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Sunday, April 29 to Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Hilton Crystal City at National Airport
2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal City, Virginia 22202, USA
Hotel Tel: 1-703-418-6800, Fax: 1-703-418-3763, Reservation: 1-800-445-8667
Patent Information from the PCT and NAFTA
| Time | Presentation |
| Saturday, April 28, 2001 | |
| 3:00pm - 6:00pm | Mary Ellen Mogee, Ph.D., "Patent Analysis for Competitive Technical Intelligence: A Workshop" NOTE: $175 (USD) FEE FOR THIS SATURDAY WORKSHOP; CAPACITY LIMITED TO 30, SEPARATE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF FEE REQUIRED, contact kmartin@metricsgroup.com |
| Sunday, April 29, 2001 | |
| 9:00am - 12:00pm | Kerry G. Stanley, CAS / STN Training - "Current Awareness in the Patent Literature - It's Role in Competitive Assessment" - Dewey I & II Room NOTE: FREE; SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED; contact: wksp@cas.org, 1-800-848-6538 x3549 or www.cas.org/training/schedule.html |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Cory Allender, Joe Terlizzi, Questel*Orbit Training - "IPC? US Class? Both? None of the Above? Simplify your prior art searching! Use the precision of the classification system employed by EPO examiners" - Dewey I & II Room NOTE: FREE; SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED; contact lgunther@questel.orbit.com |
| 3:30pm - 5:30pm | PIUG, Inc. Business Meeting - Dewey I, II and III Room |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Exhibits Room Open - Crystal Room |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Registration Open - Admiralty Ballroom Foyer |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Registration Opens / Reception for First-Time Attendees, Board Members, Committee Chairs and PIUG 2001 Meeting Organizers (Reception sponsored by Current Patents Ltd) - Pre-Function Foyer on Plaza Level |
| 8:00pm - 9:30pm | Welcome Reception for all attendees with entertainment (Reception sponsored by Current Patents Ltd) - Pre-Function Foyer on Plaza Level |
| 8:30pm - 9:00pm | "JIPI" entertainment (Organized by Stephen Adams) - Decatur Room near Pre-Function Foyer |
GENERAL SESSION & LUNCH - ADMIRALTY BALLROOM EXHIBITS - CRYSTAL ROOM |
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| Monday, April 30, 2001, MORNING SESSION - U.S., Chair: Edlyn Simmons | |
| 7:30am - 8:15am |
Breakfast, (Sponsored by IFI Claims) - Admiralty Foyer |
| 8:15am |
Lucy Akers, "Introductory Remarks" |
| 8:30am | Harry M. Allcock, "IFI Claims Introduction" |
| 8:45am | Darlene Slaughter, "Database Review" |
| 9:00am | Jim Brown, "Indexing Business Method Patents" |
| 9:20am | Darlene Slaughter, "Use of the IPC-US Concordance" |
| 9:35am | Edlyn Simmons, "User Comments Regarding Assignee Thesaurus and IPC Concordance" |
| 9:45am | Joe Ebersole, "The Impact of Published U.S.A pplications on Patent Information" |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Jyosthsna Venkat, "Combinatorial Chemistry at the USPTO - Search and examination practices in combinatorial chemistry" |
| 11:15am - 11:35am | Lou Falasco, "Organization of Information: US Patent Classification" |
| 11:35am - 12:00pm | Peter Vanderheyden, "Bringing Business Users into the IP Research Realm" |
| 12:00pm - 12:20pm | Break - Visit the Exhibits Room in the Crystal Room! |
| 12:20pm - 1:30pm | Luncheon featuring Mr. Nicholas P. Godici, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, for a presentation on planned improvements with respect to patent information at the USPTO. |
| AFTERNOON SESSION - CANADA AND MEXICO, Chair: Lucy Akers | |
| 1:30pm - 1:45pm | PIUG Board of Directors, "Special Announcements" |
| 1:45pm - 3:00pm | Cynthia Ledgley, "Canadian Patent Law for Patent Searchers" |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Claude Plante, "Electronic Prior-Art Searching in the Canadian Patent Examination Process" |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Luis Mariano Velázquez Chéquer, "PatentI nformation in the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property" |
| 7:00pm - 10:00am | Wine and Cheese Reception (Sponsored by Micropatent) Informal discussions with examiners and guest speakers - Pre-Function Foyer, Crystal Room & Decatur Room |
| Tuesday, May 1, 2001, MORNING SESSION - PATENT ANALYSIS TIPS AND TECHNIQUES, Chair - Ford Khorsandian | |
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Breakfast (Sponsored by Dailog) - Admiralty Foyer |
| 8:30am - 9:15am | Taka Nakashima, Colleen Shay "Case Studies in Developing Patent Analysis Solutions" |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Peter Steele, "From Patents to Intelligence: Researching Press Releases" |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am - 11:30pm | Kerry G. Stanley, "Using Analysis Techniques to Exploit the Value in Patent Information" |
| 11:30pm - 12:00pm | Break - Visit the Exhibits Room in the Crystal Room! |
| 12:20pm - 1:30pm | Luncheon (Sponsored by Chemical Abstracts Service, CAS) featuring the Announcement of the 2001 Recipient of the International Patent Information Award (IPI Award Sponsored by Technology & Patent Research International) |
| AFTERNOON SESSION - PCT AND EUROPE, Chair - Lucy Akers | |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Debra Brittingham and Diana Oleska, "Overview of the PCT" |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Niels Stevenborg, "Searching combinatorial chemistry - from biochips to catalysts and beyond : An EPO perspective on documentary searching in the field of combinatorial chemistry" |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm | USPTO Tour (Organized by Ed Olefirowicz) |
| 8:00pm - 9:30pm | IFI Players present Kaufman and Hart's "You Can't Take it With You"(Organized by Nancy Lambert) and Ice-Cream Reception (Sponsored by Delphion) - Decatur Room |
| Wednesday, May 2, 2001, MORNING SESSION - VENDOR SESSION,Chair - Roger Pan | |
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Breakfast (Sponsored by Questel-Orbit) - Admiralty Foyer |
| 8:30am - 9:30am | David Dickens "Patent Developments at Questel-Orbit" |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Kerry G. Stanley "STN-Harnessing the Wealth of Patent Information Online" |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Break (Sponsored by Questel-Orbit) |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Holly Chong-Williams "New Content & Features on Dialog, US & Worldwide" |
| 12:00pm - 12:20pm | Break - Visit the Exhibits in the Crystal Room! |
| 12:20pm - 1:30pm | Lunch (Sponsored by Derwent) |
| AFTERNOON SESSION - WORLDWIDE PATENT INFORMATION, Chair - Sandra Unger | |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Gary Johnson, Donald Walter, "Triple Play! 1. Developments at Derwent, recent and future; 2. Searching Business Methods Patents; 3. After the Structure Search - Finding Information about Uses of Chemicals and Other Non-Structural Information" |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Break (Sponsored by Paterra) |
| 3:00pm - 5:00pm | Stephen Adams, "Beginner's Guide to World Patent Practice and Procedures" |
| 5:30pm - 10:30pm | Gala Dinner Cruise (generously underwritten by Derwent) featuring the IPI Award Presentation Ceremony - Buses outside HIltion Crystal City Hotel Lobby |
The Gala Dinner Cruise will only accommodate those people who are specifically pre-registered for this event. Guests pre-registered for the cruise event are invited to wear formal evening attire (black tie) or business attire. |
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| The 2001 Derwent US Conference and Patent Fair - Sharing Information that Enables Innovation - will be held May 3 and 4, immediately following the PIUG meeting. For more information call Alisha Robinson toll free at 1-800-DERWENT, Ext 5915. Full agenda details and registration are available at http://www.derwent.com/usconference/index.html | |
Suggested Meeting Attire: Business or Business Casual
PIUG, Inc. Business Meeting:
There is no fee for attending the PIUG Business Meeting on Sunday at 3:30pm. All members of the PIUG are encouraged to attend the Business Meeting and to participate in the running of the organization.
Be sure to send in separate registrations for the training classes / workshops on Saturday or Sunday (see the specific contact information for each workshop as listed above).
Meeting Location and Lodging: The meeting will be held at the HiltonC rystal City at National Airport at 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal City, Virginia 22202, Tel: 1-703-418-6800, Fax: 1-703-418-3763.
Hotel reservations may be made by calling 1-800-445-8667 or 1-703-418-6800.
All hotel room rates are subject to a sales and occupancy tax. Guests staying at the Hilton Crystal City and Surrounding Hotels are each personally responsible for their room costs, taxes, transport costs, and all associated personal or business expenses.
The hotel is ten minutes from the government and business centers of Washington, D.C. The hotel is located on Route 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway), five minutes east of I-395, 3 blocks from the Crystal City Metrorail station and 1 block from the entrance to the Crystal City Underground Mall and "restaurant row". The hotel is also located three minutes from Reagan National Airport. A hotel shuttle may be available for your transport to and from the airport. For more information about the area, visit http://www.crystalcity.com/.
On Wednesday evening, Derwent will provide motorcoaches for our transport from the Hilton Crystal City hotel to the Gala Dinner Cruise aboard the Odyssey passenger vessel. Bus boarding will begin at 5:30pm near the Hilton lobby and the final bus will depart at 6:00pm sharp. We expect to be back at the hotel at approximately 10:30pm. For more information about the Odyssey, visit http://www.odysseycruises.com/odyssey/washington/index.html. The Gala Dinner Cruise will only accommodate those who have pre-registered specifically for this event. Guests pre-registered for the cruise event on Wed. evening are invited to wear formal evening attire (black tie) or business attire.
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