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PIUG 2008 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

20 Years of Patent Searching in a World of Emerging Technologies
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of PIUG!

Overview | Program | Conference Materials (PIUG members only) | Sponsors | Travel | Workshops

Saturday, May 17 to Thursday, May 22, 2008

Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA, USA 22202
Tel: +1 (703) 418-1234

Workshops

The following workshops are being offered in conjunction with the PIUG 2008 Annual Conference. Please note that you must register separately for each workshop. As space is limited please register early. Early bird registration deadline for workshops is March 31. Regular registration fees apply thereafter or until the workshop fills up. Workshop schedule is subject to change.

Saturday, May 17

Instructor

Workshop

Time

Location

Cost

Registration

Stephen Adams Update On Worldwide Patent Database Coverage For The Searcher

9:00am-12:30pm

Jefferson For Fee PIUG SignUp123
Barry Brager

Automating Patent Analysis for Competitive Advantage

1:00pm-5:00pm

Jefferson For Fee PIUG SignUp123
Dan Phelps

I Didn't Know Excel Could Do That!

Cancelled

    Cancelled
LexisNexis TotalPatent and PatentOptimizer, integrated IP solutions from LexisNexis

1:00pm-3:00pm

Lincoln Free Registration
GenomeQuest Managing Your Entire Sequence Patent Portfolio: Search, Analysis And Reporting Techniques

1:00pm-2:00pm

Roosevelt Free Registration
BizInt BizInt Smart Charts for Patents – The Next Generation

2:30pm-4:00pm

Roosevelt Free Registration

Sunday, May 18

Instructor

Workshop

Time

Location

Cost

Registration

FIZ Karlsruhe The USPTO Genetic Sequence Database, USGENE, on STN 9:00am-11:00am Lincoln Free Registration
Questel QPAT – What Makes QPAT Unique? (presented by Questel) – Analyzing a Target Company’s Active Patent Portfolio – A Professional Search Scenario (presented by IBM) 9:00am-11:00am Jefferson Free Registration
Minesoft Minesoft Update: PatBase – Over 30 million families, new Asian data, Citation searching, new VizPat analysis software and latest PatentOrder options 8:30am-9:30am Roosevelt Free Registration
Patent Insight Pro Patent INSIGHT Pro & Visual iNSIGHT Pro – The Most Comprehensive Set of
Powerful Analysis, Reporting and Visualization Tools That Require Just
Search Expertise
9:00am-10:00am Capitol Free Registration
Innography Going Beyond Search: Correlating Multiple Data Sources for Licensing Analysis 10:00am-11:00am Roosevelt Free Registration
Dolcera Dolcera: Web 2.0 Tools for IP Research and Analysis 11:00am-Noon Capitol Free Registration
Thomson Reuters Thomson Innovation, the new standard in IP research and analysis, and Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI), and Dialog – including the latest enhancements to all these products Noon-3:00pm Regency E Free Registration

Thursday, May 22

Instructor

Workshop

Time

Location

Cost

Registration

CAS
FIZ Karlsruhe
STN Patent Forum 8:30am-4:00pm Lincoln Free Registration
Lucy Akers
Aalt van de Kuilen

Basics of Patenting Processes and Approaches for Patent Searching

9:00am-Noon Jefferson For Fee PIUG SignUp123
Search Technology Text Mining - Improving your VantagePoint on Patent Information 9:00am-10:00am Roosevelt Free Registration
Patents Online SumoBrain – A New Patent Search Releases to Market 10:00am-11:00am Prince William Free Registration
Patent Insight Pro Patent INSIGHT Pro & Visual iNSIGHT Pro – The Most Comprehensive Set of
Powerful Analysis, Reporting and Visualization Tools That Require Just
Search Expertise
11:00am-Noon Kennedy Free Registration
USPTO USPC Classification Search Strategies 2 identical sessions:
10:00am-noon
1:00pm-3:00pm
Arlington Free PIUG SignUp123

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