Preparing for the Future and the Unknown:New Technologies and Skills for the Patent Searcher

2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCEMay 4 – 9, 2019 Westin Alexandria Alexandria, Virginia

Saturday, May 4, 2019

9:00 am 12:00 pm Introduction to Patent Searching (PIUG) – FEE Wright

12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch for registered attendees of one of the Saturday workshops – Free Wright

1:00 pm 5:30 pm Patent Searching Fundamentals (PIUG) – FEE Wright

Sunday, May 5, 2019

8:00 am 9:00 am Google Patents Public Datasets (Google) – Free Banneker

9:00 am 10:00 am Google Patents for Power Users (Google) – Free Banneker

10:00 am 11:00 am Patent Portfolio Maintenance: Benchmarking Current Practices (CPA Global) – Free Bell

11:00 am 12:30 pm Get Up to Date with BizInt Smart Charts for Patents (BizInt Smart Charts) – Free Wright

1:00 pm 2:00 pm Advances in Sequence Searching (Aptean GenomeQuest) – Free Bell

2:00 pm 3:00 pm Latest Innovations: Optimize your IP Analysis (Questel) – Free Whitney

3:00 pm 4:00 pm Updates to PatBase & PatDocs, introducing IPShare and What to Expect Next from Minesoft (Minesoft) – Free Wright

4:00 pm 5:00 pm Delivering Patent Analytics With a Punch (Derwent) – Free Banneker

5:15 pm 6:30 pm PIUG Business Meeting (All conference attendees) Edison A/B/C/D

6:30 pm 7:30 pm First-Time Attendee Welcome & Orientation Reception (First Time PIUG Conference attendees) Edison E/F/G

7:30 pm 9:30 pm Opening Reception in Exhibit Area – exhibits open (All conference attendees) Sponsored by the Gold Sponsors

Monday, May 6, 2019

7:15 am 8:15 am Breakfast and Open Exhibits. Sponsored by the Silver Sponsors Edison E/F/G

8:15 am 8:30 am Welcome and Introductions (Martha Yates, PIUG Chair) Edison A/B/C/D

8:30 am Session A: Design Patents (Chairperson: Martha Yates) Edison A/B/C/D

8:30 am 9:00 am Hague System for Int’l Registration of Industrial Designs (Damon Neagle, Design IP and The Hershey Company)

9:00 am 9:05 am Product Update (STN)

9:05 am 9:35 am Best Practices in Searching Designs (Dominic DeMarco, DeMarco IP)

9:35 am 9:40 am Product Update (BizInt)

9:40 am 10:00 am Figure Search on Utility Patent Applications Drawings (Qiang Lu and Kate Luo, USPTO)

10:00 am 10:10 am Product Updates (IFI, CPA Global)

10:10 am 10:40 am Break. Sponsored by the Bronze Sponsors

10:40 am Session B: Trends in Patent Searching (Chairperson: Martha Yates) Edison A/B/C/D

10:45 am 11:15 am Patent Information Searching: Productivity and Progress (Thomas E. Wolff, Wolff Information Consulting LLC)

11:15 am 11:25 am Product Updates (Aptean GenomeQuest, Minesoft)

11:25 am 12:05 pm Keynote Address (Laura A. Peter, Deputy Under Sec. of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Deputy Director of the USPTO)

12:05 pm 12:15 pm Product Updates (Anaqua, Questel)

12:15 pm 1:15 pm Lunch. Sponsored by the Gold Sponsors Edison E/F/G

1:15 pm Session C: Patent Valuation and Senior Management (Chairperson: Ron Kaminecki) Edison A/B/C/D

1:20 pm 1:50 pm Panel Discussion: Patent Intelligence in the Boardroom (Moderator: Daniel Videtto, Derwent)

1:50 pm 2:20 pm Leveraging Traditional Search Techniques in STNext (Paul Peters, Chemical Abstracts Service)

2:20 pm 2:35 pm Product Updates (ktMINE, EPO)

2:35 pm 3:05 pm Break. Sponsored by the Bronze Sponsors

3:05 pm 4:05 pm USPTO Workshop: CPC Changes with EPO Six Years Down the Line: A CPC Update on Status and Future Development

4:05 pm 5:05 pm Virtual Tour of USPTO

6:30 pm 10:30 pm 6:30-7:30 pm: Cocktail Hour & Reception. Sponsored by Derwent

7:30-10:30 pm: PIUG Gala & Awards Dinner – Game Drawing for Monday’s winner. Sponsored by PIUG

Edison A/B/C/D

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

7:30 am 8:30 am Breakfast and Open Exhibits. Sponsored by the Silver Sponsors Edison E/F/G

8:30 am Session D: The Many Facets of Patent Searching (Chairperson: Heather Simmons) Edison A/B/C/D

8:35 am 9:05 am Who’s Responsible for Inaccurate Search Results? Is It the Source, the Searcher or the Stakeholder? (Susanne Hantos, Davies Collison Cave)

9:05 am 9:35 am Nothing New Under the Sun; Dealing with Very Old Prior Art, Non-patent Literature and Obviousness (Stephen Adams, Magister Ltd.)

9:35 am 9:40 am Product Update (Derwent)

9:40 am 10:10 am Quirky Patent Coloring Books and What They Can Teach You About Historical Patent Searching (Paulina Borrego, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

10:10 am 10:40 am Strategies to Guide Non IP Professionals on Identification of Patent Search Requirements in the Commercialization Process for Optimal Results (Sharon Benjamin and Charlie Silver, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc)

10:40 am 10:50 am Product Updates (WIPO, KIPI)

10:50 am 12:30 pm No-Conflict Open Exhibits

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Lunch. Sponsored by the Gold Sponsors Edison E/F/G

1:30 pm Session E: EPO and WIPO Facilitating Access to Patent Information (Chairperson: Cynthia Gallagher) Edison A/B/C/D

1:35 pm 1:55 pm Searching Has Never Been Easier - New Espacenet Has Arrived (Roland Feinäugle, European Patent Office)

1:55 pm 2:15 pm New WIPO Platforms and Resources (Andrew Czajkowski, World Intellectual Property Organization)

2:15 pm 2:35 pm Asia and Beyond: Deciphering Patent Information from Around the World – and How the EPO Can Support You (Jutta Haußer, European Patent Office)

2:35 pm 2:40 pm Product Update (VantagePoint)

2:40 pm 3:25 pm Panel Discussion: PIUG Collaboration with EPO and WIPO on Facilitating Access to Worldwide Patent Information (Moderator: Cynthia Gallagher, Pfizer)

3:25 pm 3:55 pm Break. Sponsored by the Bronze Sponsors

3:55 pm 4:55 pm EPO Workshop: Patent Insight Reports from the EPO (Nigel Clarke, European Patent Office)

4:55 pm 5:00 pm Tuesday Game Drawing

7:00 pm 9:30 pm Networking Dinners (Sign-up sheet at registration desk. Meal at own cost.)

74

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

7:15 am 8:30 am Breakfast and Open Exhibits. Sponsored by the Silver Sponsors Edison E/F/G

8:30 am Session F: Patent Landscapes (Chairperson: Martha Yates) Edison A/B/C/D

8:35 am 9:05 am Using AI and Machine Learning for Patent Landscape (Joseph Polimeni, IBM)

9:05 am 9:25 am Challenges of Integrating Patent Information Resources (John Willmore, BizInt Solutions)

9:25 am 9:55 am Anatomy of Patent Landscapes (Kartar Arora, CPA Global)

9:55 am 10:25 am Break. Sponsored by the Bronze Sponsors

10:25 am Session G: The Future of Patent Information (Chairperson: Martha Yates) Edison A/B/C/D

10:30 am 10:50 am The Dragon Rises: The Growing Importance of Chinese Patent Data (Janice Stevenson, IFI CLAIMS Patent Services)

10:50 am 11:20 am Assembling White Spaces in Patent Landscapes Using Anti-Cliques in Co-classification Graphs (Jesse Frumkin, USPTO)

11:20 am 11:45 am Patent Information Professional 4.0: Certified and Ready for the Future (Susanne Hantos, Davies Collison Cave)

11:45 am 12:10 pm Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property (Ron Kaminecki)

12:10 pm 12:20 pm Closing Remarks - Looking forward to 2020 (Martha Yates, PIUG Chair)

12:20 pm 1:00 pm Lunch. Sponsored by the Gold Sponsors Edison E/F/G

1:00 pm 4:00 pm Workshop: The Wonderful World of WIPO Standards (Stephen Adams, Magister Ltd.) – FEE Bannecker

1:00 pm 4:00 pm Workshop: AI Basics for Patent Professionals (Srinivasan Parthiban) – FEE Whitney

1:00 pm 4:00 pm Workshop: Leveraging CPC for Search (Tonya Heyboer, Serco) – FEE Edison A/B/C/D

2:15 pm 2:30 pm Break and Game Drawing. Sponsored by the Bronze Sponsors

7:00 pm 10:00 pm Networking Dinners (Sign-up sheet at registration desk. Meal at own cost.)

Thursday, May 9, 2019

9:00 am 3:30 pm STN Patent Forum – Free Wright

30 Years of PIUG