processing, while an advanced image search engine needs to be implemented to support efficient retrieval in a way that combines the two main image retrieval approaches to date: annotation- and content-based.

Biography
Stefanos Vrochidis received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and the MSc degree in radio frequency communication systems from University of Southampton, UK, in 2000 and 2001, respectively. He is a Research Associate with the Multimedia Knowledge Lab at the Informatics and Telematics Institute - Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. His research interests include semantic multimedia analysis and retrieval, as well as patent search. He has successfully participated in many European and National projects related to image and video analysis, patent retrieval and digital tv technologies. He is the coauthor of 3 papers in refereed journals, 3 book chapters and more than 10 papers in international conferences. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Issues and Developments in Searching Engineering Patents
Bettina de Jong, Head Patent Analysis, Shell

Abstract
Searching engineering information is unfortunately not always straighforward, relying heavily on searching in text and classes. This talk will focus on search approaches and some of the issues. It will also look at some developments in tools and systems that have affected search and analysis methods in the engineering area.

Biography
Bettina de Jong is Head Patent Analysis at Shell International. She started working for Shell as a research chemist in 1985 . She worked in research for 7 years, then moved to information science. In 1997 she joined Shell's IP department to become a patent information specialist. Since 2005, she manages the team of patent information specialists in The Hague and London.

Bettina is chair of the Dutch patent information user group WON, and of the CEPIUG working group on certification. She is also a member of SACEPO/PDI and represents Shell in the PDG.

The Boom of Chinese Patenting & What the Future Holds
Bob Stembridge, Customer Relations Manager, Thomson Reuters
Eve Zhou, Ph.D., Intellectual Property Consultant, Thomson Reuters

Abstract
China is patenting innovations at a skyrocketing rate. A recent report published by Thomson Reuters predicts that China will surpass the United States and Japan in its patent volume by the year 2012.

Hear from the authors of the report, “Patented in China – The Present and Future State of Innovation in China” about current patent trends and what the world of patent information will look like in five years. They will explore patent volumes and trends, as well as the underlying causes of increased innovation in China, including economic and government policy factors.

He is a member of ACS, CILIP and PIUG, and is Secretary of CEPIUG and current Chair of PATMG. He was elected to the CSA Trust Board of Trustees in February 2007.

Dr. Eve Zhou (周一雯) has been specializing in intellectual property management consulting since 2001. She has helped many clients, from multi-billion dollar enterprises to technology start-ups, in patent search and patent landscape analysis for overseeing technological trends, assessing competitor’s capabilities, M&A due diligence, technology licensing, R&D management, and intellectual asset strategy.

Her previous experience includes positions as Director of Strategic Development with Corporate Express's e-business unit, Director of Business Development with software start-up Systemsfusion, Solution Manager with StorageTek (now Sun Microsystems), Product Manager with J&W Scientific (now Agilent), and Research Associate with Shanghai Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center of Chinese Academy Sciences.

She holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from University of Missouri-Rolla, an MBA from University of Colorado-Boulder, and a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China. She has published and presented widely in both technical and business contexts.

During Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji’s trip in the United States and his subsequent visit to StorageTek in 1996, she networked with Chinese government delegates and provided consultation for the CEO and the executive team of the company. She was an invited speaker in an educational film project on intellectual protection rights protection in China that was produced by Hong Kong - America Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in the spring of 2004.

The Challenges of Searching Full Text Databases: Keywords vs. Classifications -
What, How and When?
Rahman Hyatt, Director, Minesoft

Abstract
Searching patents using full text databases has always provided searchers with a challenge. So much text, not to mention the different patent classification systems available. Classification systems with different philosophies. Text in different languages. Keyword and statistical analysis systems claim to help searchers make sense of patent data - how does this work on a practical, daily basis? This presentation will discuss various search methodologies that can be employed to overcome these challenges. It will show which methods can be used to optimise results, to suit the particular circumstances of each search - a highly practical, case study approach to full-text searching, packed full with real-life examples.

Biography
Rahman Hyatt has over 15 years experience in the Information Industry. He grew up in France, Switzerland and the UK, and as a tri-lingual Business Studies graduate he gained experience in the Intellectual Property Field at Questel.Orbit, Dialog and Minesoft, working with companies on site in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.

Having trained clients on patent and trademark search tools extensively during his early career and acted as a Questel.Orbit Sales Manager in parts of Europe, Rahman is an experienced senior member of the management team, a director and shareholder of Minesoft. He plays an active role in business and product development and leads specific development projects for corporate clients in addition to overseeing the sales and client services teams, combining his expertise in technology and patents.

Found in Translation – Using Machine Translation to Overcome the Language Barrier
Richard Garner, Product Director IP, LexisNexis

Abstract
In recent years, the huge growth in patent activities particularly in countries such as China, Japan and Korea has contributed to demands for English translations of patent information from those and other countries. LexisNexis, a specialist in creating national and international patent databases, has been utilising machine translation technology for several years helping user’s gain access to previously inaccessible data from around the globe.

During this brief presentation, we will describe the process by which full text machine translations are created at LexisNexis, highlighting some of the strengths and weaknesses of the associated technologies, illustrated with examples from the LexisNexis TotalPatent database and other provider’s tools

Biography
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EPOQUE - 10 Good Reasons Why
Annemie Nuyts, Director Search and Knowledge Products & Services, EPOQUE
European Patent Office

Abstract
The EPO's search system - called EPOQUE - will be briefly described and the rationale for the rewriting of the search engine explained. The new EPO's search environment. The EPO's searchable data collection - especially with respect to non patent literature - and their use in order to perform efficient high quality IP Information Retrieval are presented.

Biography
Annemie NUYTS joined the IIB (Institut international des brevets) in 1971 as an examiner in Organic Chemistry. 15 years later she joined the Documentation department of the European Patent Office and participated from the very start in the vast Automation Projects of the EPO - more particularly on the patentability search tools. Since 1992 she is Director of the EPOQUE program.

Today she is a member of the management team of the Principal Directorate Patent Grant Automation where she is responsible for Search & Knowledge capture products and services.

The Information Retrieval Facility: the Bridge Between Intellectual Property (IP) and Information Retrieval (IR) Research
David Hawking, Chief Scientist, Funnelback Pty Ltd

Abstract
The Information Retrieval Facility (IRF) is a non profit, open source, research institute which aims to promote and facilitate research in large-scale information retrieval, especially in patent retrieval and related areas.

This talk will focus on the role and mission of the IRF, its current activities, and how the unique interaction between the leading experts in IR research and information professionals in industry can ensure not only high scientific standards but also the relevance of research results for business.

Biography
Dr. David Hawking is chief scientist at the internet and enterprise search company Funnelback Pty Ltd, based in Canberra, Australia. Funnelback search technology has won a number of awards and now supports around 100 customers in Australia, Britain and Canada and the USA, mostly in government, education, finance and careers.

David is also an adjunct professor at the Australian National University and supervises PhD students at ANU and the University of Sydney. He is an author of around 50 refereed publications and was a coordinator of the Web track at the international Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) from 1997-2004. In this role he was responsible for the creation and distribution of text retrieval benchmark collections now in use at over 120 research organisations worldwide. He was a program chair of the ACM SIGIR conference in 2003 and 2006.

In 2003 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland for his contributions to the objective evaluation of search quality. He won the Chris Wallace award for contribution to computer science research in Australasia, for the years 2001-2003.

David is a founding member of the Scientific Board of the Information Retrieval Facility, based in Vienna.

"Noise Reduction" in Patent Alerts and Searches
Rupert Mayer, Marketing & Sales Director, Unycom

Abstract
Weighing recall against precision is a key challenge for the professional patent searcher. End-users who regularly review patent information based on alerts more commonly refer to the phenomenon of “noise” in their profiles: too many irrelevant documents steal their time and divert their attention from the truly important ones.

Making use of state-of-the art text mining technology and the concept of machine learning, Unycom has added a unique ranking functionality to its PatentPilot solution which significantly reduces noise in monitoring profiles. In the same way, this ranking technology provides professional searchers with a very efficient way of stepwise refinement of their searches, narrowing down large search results to the most relevant hits.

Biography
Rupert Mayer discovered the world of Intellectual Property during his studies at Vienna University of Technology and the Technical University of Zaragoza, regularly translating patent specifications for a Vienna-based Patent Attorney Firm.

After graduating with a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering in 1998, he started his first business by developing a software package for Patent Law Firms. He joined Unycom in 2003 and subsequently built up the company’s Patent Information product line. Today he serves Unycom on the management board as Marketing & Sales Director.

Global Patent Index
Advanced Use of the EPO's Worldwide Bibliographic Data Resource
Patrick Le Gonided, Public Administrator, European Patent Office

Abstract
GLOBAL PATENT INDEX (GPI) combines the worldwide database DOCDB with the search capabilities of MIMOSA. GPI will enable patent information users to carry out, online on a weekly basis, high level worldwide prior art searches and technical/commercial watches. GPI is aimed at searchers (private individuals and searchers in academia), industry in general, patent professionals, patent offices and patent information centres: in short, anyone interested in the technical business and legal aspects of patent information.

With an in-depth indexing of DOCDB data, GPI offers users around hundred different search criteria, including citations, classifications, families, and proximity search in titles and abstracts. So far MIMOSA is a MS Windows application. In 2009 an online version will be available, based on the RIA technology, which offers powerful modules for statistics.

Biography
Patrick Le Gonided was born in France in 1963 and holds Masters in both Geology and Computer Science. He has worked at the EPO since 2002 in the Publication Directorate, where his main activities include publication projects (ESPACE databases, MIMOSA retrieval software, European Publication Server, patent data processing tools) and cooperation with patent offices for publication tools.

Free Asian Patent Information Available on the Internet
Frederic Baudour, Senior Information Analyst, Cytec Speciality Chemicals
Cecile Boyer-Joubert, Manager, GLIST, Pfizer
French Patent User Group (CFIB)

Abstract
Times are changing! Over several years it has become clear that Asian countries are emerging as important players in developing intellectual property! Asia is up and coming and China is leading! Some studies expect China to lead World in IP applications by 2010 or 2011. Other countries, like India and Korea are also becoming major players.

A need has been created to be able to search and retrieve all pertinent information written in these patent application documents, often in their native language. Quick/rapid availability of documents and cheap English translations also are two main concerns. There is therefore a significant need for fast, low cost English translations. "Traditional" patent information providers have started to improve both their database content and coverage and their search tools to take account of these concerns.
In the meantime, a lot of information is already available on internet, here and there, for free.

This poster will present a selection of a few of these resources and demonstrate their value.
A presentation was made in 2008, within the CFIB to highlight the main Asian websites and their functionalities; now, the user group collaboratively works to keep this list up to date.

Recent Developments of the Italian Patent System
Frederica Zanfi, Patent Analyst, TetraPak Legal & Tax
Carla Scorsini, Senior Information Scientist, Proctor & Gamble
Associazione Italiana Documentalisti Brevettuali (AIDB)

Abstract
The recent introduction of the EPO search report for Italian patent applications is expected to dramatically change the value of the Italian patents and to make bulk of data finally available to the international community of searchers.

Biography
Carla Scorsini holds a 5 year degree (M.Sc. equivalent) in Organic Chemistry from Rome University “La Sapienza”. She joined Procter & Gamble in 1996 as Product Design manager. After few years in the R&D Department, she moved into an information specialist role where she has had the opportunity to gain experience in Patent Searching, End Users training and in managing a Virtual Reference Centre. She is currently a Senior Information Scientist at P&G supporting the Household Care business and member of AIDB (Associazione Italiana Documentalisti Brevettuali) since its foundation (2004).

Are There Hallmarks of Important Patents?
Don Walter, Training Executive, Thomson Reuters

Abstract
How many times has a client come to you and asked for a listing of “just the important patents in this field”? What is an important patent? Is there an easy way to recognize one when you see it? This study will look at some important patents, and investigate whether they have certain features that “unimportant” patents do not have.

Biography
Donald Walter joined The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, which was then called Derwent Information, in 1992, where his primary job is to train users on Thomson Scientific and Thomson Healthcare databases, specializing in chemical and patent information. He also conducts searches and analyses for legal and industrial clients of the Thomson Reuters' Scientific Search Service, with a special emphasis on pharmaceutical and chemical subjects. He learned his craft at Exxon Research and Engineering, conducting patent and scientific literature searching for clients in the legal and technical departments. His Ph.D. from Yale is in Chemistry. He lives just outside of Washington DC.

Citation Analysis: Identifying Key Patents in a Special Subject Area
Elliott Linder, Marketing Director, Questel

Abstract
A procedure will be demonstrated for citation analysis of a focused patent search result set, with relevancy category codes, to identify key or seminal patents (and non-patent references) in a special subject area (hot technology). An interactive built-in citation graphing tool will be presented.

From 1993 to 1994 Mr Linder was a senior information specialist on contract to NASA, where he oversaw publication of the NASA Thesaurus and worked on the procurement recommendation for replacement of the RECON search and retrieval system.

Mr Linder spent 1995 to 1998 as senior product manager at Chadwyck-Healey Inc, where he created and managed the International Index to Music Periodicals, as well as three other electronic music and performing arts database products and two electronic history/social science products.

From 1999 to 2002 Mr Linder was a senior information specialist on contract to the Search and Information Resources Administration (SIRA) of the USPTO.

Mr Linder has now come full circle, joining Questel in 2002, serving as Sales Manager, North America, and currently as Marketing Director.

IPI MasterclassTM Presentation - Life, the Universe and Everything -
The Importance of Non-Patent Literature for the Patent Searcher
Stephen Adams, Managing Director, Magister Ltd.

Abstract
Most patent searchers will be familiar with at least one legal definition of the 'state of the art', and its consequent impact for a patentability search. However, integrating the patent and non-patent literature into a single search is far from intuitive. This presentation will review the practical impact of our current 'universal novelty' regime. It will consider the work of patent offices in improving coverage of non-patent literature in statutory searches, and recent legal decisions which have a bearing upon the prior art status of internet-only disclosures. For the industry-based search, we will discuss some of the major classes of non-patent literature, such as journals, reports, conference proceedings and theses, including a short review of major sources in different technology areas, and new media and methods for dissemination, such as open-source journals and pre-print servers. Older literature is also an integral part of the state of the art, and some developments in capturing early 20th century and 19th century documents will be considered, along with the question of traditional knowledge, particularly in the life sciences field.

Biography
Stephen Adams is managing director of Magister Ltd., an information and training consultancy specialising in patents documentation. He trained as a chemist at the University of Bristol, then completed a Masters degree in Information Science at City University London, and is a Chartered Member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). He has worked in technical information for over 25 years, in central UK government, private research associations and industry, including 9 years with Zeneca Agrochemicals (now Syngenta) as their principal patent searcher. He formed Magister Ltd. in 1997. The company has clients from the patent information user (and non-user) communities, the major patent database producers, patent offices, online hosts and industry professional development groups. Stephen has held board and committee positions in both the UK Patent and Trade Mark Group (PATMG) and PIUG Inc., the International Society for Patent Information. He is currently a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Elsevier journal “World Patent Information” and the Council representative for PATMG at CILIP.

Why We Need New Approaches to Patent Searching
Henk Tomas, IP Searach Services, Tomas

Abstract
As is the case in many other professions, we patent information specialists, want to deliver the right information to the right people at the right time. Nowadays, to deliver good quality patent information we have to consult not only the added value databases but also quite a number of full-text databases. The data in these full-text databases often is quite poor. A lot of data is missing (from tables, drawings), the OCR quality of the text is sometimes poor . Applicant- and inventor names most of the time are not standardized meanwhile and the amount of patent and scientific information is growing and growing exponentially. A few attempts have been made to ease our working lives. Highlighting has been improved over the years and there have been attempts to help us to find relevant patent information via semantic searching. Still, a lot has to be done to help us to find better, simpler ways of searching for relevant information. Why not combine the forces of patent information specialists and information retrieval people for universities and companies to find those ways.

Biography
Henk Tomas started to work in research at the Algemene Kunstzijde Unie, the former Fiber Division of Akzo Nobel, as a polymer chemist in 1968. In 1979 he switched to the Patent Department of Akzo Nobel and worked as an IP information specialist. In 1995 he took over the responsibility of managing the IP information specialists section within Akzo Nobel Chemistry and Coatings. In 2003 he was elected as Board Member of the Patent Documentation Group and retired in November 2007. In January 2007 he started his own company, IP Search Services – Tomas, as an IP consultant in IP information retrieval and as an IP searching company.

Managing the Business Risks - Effective Use of Patent Information in Due Diligence
Aalt van de Kuilen, Senior Information Specialist, Solvay

Abstract
Mergers and acquisition has become general practice in today’s industrial world. Over the last year there have been more than 150 acquisitions in Pharmaceutical Industry only, with a maximum of an almost 50 billion$ deal. In case of a potential acquisition a Due Diligence is performed in order to analyze the target company. IP is part of this Due Diligence and needs a careful, high quality evaluation of the Intellectual Property. This IP analysis is based on the results of patent searches. High quality and most the time high speed is requested from a searcher in order to deliver high quality data in short time. In this presentation a fictitious example is worked out to show the different searches that have to be performed.

Biography
Aalt joined Solvay on 1st April 1980 as a chemist at the age of 23. At that time the company was known as Philips Duphar, part of the Philips Corporation.
After several years, in 1989, he was given the opportunity by Solvay to work part-time (1.5 days a week) as Chemistry teacher and was awarded a teaching degree by completing a two-year course. In 1993 he moved into the Patent Department inside Solvay Pharmaceuticals and received training as a Patent Information Specialist.

During this period he became a member of WON (Dutch Patent Information User Group) and soon afterwards a Board Member of WON. He is a member of SACEPO (Standing Advisory Committee of the European Patent Office) and represents Solvay Pharmaceuticals in the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR).

Aalt is also teacher at the GO-Institute for the training course for Patent Information Specialists (PIS). In March 2008 he has been elected as President of the CEPIUG (Confederation of the EU-user groups)

From September 2002 onwards, when the Intellectual Property and Scientific Information Business Sectors at Solvay Pharmaceuticals were combined, he became responsible for all Scientific Information, specific for all chemical and patent information.
Aalt is married and has a son (22) and a daughter (19).

Challenge or Chance? - Searching in the Asian Patent Data
Georg Schiwy, Documentation Information Manager, EPO

Abstract
With the overproportional growth in patent filings in Asian countries, the patent documentation from countries like China, Japan and Korea forms an essential part of the prior art patent examiners and professional patent searchers have to consider when performing patentability search work. How do examiners acess oriental data today and what can they expect in the near future? What do the available sources and databases offer and can you rely on machine translation as a search and examination tool? This presentation will address some of the challenges in searching Asian patent data but shows also that a lot is ongoing to improve the chances in finding Asian prior art.

Biography
Georg Schiwy works since 2006 as Documentation Information Manager in the Information Acquisition department at the European Patent Office (EPO) in The Hague - Netherlands. He is responsible for the reinforcement of the information activities relating to examiner tools and the EPO search collection used by the EPO examiners.

After graduating from the University of Bochum (Germany) with a Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering, Georg started his career at the EPO in 1991 as a patent examiner working in the fields of magnetic recording/reproducing and signal processing for information storage.

Workshops: 1st & 5th March 2009

Information Retrieval (IR) for Intellectual Property (IP) Tutorial
Erik Graf, PhD Student, University of Glasgow
Thomas Roelleke, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London

Abstract
The IR for IP Tutorial will aim at giving Intellectual Property professionals an overview and understanding of the Information Retrieval world: what are the main concepts, fields of expertise, methods, tools and challenges and how IR research teams can help produce the next generation of retrieval tools, suited to the demands of the global intellectual property community.

Biography
Erik Graf received a degree in Computer Science from the University of Media in Stuttgart. As part of his studies he conducted research in the field of collaborative filtering in cooperation with the HP labs in Palo Alto and at IBM's Boeblingen research lab where he was enlisted in the high potential program and appointed co-supervison of a team working on User Centered Design. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in the field of Information Retrieval under the supervision of Keith van Rijsbergen and Leif Azzopardi.

Thomas Roelleke is a senior lecturer (associate professor) at the Queen Mary, University of London. He previously was a Unix/DB/4GL product manager at Nixdorf Computer, a lecturer/researcher at the University of Dortmund, and an IT strategy consultant for the online-bank comdirect.
His research contributions include a probabilistic relational algebra for the integration of databases and information retrieval (IR), a probabilistic object-oriented logic for retrieval of semantic and structured data, a probability of being "informative", the relational Bayes for estimating probabilities in databases, and foundations and theories of retrieval models. Thomas pioneered a logic-based retrieval system, HySpirit, which provides probabilistic reasoning and seamless DB+IR technology, and he is the founder and director of a start-up for providing DB+IR information management solutions.

Searching Chemical Structures in Derwent World Patents Index on STN
Christiane Emmerich, Product Manager Patents, FIZ-Karlsruhe

Abstract
On STN the DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) is an integral part of the Derwent World Patents Index providing access to specific organic compounds within DWPI. Over the last ten years DCR has become increasingly important for comprehensive patent searching in the field of organic chemistry. This presentation provides useful tips how to search and refine DCR answer sets with standard STN search techniques. Effective multifile-searching with the CAS suite of structure searchable databases will also be discussed.

Biography
Christiane Emmerich currently holds the position of a Product Manager Patents at FIZ Karlsruhe, the STN Service Center Europe. Her present responsibilities include the product management of various patent files and also the specialized training in the area of patent information, chemistry and biosequence searching.

Prior to joining FIZ Karlsruhe at the beginning of 2003 she worked as an information professional in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry for eight years where she was responsible for performing patent searches in the area of chemistry, biochemistry and biotechnology. Her special expertise involves the in-depth analysis of patent and legal status information.

Strategies for Improving Your Patent Research and Information Management
with Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)
Bob Stembridge, Customer Relations Manager &
Cindy Poulos, Vice President of Product Management
Thomson Reuters

Abstract
The Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) patent database produced by Thomson Reuters is a unique, valuable source of patent information for researchers around the world. Covering 41 patent authorities, DWPI includes editorially-enhanced titles, abstracts and claims (many with English translations of non-English documents); value-add bibliographic information; a proprietary manual coding and indexing system; excellent coverage of the Asia-Pacific patenting region; and much more.

Learn about new Asian content being added to DWPI in the first quarter of 2009 and find out how you can improve your patent research with this one-of-a-kind database. Access to DWPI through the Online Hosts and Thomson Innovation will be covered. You will also hear of exciting new analysis and visualizations that can be done using DWPI data in the production of topographical maps.

This session is meant for current and prospective users of Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI).

Biography
Bob Stembridge graduated from University of Sussex, UK with an Honours degree in Chemistry. He joined Derwent (one of the founding components of the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters) in 1980 and has held various roles in editorial, marketing, sales and product development over the years. Leaving in 1988 for interludes working as Senior Information Analyst specialising in patent analytics at British Petroleum and European Sales Liaison with Dialog, he returned to Thomson Reuters (Scientific) in 1996 and most recently became Customer Relations Manager with responsibility for liaison with customer user groups for the organisation. He is a member of ACS, CILIP and PIUG, and is Secretary of CEPIUG and current Chair of PATMG. He was elected to the CSA Trust Board of Trustees in February 2007.

Cindy Poulos is Vice President of Product Management, Corporate Markets, Thomson Scientific. She is responsible for strategic marketing and product management in the corporate markets. Cindy has more than 20 years of product and marketing experience, including significant expertise in marketing products and services of fast-growing technology companies. Originally part of Delphion, an intellectual property research firm spun out of IBM, Cindy joined the Thomson staff as part of the Delphion acquisition in 2002. Cindy holds a master’s degree in business administration from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University. She is based in Lisle, Ill.

Managing Patent Information in a Large Organization:
Outlook and Insight through the Same Window
Kristian Luoto, Manager of IPR Tools and Processes, Nokia Siemens Networks
Elliott Linder, Marketing Director, Questel

Abstract
This workshop will present a case study of integrated patent information retrieval and management at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) using Questel’s QPAT service. It will cover basic user needs in R&D, including document delivery; prior art searching; simple but efficient browsing; mapping and analyzing schemes; offline editing; and project-related broader IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) surveys with an emphasis on Asian data. Technical/policy issues to consider in the selection of patent information tools, including choice of delivery platform, licence/fee structure, and access arrangements will also be explored.

Biography
Kristian Luoto holds an MSc (Eng.) from Tampereen Teknillinen Korkeakoulu, Finland and is a European Patent Attorney. He worked for Heinänen Oy Ab and Kolster Oy Ab as a Patent Attorney from 1982 to 1995. Ever since he made his first patent family search on Inpadoc and got his first Dialog account in 1982, he has held a strong interest in patent databases and information. He was responsible for the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) activities of the Nokia Research Center and for the patent information tools of the Nokia Corporation from 1995 to 2007. He joined Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in 2007 where is currently responsible for all IPR tools in NSN.

Elliott Linder earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from New York University. He served for nearly 23 years at the American Petroleum Institute’s Central Abstracting and Information Services as indexing manager and editor of the API Thesaurus. During this period his professional affiliation with Orbit began when, in 1975, Orbit was the first service to make the API files available online.
From 1993 to 1994 Mr Linder was a senior information specialist on contract to NASA, where he oversaw publication of the NASA Thesaurus and worked on the procurement recommendation for replacement of the RECON search and retrieval system.

Mr Linder spent 1995 to 1998 as senior product manager at Chadwyck-Healey Inc, where he created and managed the International Index to Music Periodicals, as well as three other electronic music and performing arts database products and two electronic history/social science products.
From 1999 to 2002 Mr Linder was a senior information specialist on contract to the Search and Information Resources Administration (SIRA) of the USPTO.

Mr Linder has now come full circle, joining Questel in 2002, serving as Sales Manager, North America, and currently as Marketing Director.

Minesoft Product Updates: PatBase; PatentArchive and PatentOrder
Rahman Hyatt, Director, Minesoft

Abstract
The presentation will cover a detailed overview for existing and new users of PatBase and other Minesoft products and services. The main topics covered will be the PatBase interface and command enhancements; new data coverage; and analytical tools. We will also feature an overview of the new enhancements of the PatentArchive: our in-house tailored patent archive solution allowing our customers to build their own in-house databases for R&D, Legal, or Competitive Intelligence projects.

Biography
Rahman Hyatt has over 15 years experience in the Information Industry. He grew up in France, Switzerland and the UK, and as a tri-lingual Business Studies graduate he gained experience in the Intellectual Property Field at Questel.Orbit, Dialog and Minesoft, working with companies on site in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.

Creating Reference Rows in BizInt Smart Charts for Patents 4.0
John Willmore, BizInt Solutions, Inc.

Abstract
BizInt Smart Charts for Patents helps you create, customize and distribute tabular reports from from STN, Dialog, Questel, MicroPatent, Delphion, SciFinder, and now PatBase, IDdb, Integrity, GenomeQuest and Thomson Pharma IP.

BizInt Smart Charts for Patents 4.0 introduces the concept of "reference rows" -- the ability to create a single row combining information from different sources.This workshop will provide a step-by-step case study of how to create reference rows in multi-database reports in BizInt Smart Charts for Patents 4.0, including

Combining search results from multiple sources into a single report
Identifying related patents
Defining rules for generating reference rows
Creating and reviewing reference rows
Customizing and exporting reference row reports for HTML and Word

This workshop is designed for both current users of BizInt Smart Charts and those who want to learn the capabilities of BizInt Smart Charts for Patents 4.0.

Biography
John Willmore is Vice President, Product Development, for BizInt Solutions, Inc. and manages the development of all aspects of the BizInt Solutions product line. John has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and over 20 years experience in software development. He was the head of the TRW Smart Charts team at TRW, Inc. and along with Diane Webb, founded BizInt Solutions in 1996. John has 15 years of experience in processing, analyzing and integrating patent and drug pipeline information, and have worked closely with patent and drug pipeline publishers over that period.

John plays amateur ice hockey and is an American Kennel Club field trial and earthdog judge, as well as one of the top dachshund agility handlers in the US.

Best Practice Methodologies for Identifying Correct Patent Owners
Ron Kaminecki, Director, Intellectual Property Segment, Dialog

Abstract
True ownership of intellectual property involves more than just locating the original documents as patent offices worldwide typically publish the name of the assignees once, and then use internal files to track reassignments. However, not all reassignments are registered with authorities and while still valid, these ownership changes are difficult if not impossible to locate with any one strategy. In addition, assignees use various legal methods to help suppress ownership information, further complicating attempts by outside parties to assemble a methodology to insure finding the correct ownership. This session will cover many of the problems involved with the identification of patent ownership and also present suggested solutions for consideration for a practical best practice approach to this elusive information.

Biography
Ron Kaminecki has worked at Dialog for nearly 30 years in various capacities, including as a regional manager and senior staff adviser. He got his start in searching technical information via manual, online and batch systems at the IIT Research Institute as an Associate Information Specialist.
His current responsibilities at Dialog include working with various intellectual property groups to help develop new solutions for searching, to collect information from these groups, and to disseminate this knowledge

Ron has a BS in Chemistry; an MS in Computer Science and Information Systems; and a JD with a Certificate in Patent Law.He has written over thirty articles, presentations and papers on various aspects of online searching and information retrieval since 1975, and worked with searchers in Fortune 500 companies and major law firms and patent offices around the world. He has also worked as an expert witness in patent cases and an inventor with an American and a PCT published patent application.
He is a registered US patent attorney and is a member of the Illinois Bar and of the Bar of the Northern District Court of Illinois, and was a US Patent Agent.

Ron is a co-author of NISO Standard Z-39.58, "Common Command Language for Online Information Retrieval." His memberships include the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Patent Information User's Group, Special Libraries Association, and he is a thirty-three year member of the American Chemical Society.

Delivering Focused and Relevant Patent Information to End Users Through
Intelligent Self-Learning Alerts
Rupert Mayer, Marketing & Sales Director, Unycom

Abstract
Unycom has added a unique feature to its patent information solution for ranking results of alerts and searches in an intelligent manner. Harnessing the benefits of Text Mining technology and the concept of Machine Learning the number of irrelevant hits can be significantly reduced.

The technology behind this new feature, based on the mathematical concept of a Support Vector Machine, was developed by our Dutch partner company Treparel and has already been successfully in use at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards.

In a demonstration of real-life use cases, attendees will witness how state-of-the-art technology is put to use in an intuitive and user-friendly way to make life easier and save work for patent professionals and end users of patent information alike.

Biography
Rupert Mayer discovered the world of Intellectual Property during his studies at Vienna University of Technology and the Technical University of Zaragoza, regularly translating patent specifications for a Vienna-based Patent Attorney Firm.

Manage your Intellectual Property Assets with Luxid® for Scientific Discovery
Manfred Pitz, Director of Sales-Germany, Temis

Abstract
To gain competitive leadership in innovation-driven and strongly regulated industries, companies have to effectively make sense of all the internal and external information flows, like scientific literature, patents and user-generated content. Innovative organizations are permanently exposed to the risks of infringing patents, hence losing legal battles and revenues, ultimately damaging their reputation. To gain and secure market shares, they have to address the challenges of freedom-to-operate evaluation, business opportunity detection and IP asset protection. Technology landscaping, prior art analysis and monitoring of competition efforts are today incompatible with manual processing, driving corporations to deploy automated text analytics solutions like Luxid® for Scientific Discovery.

Biography
Manfred Pitz joined TEMIS in 2004 and oversees TEMIS’ sales activities in Germany and Austria. Manfred started his career at Hoechst (now part of Sanofi-Aventis) where he worked in the marketing department of the polyester film division both in Germany and the US. Prior to TEMIS, Manfred has held management positions in the software industry for over ten years.

Manfred holds a master degree in economics, with a focus on information technology and marketing.