Saturday, May 3, 2003

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS

9:00am

4:30pm

Tony Trippe, "Patinformatics: Patent Analysis for Fun and Profit" - fee - includes lunch - Western Stage

Patinformatics Lunch: Brio

10:00am

12:00pm

Dialog, "The use of patents for business information" - Sauganash East

2:00pm

5:00pm

Magister Ltd., Stephen Adams, "Introduction to worldwide patent information" - fee - Sauganash East

5:30pm

7:30pm

Thomson Current Patents, "Dolphin, the Database of All Pharmaceutical Inventions" - Merchants

Sunday, May 4, 2003

SUNDAY WORKSHOPS

9:00am

12:00pm

STN, "Biosequence Searching Enhancements on STN" - Western Stage

1:00pm

3:00pm

Questel-Orbit Workshop, "Statistical Analysis Tools and New Citation, Analysis, Visualization Tools" - Merchants

1:00pm

3:00pm

MicroPatent, "Proven Methods to Effectively & Accurately Analyze Patent Information Using the Aureka IP Management Platform" - Steamboat

1:00pm

3:00pm

FIZ Karlsruhe, "BEILSTEIN on STN " - Western Stage

Conference Business / Welcoming Reception / Registration

12:00pm

1:00pm

PIUG Volunteers Working Lunch - By Invitation Only - Wolf Point

3:30pm

6:30pm

PIUG, Inc. Business meeting (all members of PIUG, Inc. are encouraged to attend) - Sauaganash West

6:30pm

7:30pm

Registration - Foyer

7:00pm

10:00pm

Welcome Reception in Exhibits Hall - Sauganash East (Sponsored by MicroPatent) - Sauganash East

Monday, May 5, 2003

7:00am

8:00am

Registration - Foyer

Breakfast (Sponsored by anacubis) - Sauganash East

Sauganash West Ballroom

Session:  Patent analysis for R&D, Strategic Tech. Planning - Session Chair - Tony Trippe

8:00am

8:15am

Welcome & Introductory Remarks, Lucy Akers, PIUG Chair

8:15am

9:00am

Keynote Speaker - "Patent Analysis: The Once and Future Discipline"
Anthony Trippe

9:00am

10:00am

"Using Patent Information for Strategic Technology Management", Prof. Dr. Holger Ernst

10:00am

10:30am

Break (Sponsored by FIZ Karlsruhe) - Sauganash East - Visit the exhibits!

10:30am

11:00am

Questions and Answers with Dr. Ernst

11:00am

11:30am

"Roles for the search professional as a partner in patent analysis"
Kerryn A. Brandt

11:30am

12:00pm

"Data Visualisation -  Experiences and Lessons Learned at 3M", Richard Kurt

12:00pm

1:30pm

Luncheon - Initial announcement of the recipient of the International Patent Information Award 2003 (IPI Award sponsored by TPRI, Luncheon sponsored by CAS) - Wolf Point Ballroom

1:30pm

2:00pm

"Enhancing the retrieval quality of biotech patent information with sequence analysis"
Heahyun Yoo.

2:00pm

2:30pm

"Is There A Role for Patent Analysis in Competitive Intelligence"
Bruce Mason

2:30pm

3:00pm

Break (Sponsored by Wisdomain) - Visit the exhibits!

Session:  Patent analysis for Legal Groups - Session Chair - Sandra Unger

3:00pm

3:30pm

"High Level Overview of Patent Search Types and Approaches", Lucy Akers & Ford Khorsandian

3:30pm

4:00pm

"Decision pathways in patent searching and analysis", Julia Deboys

4:00pm

4:30pm

"Dominating Claims and Citation Analysis", James L. Grant & Karl Neidert

4:30pm

5:00pm

"EPOQUE and the Suite of Examiner's Applications at the European Patent Office", Annemie Nuyts

5:45pm

9:00pm

Dinner, Galleria Marchetti, 825 West Erie, Chicago          (Sponsored by CAS)
Shuttle Buses will pick-up at Holiday Inn at 5:45 and 6:15.
Cocktails upon arrival; dinner to be served at 7:00.

Tuesday, May 6, 2003,

2 parallel Tracks, Morning (8:30pm-11:00pm) and Afternoon (2:30pm-4:15)

7:00am

8:00am

Breakfast (Sponsored by Dialog) - Sauganash East

TUESDAY MORNING SESSION: Patent Analysis Tools and Techniques

TRACK 1

Session Chair - Suzanne Robins
Sauganash West Ballroom

TRACK 2

Session Chair - Terri Dockter
Wolf Point Ballroom

8:00am

8:25am

"Applying Investigative Analysis techniques and technology to Patent Information", Greg Coyle

8:25am

8:50am

"Citation Analysis for Practical Use of the Results", Bryan Kim

8:50am

9:15am

"Critical Application of Citation Analysis", Susan E. Cullen

9:15am

9:40am

"Using patent intelligence to gain strategic advantage with Derwent Analytics powered by VantagePoint", Katherine Jakielski

9:40am

10:00am

10:00am

10:25am

"New Ways of Analyzing and Distributing Patent Information using BizInt Smart Charts for Patents", Diane Webb & Trudi Jones

10:25am

10:50am

"Text Clustering and Visualizations in Patent Analysis", Gavin Fischer

10:50am

11:00am

TUESDAY MID-DAY PRESENTATIONS

Mid-Day Presentations to be held in Sauganash West Ballroom - Hosted by Lucy Akers

11:00am

11:20am

"USPTO's 21st Century Strategic Plan", Joseph L. Ebersole

11:20am

11:40am

"Patent Information Services in Japan - good balance between the activities of the Patent Office and the private sector", Yutaka Wada

11:40am

12:00pm

"PATCOM - the European Commercial Patent Services Group", Gert Frackenpohl

12:00pm

1:15pm

Luncheon featuring Mr. Edward Kazenske, USPTO Deputy Commissioner for Patent Resources and Planning, discussing aspects of the USPTO 21st Century Plan (on behalf of the Undersecretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the USPTO, James E. Rogan). - Wolf Point

1:15pm

2:30pm

IFI workshop - Sauganash West Ballroom

Open Afternoon Break (Sponsored by BizInt) - Sauganash East - Visit Exhibits!

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION: Patent Analysis Tools and Techniques

TRACK 1

Session Chair - Nancy Lambert
Sauganash West Ballroom

TRACK 2

Session Chair - Terri Dockter
Wolf Point Ballroom

2:30pm

2:55pm

"Remarkable, Real-world Results with Patent Analysis Technologies", Cindy Poulos

2:55pm

3:20pm

"A Deterministic Approach to Finding Percent Identity of Sequences in a Legally-Meaningful Way", Ron Ranauro

3:20pm

3:45pm

"Minesoft: Patent Analysis & Search Solutions", Rahman Hyatt

3:45pm

4:10pm

"Patent Analysis Methods for M&A Targeting and Valuation", Anthony Breitzman

TUESDAY AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSION - Sauganash West Ballroom

TUESDAY EVENING

8:00pm

10:00pm

IFFI Players: An Amateur Play, Mary Chase's "Harvey", Directed by Nancy Lambert (Ice Cream Reception sponsored by IFI CLAIMS) - Wolf Point

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

7:00am

8:00am

Breakfast (Sponsored by Questel-Orbit) - Sauganash East

Sauganash West Ballroom

Session:  Patent analysis for R&D, Strategic Tech. Planning - Session Chair - Andy Gibbs

8:00am

8:30am

"Do New Intelligent Tools Keep Their Promises When Applied To Scientific Information?" Dr. Heinz-Gerd Kneip

8:30am

9:00am

"Invention, Knowledge Management, and the Imperfection of Text as Evidence"
Katherine T. Durack

9:00am

9:30am

"The State of the Art in Software Solutions for Enterprise Patent Quality Management"
Andy Gibbs

9:30am

10:00am

"Patent Analysis for Business Managers: Applying a "develop vs license" perspective to the patent landscape" Phillip W. Barnett

10:00am

10:30am

Break (Sponsored by WIPS) - Sauganash East - Visit the exhibits!

10:30am

11:00am

"Information for Intellectual Property Management"
Gann Xu

11:00am

11:30am

"Use of Patent Analysis in High Stakes Business Contexts: Litigation, Transactions and Intelligence" Keith Walker.

11:30am

12:00pm

"Lies, damn lies, and patent statistics", Edlyn Simmons

12:00pm

1:30pm

Luncheon featuring -  "Project Harmony: Harmonization efforts of classification system between EPO (European Patent Office), USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) and JPO (Japan Patent Office); Impact for the documentation tasks in the offices and for the users."  Gerard Giroud, European Patent Office
(Sponsored by Thomson Derwent) - Wolf Point Ballroom

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSIONS - Sauganash West Ballroom

1:30pm

3:00pm

"Ask the manager: patent analysis roles", panel discussion featuring select corporate information managers; Hosted by David Dickens; Panelists include; Dr. Patricia Lorenz, Section Head - Information Research &  Analysis, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.;Kathy Flynn, Technical Intelligence Manager, Procter & Gamble; and Richard Kurt, 3M

3:00pm

3:30pm

Afternoon break (Sponsored by OmniViz) - Visit the exhibits!

3:30pm

5:00pm

"Ask the expert: patinformatics", panel discussion hosted by Tony Trippe; Panelists include; Anthony Breitzman, CHI Research; Susan E. Cullen, Micropatent; Dr. Heinz-Gerd Kneip, BASF Aktiengesellschaft; Peter Steele, Thomson Current Patents; and Keith A. Walker, InteCap

5:45pm

10:00pm

Dinner: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 North Cannon Drive (Sponsored by Thomson Derwent)

Buses will pick up outside Holiday Inn at 5.45pm, Drinks served upon arrival and guests will be invited to a short talk by Peter McKay followed by an optional tour of some of the galleries. Dinner will then be served and buses back to the hotel will be arranged for approx 10pm.

Thursday, May 8, 2003

THOMSON DERWENT WORKSHOPS

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12:20-2:00pm Lunch and Product Workshop - Wolf Point Ballroom

Breaks - Foyer

Exhibits - Sauganash East

1:45-4:30pm Thomson Derwent Analytics - Value-Added Information and Tools - Sauganash West

Friday, May 9, 2003

FRIDAY WORKSHOPS

9:00am

10:30am

Delphion, "Analyzing Your Patent Search Results" - Steamboat

9:00am

12:30pm

Magister Ltd.,"Value-Added Patent Searching" (Fee) - Merchants

1:30pm

2:30pm

FIZ Karlsruhe, "Diving for Treasures - Searching Patent Fulltext Files on STN" - Merchants