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PIUG 2004 Annual Conference

An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

Worldwide Patent Information: Back to Basics

May 22-27, 2004
Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel
Baltimore, MD USA

Volunteer Luncheon

noon - 1:00

(by invitation only) sponsored by Questel-Orbit

Carroll Room

Business Meeting

3:30 - 5:00

Business Meeting (all PIUG, Inc. members encouraged to attend)

International Ballroom A+B

Welcome Reception

7:00 - 9:00

Welcome Reception sponsored by anacubis

Exhibit Hall International Ballroom DEF

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Morning Session 8:30am-12:00pm
How to Find Patent Information
Session Chair: Lucy Akers

8:30 - 8:45	Welcome and Introductory Remarks	Elyse Turner, Chair, Planning Committee
8:45 - 9:30	Keynote Address: There's a World Out There...and It Matters	Stephen Adams, Magister
9:30 - 10:00	State-of-the-Art Searches	Lucy Akers, Akers & Co, and Ford Khorsandian, TPR
10:00-10:30	Break - sponsored by Korea Institute of Patent Information (KIPI)	Foyer/Exhibition Hall
10:30-11:00	Internet Patent Resources and Cost Saving Techniques to Supplement and Enhance Online Database Searching	Sandy Smith, Patent InfoSmith, and Suzanne Robins, Patent Information Services, Inc
11:00-11:30	Limitations of Current Technology While Searching & Classifying Data	Dr. Alok Aggarwal, Evalueserve
11:30-12:00	Method of Treatment and Field of Use Patents	Subramaniyan Narayanaswami and Anne Marie Clark, Pfizer

Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 Sponsored by Thomson Scientific in the Liberty Ballroom

Afternoon Session 1:30-4:00pm
Where to Find Patent Information and Patent Documents
Session Chair: Sandra Unger

1:30 - 2:00	Made in Japan: Patolis-e by Patolis	David Dickens, Questel-Orbit
2:00 - 2:30	The F-Term Search System and its Application	Alan Engel, Paterra, Inc
2:30 - 3:00	Getting the Most out of Free Databases at USPTO	Carl Oppedahl, Oppedahl & Larson LLP
3:00 - 3:30	Break - sponsored by GeneIT	Foyer/Exhibition Room
3:30 - 4:00	Extraction, Analysis, and Searching of ECLA Codes in Questel·Orbit's PlusPat Database	Elliott Linder, Questel-Orbit

Panel Discussion 4:00-5:00pm
Ask the Expert from PIUG
Panel Moderator: Martin Goffman

Panelists:

	What Information Is Legally Relevant?	Richard A. Neifeld, Ph.D., Neifeld IP Law, PC
	Locating Background Information and Alternate Information Sources	Adrienne Shanler, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
	Are We Done Yet?	Roy Zimmermann, Medtronic

Evening Event: Dinner at Camden Yards Ballpark hosted by CAS
(Shuttle transportation provided) (registration required)

Morning Session 8:30am-12:00pm
Patent Country Coverage and Traditional Patent Info Sources
Session Chair: Edlyn Simmons

8:30 - 9:00	Trends in Earliest Patenting Disclosures of Chemistry IP and Occurrence of New Chemistry in Worldwide Patent Offices	Jan Williams & Matt Toussant, CAS
9:00 - 9:30	Global Patent Sources and Managing the Challenges They Present	Robert Stembridge, Thomson Scientific
9:30 - 10:00	INPADOC: 30 Years of Endeavour yet Unmapped Territories Remain!	Davide Lingua, INPADOC Services, EPO
10:00 - 10:30	Break - sponsored by FIZ Karlsruhe	Foyer/ Exhibition Hall
10:30 - 11:00	Patent Families and Where to Find Them	Robert Austin, Fiz-Karlsruhe
11:00 - 11:30	Patent-Related Information Sources of Russia and Other Countries of Former Soviet Union	Aleksandr Belinskiy, Aventis and Valerian Khutoretsky, Information Consultant
11:30 - 12:00	The Joy of Text!	Willem Geert Lagemaat, Univentio

Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 Sponsored by CAS in the Liberty Ballroom

Panel Discussion 4:00-5:00pm
Ask the Vendors
Panel Moderator: Nancy Lambert

Morning Session 8:30am-12:00pm
Hot Topics
Session Chair: Suzanne Robins

8:30 - 9:00	Patent Analysis: What Have You Done for Me Lately?	Anthony Trippe, Science IP/CAS
9:00 - 9:30	In-House Collaboration Using Aureka - Making Docketed Patents Quickly and Reliably Accessible	Stuart Dodd, MicroPatent
9:30 - 10:00	Power Tools for Patent Experts: Maximizing the Value of Classification and Indexing	Jim Brown, IFI Claims Patent Service
10:00-10:30	Break - sponsored by Dialog, a Thomson Co.	Foyer/ Exhibition Hall
10:30-11:00	What are the Hot Topics in Europe?	Daniel Shalloe, EPO
11:00-11:30	Recent Development in Japan IP Industry	Yataka Wada, Patolis
11:30-12:00	USPTO's 21st Century Plan and Harmonization: Where do Things Stand?	Joe Ebersole, Counsel for the Coalition for Patent and Trademark Info. Dissemination

Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 Sponsored by PIUG in the Liberty Ballroom

Afternoon Session 1:30-4:00pm
Updates from Patent Offices
Session Chair: Stephen Adams

1:30 - 2:10	Patent Information Activities at WIPO	Neil Wilson, WIPO
2:10 - 2:50	National Situation About Information of Patents in Bolivia, Mexico and the MERCOSUR States.	Edwin Urquidi, Center of Studies of Dev. in Intellectual Property (CEDPI), La Paz, Bolivia
2:50 - 3:20	Break - sponsored by PATOLIS	Foyer/Exhibition Hall
3:20 - 4:00	Reform of the IPC and the Trilateral Harmonization Project	Harold Smith, USPTO

Panel Discussion 4:00-5:00pm
Ask the Manager (of the Patent Office)
Panel Moderator: Stephen Adams

Panelists:

	WIPO	Neil Wilson
	USPTO	Harold Smith
	South America	Edwin Urquidi
	EPO	Daniel Shalloe

Evening Event: Dinner and Reception hosted by Thomson Scientific

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