PIUG 2008 Northeast Conference

Workshops

Monday, October 13 – All Day

• STN Patent Forum – more information below

Wednesday, October 15 – Morning

• Dialog: "What's Going on at Dialog? The Patent Searcher Edition" (Ron Kaminecki) – more information below
• FIZ Karlsruhe: "Effective patent sequence searching on STN" (Jim Brown) – Workshop description & registration page are available at http://www.stn-international.com/training_center/workshops/PIUGNE2008.html.
• Innography: "Advanced IP Landscaping" (Ryan Rozich) – more information below
• LexisNexis: "Integrated IP Solutions from LexisNexis" (Jeff Adler) – more information below
• Perception Partners: "Automating Patent Analysis for Competitive Advantage" (Barry Brager) – more information below
• Questel: "Merged Markush Service (MMS) Advanced Tips and Tricks " (Joe Terlizzi) – more information below

Wednesday, October 15 – Afternoon

• Dolcera: "Dolcera Web 2.0 IP Tools and Services" – more information below
• FIZ Karlsruhe: "Structure Searching DWPI Using STN Express" (Rob Austin) – Workshop description & registration page are available at http://www.stn-international.com/training_center/workshops/PIUGNE2008.html.
• GenomeQuest: "GenomeQuest 5.0: Grouping, sorting and dynamic display functions for faster analysis of patent sequence searches" (Gina Bajenaru) – more information below
• Minesoft: "Patent Searching, Analysis and Delivery via PatBase Made Fun and Efficient" (Tim Campbell & Phil Ostanock) – more information below
• PatentInsightPro: "Smart Patent Analysis using Patent iNSIGHT Pro and VizMAP" (Manish Sinha) – more information below
• Questel: "QPAT - The Patent Management Tool" (Austin Englert and Joe Terlizzi) – more information below

Thursday, October 16 – Morning

• Thomson Reuters Workshops – more information below

Registration information and links for all workshops will be forthcoming on this workshop page.

These links will bring up Word documents for the 2008 Workshop/Exhibitor Agreement. Each provides critical information and a form to be returned to Adrienne Shanler.

Contact Adrienne Shanler (shanlera @ optonline.net) of PIUG if there are questions concerning workshops and exhibits at the PIUG 2008 Northeast Conference.

Workshops – Detailed Descriptions and Registration Information

STN Patent Forum

Monday, October 13 – 9:00am - 4:00pm

Description/Agenda: http://www.cas.org/support/stngen/stntraining/patentnewbrunswick.html#forum1

Registration: http://www.cas.org/forms/regform.html.

Topics:

• What's New on STN?
• Understanding First-Level and Value-Added Patent Databases on STN
• Current-Awareness Searches in Patent Databases on STN
• Patent Citation Analysis on STN
• Increasing Your Confidence in STN Patent Search Results

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. STN Patent Forums are free, but registration is required.

Dialog: "What's Going on at Dialog? The Patent Searcher Edition"

Wednesday, October 15 – 9:00am - 11:00am

Presenter: Ron Kaminecki, Dialog

Registration: http://www.dialog.com/events/piug/.

An overview of the latest news at Dialog, plus methods of searching patent and non-patent prior art. This session is aimed at the new or advanced patent searcher who wants to know about the latest updates at Dialog, plus an overview of how to find both patent and non-patent literature in Dialog's extensive collection of primary and secondary information for prior art searching. Presentations will be given by Ron Kaminecki, JD, Dialog LLC.

FIZ Karlsruhe: "Effective patent sequence searching on STN"

Wednesday, October 15 – 8:30am - noon

Presenter: Jim Brown, FIZ Karlsruhe

Registration: http://www.stn-international.com/training_center/workshops/PIUGNE2008.html.

In this workshop, learn how to most efficiently use key patent sequence database resources on STN.

• USGENE, DGENE and PCTGEN database features & content
• Sequence Code Match Searching
• BLAST similarity searching
• FASTA similarity searching
• Techniques for combining multi-file sequence searches

Innography: "Advanced IP Landscaping"

Wednesday, October 15 – 9:00am - noon

Presenter: Ryan Rozich, Innography

Register: send email to Karoline McLaughlin at kmclaughlin @ innography.com

This session will cover going beyond patents to get richer and more complete technology landscapes. We will discuss trends and changes in patent analysis, the need to go beyond patent searching for technology landscaping, and strategies for correlating non-patent data with patent data. Strategies will include correlating business/financial data with patent landscapes to segment large company patent holders from small patent holders, and correlating litigation data with patent landscapes to put together risk profiles for certain technology areas. The session will conclude with a live technology demonstration using a business intelligence platform to perform online analysis.

LexisNexis: "Integrated IP Solutions from LexisNexis"

Wednesday, October 15 – 9:00am - 11:00am

Presenter: Jeff Adler, LexisNexis

Register: send an email to Pamela Tippett at pamela.tippett @ lexisnexis.com

This workshop is designed to show how IP solutions from LexisNexis can function independently but how much better they function when used together. During the workshop we will demonstrate how closely the prosecution and litigation of patent applications is integrated with the research and retrieval of patent information. The workshop will begin with a detailed review of TotalPatent, the world's most comprehensive full text patent research tool and then focus on PatentOptimizer, the unique tool designed by patent law professionals to help construct, analyze and deconstruct patents.

Perception Partners: "Automating Patent Analysis for Competitive Advantage"

Wednesday, October 15 – 8:30am - noon

Presenter: Barry Brager, Perception Partners

Register via the NE Conference Registration page.

Full abstract available here.

This in-depth workshop will educate and instruct users in performing and automating many forms of patent analysis. From simple charting tools to categorizers and valuation algorithms, participants will gain deep insight into the tools and methods that impress and engage executive management - because they get the job done at lower risk and higher value. Workshop subject matter will focus on extracting business insights and cover the automation of a range of techniques including charting and graphing, identifying white spaces, effectively categorizing patents and much more. The tools discussed will include Vantage Point/Thomson Data Analyzer, Microsoft Excel, Innography, Patent Cafe and several other paid and free resources. By the end of the workshop, takeaways will include new approaches to assessing patent risks and opportunities, estimating patent quality, and quantifying options in patent licensing, sales or litigation.

Questel: "Merged Markush Service (MMS) Advanced Tips and Tricks"

Wednesday, October 15 – 9:00am - noon

Presenter: Joe Terlizzi, Questel

Register: send email to Sophie Ames at sames @ questel.com

This seminar is for chemical structure searchers who want to improve their MMS skills for creating structure queries, have their searches run more efficiently, and be able to more precisely analyze their answer sets and export their results. To make this seminar more interactive, attendees are invited to submit before the seminar their own tips and techniques that they would like to share with other searchers.

Some topics to be included in this seminar are:

• Review of normalization rules
• Techniques for broadening and narrowing queries
• Ring isolation using MMS
• Subset searching
• RX Candidate Handling
• CN Lookup
• Using the JOIN Command
• Housekeeping commands
• Transfer of results to databases on Questel; a review of MEM, PRT displays, and combining results from other sources

If you would like to submit a topic for this seminar, please contact Joe at jterlizzi @ questel.com.

Dolcera: "Dolcera Web 2.0 IP Tools and Services"

Wednesday, October 15 – 1:00pm - 2:15pm, 2:30pm - 3:45pm (same session repeats)

Presenter: Samir Raiyani, Dolcera

Registration: http://dolcera.com/dolcerareg.html.

Dolcera has built a brand new Web 2.0-based platform for patent research and analysis. This platform makes it easy for information professionals, scientists and executives to create and share patent, scientific and market data securely throughout the organization. This highly interactive platform is currently being used by some of world's largest companies as well as by several startups in areas ranging from life sciences an alternative energy to manufacturing and high-tech. Dolcera has a team of scientists in various domains that support the clients and provide high-quality taxonomy development and research support services. In this workshop, Dolcera will demonstrate its platform and world-class IP and innovation processes.

FIZ Karlsruhe: "Structure Searching DWPI Using STN Express"

Wednesday, October 15 – 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Presenter: Rob Austin, FIZ Karlsruhe

Registration: http://www.stn-international.com/training_center/workshops/PIUGNE2008.html.

This workshop will present an informative review about how to conduct chemical structure searches in Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM) on STN® using STN Express®. It will be both a refresher/update for experts, and a detailed introduction for those who are less familiar with the capabilities of DWPI on STN. The workshop will cover two specific types of DWPI chemical structure searching:

• Standard STN structure searching using the DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR)
• Chemical Fragmentation Code searching using text strategies generated by STN Express

Practical tips & tricks for both forms of searching will be presented, along with detailed advice on how to combine unique DWPI results with answers found in CAS Registry, CAplus and MARPAT.

GenomeQuest: "GenomeQuest 5.0: Grouping, sorting and dynamic display functions for faster analysis of patent sequence searches"

Wednesday, October 15 – 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Presenter: Gina Bajenaru, GenomeQuest

Registration: http://www.genomequest.com/contact-us-piug_NE_08.html.

Join us as we demonstrate the latest features of GenomeQuest, all based around a new, unified results summary page that which allows you to treat result sets from multiple queries like a single data set and impart analysis and reporting functions across all queries, at once.

Highlights of new features: