IPI-ConfEx Programme
Preliminary Programme Schedule
Programme subject to change at any time.
International Patent Information
Conference & Exposition
IPI-ConfEx: Best Practices in Patent Information Management and Searching
Below is an overview of the conference schedule.
(Timings are subject to change)
Sunday 5 March 2017
15:00 - 18:00 Educational Vendor Workshops
18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception & Exposition
Monday 6 March 2017
09:00 - 17:00 Conference Sessions & Exposition
18:00 - 21:00 Conference Gala Dinner &
Networking Event
Tuesday 7 March 2017
09:00 - 17:15 Conference Sessions & Exposition
Wednesday 8 March 2017
09:00 - 14:30 Conference Sessions & Exposition
Hear from industry’s most elite speakers and join in the discussions yourself with the ever-popular
interactive sessions. Also, visit the exhibit hall where you can meet with industry's leading product and
service providers, get live demos and keep up to date with the very latest tools and products on the
market. IPI-ConfEx has everything under one roof!
Conference Programme Presentations with Abstracts
Below is a list of speakers and presentation that will feature on the 2017 programme.
IPI-MasterClass: The Other Side of the Tapestry – The Role of Translation in
Patent Information
Stephen Adams - Managing Director, Magister Ltd.
Ever since national patent laws expanded their criteria for patentability to include universal novelty, the patent professional has needed access to
publications issued in a range of languages. The techniques to identify, analyse and understand the content of a multi-lingual corpus have developed
rapidly in the last 20-30 years, especially since the widespread availability of electronic originals and machine-aided translation. This session will give an
introduction to some basic language and linguistic concepts, an insight into the challenges of machine translation and the various models in use, and an
overview of how query translation and document translation have had an impact upon the work of the patent information specialist.
Industry 4.0 and its Impact on the Patent System
Grant Philpott – Principal Director ICT, European Patent Office
The 4th Industrial Revolution - or "Industry 4.0" - is the revolution of connectivity and distributed intelligence. It is characterised by driving technologies such
as The Cloud, Big Data and the Internet of Things, and by the presence of computer technologies in every aspect of our lives. The consequences for IP are
potentially tremendous, and they challenge some of the fundamental concepts of the system, such as the definition of "industry" and "inventor". There will be
a greater overlap and interplay between the types of rights, and as software pervades through all technologies a greater debate on the patentability of
software. Patent offices will have to react to these changes, adapting their approaches. There will also be an impact on patent information and new
challenges for patent searchers as a result of Industry 4.0.
Ideas for Reducing Patent Infringement Risk Using Historical and Predictive Patent Mapping
Christopher B. Austin – Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Clients continue to demand more from patent mapping systems and methods, including ways to further mitigate patent litigation risk. As the costs of patent
infringement escalate, so does the need to better identify trends in competitor patent activity. The ability to recognize and even forecast patent activities in a
given industry and technology has obvious advantages, yet the dimension of time is underutilized in many conventional patent mapping techniques. This
presentation focuses upon ideas for unlocking the potential of trend identification in patent analytics systems. Historical and predictive patent modeling can
give technology companies a significant advantage in making business decisions and navigating patent landscapes. Coupled with proper patent clearance
and non-infringement counseling, such processes are no longer on the horizon of what sophisticated legal consumers demand.
The Dos and Don’ts of Customer-oriented Technology Monitoring – Optimized Workflows to Create Company-wide
Knowledge Networks
Maik Annies - IP Analyst, Syngenta
Semi-automated monitoring of scientific and technical information is crucial for an organization’s business in many aspects. Value-add information regularly
provided to customers supports ideation and innovation within R&D, creates crucial knowledge about competitor activities, and ensures freedom-to-operate
by helping to avoid infringement.
The talk focuses on best-practice strategies to establish effective and customer-oriented monitoring solutions. Optimized workflows from strategy design to
categorization and delivery of value-add data to customers with a focus on patent literature are presented. Furthermore, the importance of post-processing
and sharing functionalities for end-users to create company-wide knowledge networks as an important success factor of Technology Monitoring will be
discussed.
Certification – Is it still going to happen?
Bettina de Jong - CEPIUG
It has been very quiet around the certification project, but that does not mean that nothing has happened. The team has been working very hard to review
the Articles and Rules taking into account feedback received on the first version. The second version is about to be released together with a proposed Code
of Conduct for a final feedback round. The most important changes will be presented, together with the main points of the Code of Conduct and with a report
on the progress made by the Training & Education working group and the Patent Landscaping group.
Brexit : A Searcher’s View of the Known Unknowns…
Stephen Adams - Managing Director, Magister Ltd.
The discussions following the exit referendum in the UK have largely centred around the impact on the unitary patent scheme. However, much in the area
of IP will remain unchanged, for at least the period of the exit negotiations. This paper will review some of the wider issues raised by the departure of the
UK from the EU structures, and the implications for rights holders across Europe, as far as can be determined at this time.
The Value of the Reference Database “DOCDB” of the European Patent Office
Miguel Albrecht – Director Information Services Processing, European Patent Office
DOCDB is a reference database linking the wealth of digital information in the patent world.
In the past decade the database has evolved in terms of quantity, quality and complexity. This presentation focuses on what has driven this evolution and
how value is delivered to the many users of DOCDB: patent examiners, patent information professionals, providers of commercial patent information
services, economic researchers and the public at large. Aspects covered are: the digital document, the efficiency of patent families and citations, the
evolution of classification in DOCDB, the relevance of non-patent literature in different technical fields. It also approaches the evolution of DOCDB
considering the growth of Asian literature and the advent of “Quality at Source”.
WIPO Standards – Common Framework for Working with IP Information
Anna Graschenkova – Industrial Property Information Officer, International Classifications and Standards Division, WIPO
The presentation starts with a general overview of current standards on industrial property (IP) information and documentation adopted by the Member
States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It introduces four main groups of WIPO Standards and the process of their adoption, as well
as highlights key-topics covered by international recommendations: use of IP right codes and country codes, coding of elements of bibliographic data,
recommendations on application numbering, presentation of dates and others. In addition to that, the presentation provides information on IP offices’
practices and their progress in the implementation of WIPO Standards.
The second part of the presentation focuses on recent developments in the standardization of IP information, in particular, the new standard on the
presentation of sequence listings in XML (ST.26), the revision of recommendations regarding references cited in patent documents (ST.14) and the progress
in standardization of trademark and legal status information. It also addresses current tasks carried out under the umbrella of the Committee on WIPO
Standards (CWS), like the standardization of applicant names and recommendations related to authority files.
Essential Teachings regarding Patent Searching – Reflections on Patentability, Invalidity and Freedom-to-Operate
Searching
Lucy Antunes – Library and Patent Searching Analyst, Nutrition and Health, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
The author started her career in patent searching in 1989. In this paper she will reflect on some of the things that she has learned during her career doing
patent information research for patentability, invalidity and freedom to operate studies. These reflections will include technical comments comparing the
search types (e.g. how to select references for patentability vs. FTO, date and geography issues, etc.), about claim language, tips for search strategy
development and for reporting results. They will also include reflections about soft skills such as courageous communication, pushing back on attorneys, the
importance of creativity, as well as more general comments and recommendations about the life of a searcher. The content of this talk is based largely on a
workshop she taught at the GO Institute in The Netherlands for 12 years. This is a workshop for patent information specialists focused on approaches for
these types of searches.
Citation Information and its Use in Patent Information – Including Case Studies and Applications for Patent Valuation
Paul van Elburg – Patent Analyst, Shell International B.V
Citation information is increasingly made available in the Patent Information World. The REFI database of the European Patent Office is containing a wealth
of information on patent and non-patent literature that is cited by examiners and applicants as relevant prior art to new inventions. Amongst others,
standardization of citation raw data and enhanced co-operation between major patent-issuing authorities has resulted in more harmonization of these data
into public sources such as Espacenet, Common Citation Document and the Global Dossier, allowing direct access to (national) patent registers, search
reports, substantive examination material and 3rd party observations, and citations brought in during opposition procedures. Is it mainly prior art citations of
literature back in time, the use of so-called forward citations of subsequent art is more and more discovered as useful information. Various commercial tools
are appearing on the market, that built on this piece of information, allowing more efficient searching or allowing patent valuation of patent publications being
cited as relevant prior art. This presentation will give an overview of sources for citation information, illustrated with use case examples and a selection of
commercial tools that make use of citation information for patent valuation.
The Unitary Patent: Recent Progress Towards New IP Structures in Europe
Stephen Adams - Managing Director, Magister Ltd.
The process of starting the unitary patent registration system across the EU states is still moving forward. Although the UK has announced that it will ratify
the UPC Agreement, the eventual working system may not operate in quite the way that was envisaged a few years ago. The UK’s departure could have a
radical effect upon the attractiveness of the system for rights holders. This paper will consider some possible ways forward, as seen from the perspective of
the patent information generated, where and how it will be maintained and how to interpret it.
Quality in, Quality out – Innovation at Minesoft to help with the “in”!!
Rob Poolman - Senior Manager, Minesoft
The quality of any search stems from the comprehensiveness of a search strategy. Although no database can do the search for you, it can provide features
and functionality to help.
Delivered from the perspective of an experienced patent analyst, we will use case studies to discuss the challenges in ensuring comprehensiveness and the
features and functionality of PatBase which can help, including:
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PatBase Thesaurus to help identify synonyms, acronyms, names and numbers
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PatBase Semantic searching to broaden any patent search
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Minesoft Chemical Explorer to ensure the identification of all patents disclosing a chemical anywhere in the full text.
This presentation will demonstrate how any user can benefit from the innovative features and functionality in PatBase to craft a meaningful patent analysis
for any technical area.
Update on PATENTSCOPE, WIPO CASE and Global Design Database
Anna Graschenkova – Industrial Property Information Officer, International Classifications and Standards Division, WIPO
The presentation covers the main features of the PATENTSCOPE database, including the new chemical structure search functionality and the new version
of WIPO Translate using neural machine translation; it also provides its latest coverage and plans for future improvements and additions to the database.
The update on WIPO CASE will show the evolution of the system from its launch in 2011 to recent developments, in particular, linkage between WIPO CASE
and One Portal Dossier, as well as the new layout and configuration of WIPO CASE portal.
The presentation will introduce main characteristics, functionality and plans for further development of WIPO Global Design Database, which is a free tool to
search industrial design information from multiple national and regional collections, as well as international registrations under the Hague System.
Seven Golden Habits for IP Information Scientist - Empirical Rules from Japan
Tsutomu Kiriyama – Chair of PDG of INFOSTA and Guest Researcher of Japio
An ordinal searcher is apt to misunderstand that professional searches can be brought up in a few years through mastering operating instructions of favorite
databases.
Seven golden habits for IP Information Scientist are explained such as ; Intellectual Curiosity, Basic Knowledge & Skills, Discipline, Stand on the delivery
side, Breakthrough Force up, Communication- Collaboration-Mutual respect, and Balanced Integration totally.
Those habits are obtained from experiences of Japio guest researcher for a decade, presentations in continuous 14 years for INFOPRO symposiums in
Japan, and a school master of IP Information Map Analysis for a decade. It is very important to continue Self Professional Development (CPD) like as a
beginner.
A Proposal of the Method to Know the Candidates of the Companies' New Products
Izumi Tsuzuki - Representative Director, HIT Service Institute
It is important for companies to know the development trends of new products of other companies and it is also important information for developing new
products of their own company. For products that are consumed in the daily life, it is important to grasp user needs trends. Meanwhile, companies are also
looking for new products that could potentially become a boom in the future, taking into account these needs. In this case, I propose a method of finding a
signal that leads to future product development from patent application information, taking the daily-consumed products as an example. By considering it
with the business information, I propose a method to know the candidates of the companies’ new products.
STN Product Update - Focused and Efficient – Structure Searching on STN
Elke Mueller – Head STN Sales, FIZ Karlsruhe
With sources from CAS, Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier STN offers a unique portfolio of chemical substance databases including both specific and Markush
structures. For increased efficiency simultaneous structure search in all substance databases is facilitated. Nevertheless the full potential of each source can
be tapped when using database specific features such as the Derwent Superatoms for DCR and DWPIM. This product update will highlight the recent
enhancements including the Excel output with integrated hit and assembled Markush structures as well as PatentPak, the newest time saving solution on
STN. In addition, an outlook on future enhancements will be given.
LexisNexis’ New Search Tool TotalPatent One™: Reimagined, Redesigned and Revolutionary
Richard Gynn – Sales Engineering & Onboarding Manager – LexisNexis IP Solutions
The new search tool TotalPatent One™ is reimagined, redesigned and revolutionary.
In this presentation we will tell you why we build a completely new platform and why it is innovative and easy to use. We will show you what it looks like and
what new features will help you to be more successful in your patent research. TotalPatent One gives you comprehensive, on-point results with a fast and
easy-to-use modern interface, based on Single Page Application. The deepest archive of patent data, citations, translations, and patent family collections
available anywhere, will help you stay fully informed and deliver quality research results.
Minesoft – New functionality and Enhancements
Rahman Hyatt – Director, Minesoft
Discover an array of new enhancements to Minesoft patent solutions. A Semantic Search module has recently been added to both PatBase and PatBase
Express, alongside the new PatBase Thesaurus; a multi-disciplinary thesaurus combining Chemical Search, Language Explorer, Dictionary and Thesaurus
into one easy-to-use product.
Learn more about the new Patent Analytics modules in PatBase and the extended coverage of patent data (now hosting 41 full text authorities) and legal
status information being offered across our product range.
Leverage the Key Features of your Patent and Sequence IP Databases with BizInt Smart Charts for Patents
Diane Webb – President, BizInt Solutions
Comprehensive patent families, sequence alignment data, clear and accurate assignees, concise family legal status, relevant claims, chemical structures --
these are elements of a professional IP report. You need to leverage the strengths of the patent databases at your disposal to create the most valuable IP
reports for your client. In this presentation we will show examples of how BizInt Smart Chart tools help you integrate these elements into a high quality
product to support IP analysis in your company.
GenomeQuest IP Sequence Search and its Databases
Julien Doudement - Product Manager, GQ Life Sciences
Here we will show how to search for DNA/RNA/protein patents and applications using GenomeQuest and GQ-Pat: the largest and most comprehensive,
manually-curated, biological sequence IP database in the world. We will give insight into the building of the GQ-Pat database and its future version. We will
show how millions of patent records are stored, manipulated and curated.
ProQuest Dialog and PatSeer: A Powerful New Partnership
Richard Hollis – Regional Sales Director, Corporate International, ProQuest
Have you heard the news? ProQuest Dialog and PatSeer have joined forces! Now, patent searchers can use our products together to access the best
content, workflow, and analysis and visualization tools in the industry. Learn about our full-text patent databases, largest searchable collection of prior art
and non-patent literature, and powerful analytics and visualization tools – all designed to answer your IP questions with ease. We’ll help you accelerate R&D
and protect your investments to the fullest extent.
New Databases and Legal Status Sources from Questel
Felix Coxwell – Product Manager, Questel
Questel provides software, consulting and e-learning solutions to support the complete innovation life cycle. Discover the new data; which is being added to
Orbit Intelligence and the other Questel platforms:
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New FullPat database for targeted freedom to operate searches
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Legal status data integrating USPAIR, FDA Orange Book, USPTO gazette, IPR and PTAB content
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Standards from ETSI, IETF, IEEE, IEC, ITU, ISO, OMA, ATIS, TIA
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Litigation data from US, CN, DE and FR courts
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Integration of Chemistry search tools molecule database
Patent Case Law Data Brings a Whole New Dimension to Patent Analysis
Rik Minoodt - Head Business Development Europe, Darts-ip
Darts-ip is the only source for global, up-to-date, and clean patent case law data.
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know if a patent is being challenged anywhere in the world.
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learn on what basis a patent has been invalidated.
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find out what are the most litigious patents in a certain field.
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use our claim construction tool to understand how claim terms are interpreted regionally.
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get an idea of the damages paid to plaintiffs of infringed patents
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identify what NPEs are active in a certain field.
RightFind: Increasing Content Access while Effectively Enabling Global Self-Service at a Global Research & Development
Organization
Joost Kollöffel – Senior Marketing Manager, RightsDirect
This use case discusses the challenges that a global Life Sciences company had, who operate with more than five thousand R&D staff working in 150
international locations and only one central Information Department. Multiple processes were used to get access to content and there was limited visibility to
the library’s services. The RightFind Content Workflow Solution was introduced as the single content access platform in combination with a Multinational
Copyright License. The result was a streamlined more efficient content access-process with lower costs and improved internal communication.
IPI KnowledgeExchange™ Breakout Discussion Groups
Encompassing information within small to medium sized companies as well as large organisations. The following topics will be discussed:
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Developments in Machine Translation – Looking at service providers, google, WIPO, EPO and the critical user
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Legal Status Information – Looking at options globally
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IP5 Activities and the Global Dossier – What is the outcome for users and is it meeting expectations
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Patent Classification Systems – Discussing CPC, F/FT Terms, etc.
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Google Patent Searches Compared to Traditional Searches – User experiences
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Use of Patent Data as Big Data – Considerations and techniques for gathering intelligence from patent information
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Development of Patent Intelligence with Additional Data – Best practices and experiences
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New Geographical Areas Where Patent Information is Becoming Important – Options and issues to get data in unusual countries
e.g. Africa
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In-house Procedures for Monitoring Patent Information – Including following-up (third-party) patents in a (FTP) risk
management/assessment perspective
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Continuing Professional Development of Patent Information Professionals – e.g. QPIP
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Quality of Databases – Comparison of products on the market and user best practices
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Specialised Searching – Best practices for validity and freedom-to-operate searching
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Patent Landscaping and Analysis – Current status of best practices
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The Information Professional’s ‘Edge’ – Defining your unique value and communicating it to the company via internal marketing methods
that work
Educational Vendor Workshops
Conference Delegates are provided with further professional development and learning opportunities via a series of educational workshops. Attendance at
these workshops is open to all registered delegates and is included in the registration fee.
Minesoft PatBase Workshop: Semantic Search, Data Mining and New Data for Better Patent (and Non-Patent) Search and
Analysis.
Rahman Hyatt - Director, Minesoft
Robert Poolman - Senior Manager (Innovation and Consulting), Minesoft
This workshop will showcase the latest additions to PatBase and other Minesoft products. Working with Chemical data in patents and using non patent
sources to extend your search. Client feedback directly shapes Minesoft products, which are constantly being enhanced to optimise the user experience.
From our new semantic search module to discover hidden patents to the new PatBase Thesaurus allowing for more on-target searches by professional
searchers as well as occasional users.
Beyond the Limits of Automated Indexing – The STN Chemistry Galaxy
Jan Baur – STN Trainer, FIZ Karlsruhe
STN's chemistry databases offer unrivalled value to IP Professionals when looking for comprehensive and relevant search results, supporting highly efficient
searches. STN users do not waste time for evaluating automatically annotated documents of low relevance. They can rely on the intellectual indexing
processes and STN's sophisticated substance and structure retrieval system.
Join us in this STN workshop to explore and exemplify specific and generic substance and structure searching in CAS core chemistry databases
REGISTRY/MARPAT/CAPLUS, the Derwent content of DCR/DWPIM/DWPI and Elsevier's REAXYSFILE . The workshop sketches chemistry searches from
structure drawing up to the results presentation in Excel.
Tips & Tricks for Creating Patent and IP Sequence Reports with BizInt Smart Charts for Patents
John Willmore – VP Product Development, BizInt Solutions
In this workshop we will demonstrate how you can use the latest features of BizInt Smart Charts for Patents to create professional IP reports, integrating
patent data from PatBase, Orbit and STN as well as sequence data from GenomeQuest. We will show how to use BizInt Smart Charts to identify related
family members across databases, select key data from each source, and deliver high-quality reports to your clients with links to source records and full-
text patents.
GenomeQuest: In-depth Update on New and Upcoming Features and Content
Julien Doudement - Product Manager, GQ Life Sciences
Here we will share new developments and improvements in GenomeQuest and GQ-Pat planned for 2017. We will be able to answer questions and welcome
discussion and feature requests.