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The International Society for Patent Information Professionals

PIUG 2019 Biotechnology Conference

Taking Biotechnology to the Next Level

Tuesday, February 19, through Thursday, February 21, 2019

Kimpton Marlowe Hotel
25 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA 02141
+1-617-868-8000

Twitter: #PIUG19BIO

Workshops

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Please note that a conference registration table will be open during the Tuesday Workshops for those who are attending the Wednesday conference plenary sessions and wish to preregister or check in.

Unless otherwise specified, registration to all workshops is required but free to all conference attendees.

Time (ET)	Workshop	Instructor(s)	Location	Presentation
7:30 am	Breakfast
8:00 am	Presentation
8:30 am	STN: Sequence Searching in STNext	Jim Brown	Serrano C
10:30 am	Break		Serrano B
11:00 am	Minesoft: How To Take Advantage of New Features in PatBase, an Exploration of PatDocs, and What To Expect Next from Minesoft	Jason Resnick	Serrano C
12:00 pm	Lunch		Serrano B
1:00 pm	Bizint SmartCharts: Creating IP Reports Integrating Sequence and Family Data with BizInt Smart Charts for Patents	John Willmore	Serrano C	pdf
2:00 pm	Break		Serrano B
2:15 pm	Aptean GenomeQuest: Searching for Variant Sequences with Pinpoint Accuracy	Ellen Sherin	Serrano C
3:15 pm	Break		Serrano B
3:30 pm	Questel: Orbit BioSequence: Combining Sequence Searching with Motif Finding, Keywords in Fulltext, and Chemistry	Denis Bayada Amandine Kandi-Masakidi	Serrano C
4:30 pm	Adjourn

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Time (ET)	Workshop	Instructor(s)	Location	Presentation
8:00 am	Registration
8:30 am	USPTO: The Meat Inside the WIPO Standard ST.26 Nutshell; The Details of Sequence Listings in Patent Applications.	Susan C. Wolski, PCT Special Programs Examiner, USPTO	Serrano A	pdf
10:00 am	Break		Serrano C
10:15 am	USPTO: The Patent Examination Process Including Different Approaches to Searching at the USPTO.	Jackie Cheng, USPTO Sue Liu, USPTO	Serrano A	pdf
11:15 am	Break		Serrano C
11:30 am	Resources of Interest	David Osterbur, Harvard Medical School	Serrano A
12:30 pm	Adjourn

Sponsors of the PIUG 2019 Biotechnology Conference who are interested in hosting a workshop may use this link to review the Guidelines for Arranging a Workshop and complete the form requesting to host a workshop. Requests received after the deadline will be considered, based on remaining available time and space.

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