PIUG 2009 Northeast Conference - BizInt Smart ChartsBilski, KSR, Ariad v. Eli Lilly, Prometheus v. Mayo. It remains true that there is never a dull moment in patent law! Biography

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Patent InformatIon Users GroUP, Inc.

PIUG 2009 Northeast Conference

October 12-14, 2009

Hyatt Regency New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey

Meeting Book prepared by BizInt Solutions, a proud sponsor of the PIUG 2009 Northeast Conference and developer of

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2009 PIUG Northeast Conference

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A Message from the Chair

Welcome to the 2009 PIUG NE Conference.

This year we have a record of four Platinum level sponsors.

Everything came together about a month later than usual. Deadlines have been ignored. And everything seemed more difficult. Consensus is that it is due to the economy.

The conference is successful because of the people who generously donate their time and effort. A meeting takes a lot of planning and hard work. A huge thank you to everyone who made this meeting the success it is.

Meeting chair: Adrienne ShanlerMeeting co-chair/Sponsorship committee: Zhifu ShuProgram co-chairs: Marty Goffman & Rick WilliamsExhibits: Adrienne Shanler Evaluations: Carolyn ConradTravel: Don WalterRegistration chair: Faye KramerWeb pages: Tom WolffMeeting book: Shelley PavlekSignage: Sandra UngerGifts: Adrienne Shanler

And thanks to the sponsors who support the conference and make it possible.

Platinum: BizInt Solutions, GenomeQuest, STN and Thomson ReutersGold: BioXcel Corp., Lexis Nexis, and TPRISilver: Minesoft and Search TechnologyBronze: Accupatent, DecrIPt, Dialog, E-Merge Tech Global Services, Evalueserve, IFI Patent Intelligence, IP Checkups, PatentiNSIGHTPro and Questel

At the PIUG NE Conference, we are in the forefront of trying out different kinds of programming. This year, we are trying roundtables.

Last year, we had requests to keep the exhibit room open on the workshop days. We could not do that due to the prohibitive cost.

Adrienne Shanler Chair, 2009 PIUG NE Conference

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SPONSORS TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

Planning Committee 2

Meeting Agenda 5 and Inside Front Cover

Speaker Abstracts & Biographies 6

Morning Speakers 6

Afternoon Sessions 18

Platinum Sponsors 24

Gold Sponsors 30

Silver Sponsors 33

Bronze Sponsors 34

Workshops 36

Floor Plan 37

Attendee List 38

PIUG Information 40 and Inside Back Cover


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SPONSORS AGENDA

PIUG 2009 Northeast Conference - Agenda

Tuesday, 13th October 2009

7:30 am 8:15 am Breakfast & Registration – Exhibits Open8:15 am 8:30 am Welcome/Opening remarks – Adrienne Shanler, 2009 NE Conference Chair

Introduction and Housekeeping – Marty Goffman and Rick Williams, 2009 NE Program Co-chairs

8:30 am 9:00 am Rouget (Ric) Henschel – Foley & Lardner LLC Update on Patent Rules, Patent Reform, and Case Law

9:00 am 9:30 am Jim Brown – FIZ Karlsruhe A Class on Classifications

9:30 am 10:00 am Mike Hudelson – LexisNexis Semantic Search - Opening the Black Box

10:00 am 10:05 am Product Review – Thomson Reuters

10:00 am 10:30 am Break – Exhibits open

10:30 am 11:00 am Bob Stembridge – Thomson Reuters Chinese Utility Model Patenting - Trends Within a Lesser Known Prior Art Source

11:00 pm 11:30 pm David Dickens – CPA Global Successfully Managing the Patent Lifecycle

11:30 am 12:00 noon Patent Research in India: Challenges and Best Practices Ashish Nawani - Evaluserve

12:00 noon 12:05 pm Product Review – BizInt Solutions

12:00 noon 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm 4:15 pm Afternoon Session – Round Table Discussions

1:30 pm 2:15 pm Three forty-five-minute sessions of free and open discussion on issues of importance, e.g. 1. Outsourcing 2. Competitive Intelligence 3. Visualization Tools 4. LSA 5. Citation Analysis 6. Patent Abandonments 7. Efficiencies 8. Professional Development 9. Chemical Indexing Policies 10. Preparing and presenting search report results

2:15 pm: Product Review – GenomeQuest3:00 pm: Product Review – STN International

2:15 pm 3:00 pm

3:30 pm 4:15 pm

4:15 pm 6:00 pm Exhibits Open and Networking Opportunities

6:30 pm Networking dinner nearby arranged by interested participants. Tom Wolff, on-site coordinator


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Morning Session

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Update on Patent Rules, Patent Reform, and Case Law

By Rouget (Ric) Henschel – Foley & Lardner LLC

Abstract

Have we returned to the days when the PTO’s mantra was “We are the patent office, not the rejection office”? Perhaps. New leadership is in place at the PTO: David Kappos as Director and 35-year PTO veteran Bob Stoll as Commissioner for Patents. The Federal Circuit has ruled that the PTO rule changes are for the most part within the PTO’s authority -- will the PTO proceed or decline to finalize the rule changes? Patent reform is stalled for now. The courts have been active: Bilski, KSR, Ariad v. Eli Lilly, Prometheus v. Mayo. It remains true that there is never a dull moment in patent law!

Biography

Dr. Rouget F. (Ric) Henschel is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and is Vice-Chair of the Chemical & Pharmaceutical Practice Group. Ric’s practice focuses on counseling clients in patent matters, representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), litigation, and licensing. Specifically, his practice includes validity and freedom-to-operate opinions; due diligence investigations; negotiating and interpreting patent licenses; procuring domestic and foreign patents; post-grant reexamination and reissue proceedings; and interferences. His practice also includes litigation in federal and state trial courts and appeals before the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His experience includes technologies such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, polymers, nanotechnology, cosmetics, and business methods. Ric served as clerk for Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Contact Information

Rhenschel @ Foley.com

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Update on Patent Rules, Patent Reform, and Case LawBy Rouget (Ric) Henschel – Foley & Lardner LLC

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9:00 am – 9:30 am

A Class on Classifications

By Jim Brown – FIZ Karlsruhe

Abstract

Patent classifications are powerful tools in performing comprehensive and efficient searches. Patent documents are classified by up to four different major classification systems - the international classification, European classification, US classification and Japanese classification systems. This talk will give an overview of each of those four systems; how to find the proper classifications in each system, how they are applied, updated, etc. Also included in the talk will be some examples showing the benefits of the different systems.

Biography

Jim Brown joined FIZ Karlsruhe, Inc. in 2008 after working at IFI Patent Intelligence for 23 years. At IFI, Jim started as a chemical patent indexer, and then moved on to chemical patent indexing training and chemical patent searching. He was also a special indexing project manager and technical representative. His current duties at FIZ Karlsruhe Inc. include customer trainings, authoring workshop manuals and presentations, and representing FIZ at conferences and exhibitions. Jim has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Delaware.

Contact Information

Jim.Brown @ fiz-k.com

Morning Session

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A Class on ClassificationsBy Jim Brown – FIZ Karlsruhe



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9:30 am – 10:00 am

Semantic Search - Opening the Black Box

By Mike Hudelson – LexisNexis

Abstract

This paper will discuss the definition of semantic search, the types of solutions that have been historically labeled semantic, and the modern state of the art today. Emphasis will be on dynamic vs. static, “black box” vs. open and indexed vs. non-indexed systems. This latest version of semantic search will be discussed and contrasted with prior semantic solutions.

Biography

Michael Hudelson is a Director of Intellectual Property Solutions with LexisNexis. Michael holds Bachelor & Master’s degrees from Indiana University and a J.D. degree from the University of California. He practiced law before joining LexisNexis in 1996, and has spoken at various conferences and authored articles about IP.

Contact Information

Michael.Hudelson @ lexisnexis.com

Morning Session

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Semantic Search - Opening the Black BoxBy Mike Hudelson – LexisNexis



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10:30 am – 11:00 am

Chinese Utility Model Patenting - Trends Within a Lesser Known Prior Art Source

By Bob Stembridge – Thomson Reuters

Abstract

Filings for invention patents in China have been growing at an average of over 24% per annum since the turn of the new millennium. Last year, just shy of 290,000 invention patent applications were published by the Chinese Patent Office. However, this is not the complete story.

An alternative protection is available to inventors through Chinese Utility Model patents. These lesser known patents provide a more affordable route for protection of inventions and hence are very popular with Chinese domestic innovators. Annual filing growth rates are significant at over 16% per annum since 2000. Last year, just over 225,000 of these patents were published by the Chinese Patent Office. More importantly, very few of these patents are filed outside China and hence are available only in Chinese, yet they constitute publicly published information and therefore form an important part of the prior art.

This presentation will review sources of Chinese Utility Model information and will report original research conducted to highlight where the innovation disclosed in Chinese Utility model patents is originating, who is using this route to protect their innovation and in what technology areas this method of IP protection is most used.

Biography

Bob Stembridge acts as the liaison between Thomson Reuters and intellectual property user groups and is a regular speaker at industry meetings. As a member of ACS, CILIP and PIUG, Secretary of CEPIUG, and current Chair of PATMG, and with many years of patent-related experience, Bob is one of the expert faces of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters.

Bob graduated from University of Sussex, UK, with an honors degree in Chemistry. He joined Derwent (one of the founding components of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters) in 1980 and has held various roles in editorial, marketing, sales and product development over the years. He has also held positions as Senior Information Analyst specializing in patent analytics at British Petroleum and European Sales Liaison with Dialog. He is currently Customer Relations Manager for Thomson Reuters with responsibility for interfacing with customer user groups for the organization. He was elected to the CSA Trust Board of Trustees in February 2007.

Contact Information

Bob.Stembridge @ thomsonreuters.com

Morning Session

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Chinese Utility Model Patenting - Trends Within a Lesser Known Prior Art SourceBy Bob Stembridge – Thomson Reuters



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11:00 am – 11:30 am

Successfully Managing the Patent Lifecycle

By David Dickens – CPA Global

Abstract

Managing the patent lifecycle, from idea creation and development through invention submission and prosecution, all the way to portfolio management and litigation support, can be as complicated as it is essential to a healthy enterprise. Further complications or obstacles can arise from the involvement of a wide range of players (including corporate R&D centers, corporate legal departments, and IP researchers) that may be located in different geographic regions and time zones. Successful navigation of the challenges inherent in this lifecycle can increase collaboration and research quality, and significantly strengthen the decision making process, resulting in decreasing the time to market. We will review some recent technologies available to help streamline this process, focusing on collaboration and researcher tools, and advancing a discussion of what these tools can and cannot to do assist in these complex and al processes.

Biography

Mr. Dickens has a BSBA from the University of Florida and has published several articles in World Patent Information, Managing Intellectual Property and IEEE Optical Communications.

Contact Information

DDickens @ cpaglobal.com

Morning Session

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Successfully Managing the Patent LifecycleBy David Dickens – CPA Global



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11:30 am – 12:00 noon

Patent Research in India: Challenges and Best Practices

By Ashish Nawani – Evalueserve

Abstract

India and China have emerged as big powerhouses in global economy with rapidly expanding markets and hubs for research and development. Accordingly, the need and importance of IP protection and enforcement in these countries have increased proportionately. The patenting landscapes in these countries are undergoing rapid changes due to surge in patent filing and reforms initiated by the government to improve IP infrastructure. India is specially important for pharma community as it has a strong presence in APIs (it holds the largest number of DMFs outside US) and is gradually moving towards innovative research. Also, it allows for both pre grant and post grant opposition.

Often, lack of thorough IP research has lead multinationals into difficult situations, as witnessed in recent litigation cases involving multinational companies in these emerging markets. Conducting thorough patent research is, hence, becoming an increasing challenge and expensive hurdle for companies across many industries. This situation is aggravated by the difficulties involved in searching and analyzing patent data, for example, the lack of an online patent database in India. As a result, multinational corporations are largely unaware of the ground realities and are unprepared to operate in such a scenario.

This interactive and practical session will provides useful insights to overcome these challenges and limitations. In this we will cover, various databases that can be used for searching patents in India, their strengths and limitations, and the strategies that one should adopt. We will present a case study that showcases all these aspects.

Biography

Ashish Nawani is an Engagement Manager with Evalueserve. She is also a registered Indian Patent Agent. She has been responsible for setting up the Pharma/Biotech practice within the IP group of Evalueserve. She now spends her time in managing and developing client relationships, and tailoring Evalueserve’s offerings as per their needs. She has been a speaker at many events including those organized WIPO, LES, CII etc.

Contact Information

ashish.nawani @ evalueserve.com

Morning Session

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Patent Research in India: Challenges and Best PracticesBy Ashish Nawani – Evalueserve



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1:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Round Table Discussions

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Competitive Intelligence - Databases, strategies. NOT patent focused ❐

Visualization Tools - what do you use, do you like them, why? Alternatives. ❐

LSA - what’s available, pros, cons, deficiencies. ❐

Citation Analysis - What is the best method for conducting, and interpreting? Which are more important ❐Attorney cites, Examiner cites, or In-Text cites?

Patent Abandonments - Do you monitor competitive patent abandonments? If so, what insights do you gain? ❐

Efficiencies - What are best practices for improving the process efficiencies of searching, analyzing, and ❐disseminating patent information?

Professional Development ❐

Chemical Indexing Policies ❐

Preparing and presenting search report results - different client requirements, report templates, combining results ❐from different databases, and duplicate removal across database hosts

Afternoon Session

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Round Table DiscussionsSession one

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AccuPatent Daniel HenryAkzo Nobel Surface Chemistry Robert BillmersAllatus Charles BrumlikAltimatia David GangeAstraZeneca Edward VacekAvon Products, Inc Amisha PatelBarbara Burg & Assoc Barbara BurgBayer Healthcare Hong SajonzBizInt Solutions Diane WebbBizInt Solutions John WillmoreBristol-Myers Squibb Lucy AkersBristol-Myers Squibb Cynthia Barcelon YangBristol-Myers Squibb Alice GoshornBristol-Myers Squibb Shelley PavlekBristol-Myers Squibb Yun Yun YangCanon Communications Sandra BakerCarpenter Technology Mindy PetersChemical Abstracts Service William BarteltChemical Abstracts Service Lora BurgessChemical Abstracts Service Paul GibbsChemical Abstracts Service Cinda HarroldChemical Abstracts Service Christy MaffeiChemical Abstracts Service Brian SweetChemical Abstracts Service Randy WaddellChemical Abstracts Service Michele WendelCiba Specialty Chemicals Deborah Judd-PaternostroConsultant Alex TurfaCPA Lacasse Global Patent Res Pallavi CampionDeMarco IP Dominic DeMarcoDialog Jill KonieczkoDow Chemical Company Kerryn BrandtDow Chemical Company Brian BridgewaterEisai Research Institute Helen OenEisai Research Institute Jane ThompsonEngineering Information. Perry NowackiExxonMobil R&E Pat DedertExxonMobil R&E Malcolm HallamExxonMobil R&E Frederick LoExxonMobil R&E Zhifu ShuExxonMobil R&E Sandra UngerFairview Research Christophe LanhamFIZ Karlsruhe Jim BrownFIZ Karlsruhe Gary CumminsGenomeQuest Phil RobidouxGlaxoSmithKline Philip CoughlinHershey Company Jennifer CessnaHoffman La Roche Roseanna RobinsonIFI Patent Intelligence Darlene SlaughterIFI Patent Intelligence Susan Taylor

Johnson & Johnson Ken AllisonJouve Fredrika Haneborg-LuhrKenyon & Kenyon Richard MatulaKimberly-Clark Corey BucherKirkland & Ellis John FitzgeraldLexisNexis Carolyn ConradLexisNexis Jonathan GrantLexisNexis Kathy MaloneLexisNexis Rick OrlandoMatrixware Benjamin RhatiganMatrixware David SchubmehlMedtronic, Inc. Roy W. ZimmermannMinesoft Phil OstanockNIH Josh DubermanNovartis Inst for BioMedical Res A. J. D’AmbraPatent Information Services Suzanne RobinsPlanetPatent.com Glen KotapishProcter and Gamble Company Menyan ChengQuestel Miguel IglesiasQuestel Christopher MarchisioQuestel Joseph TerlizziSanofi-Aventis George ChiuSanofi-Aventis Piotr MasiakowskiSchering-Plough Corporation Helen YunScience IP Elaine CheesemanScully, Scott, Murphy & Presser Louise FrancoSearch Technology, Inc. Paul FreySearch Technology, Inc. Alan PorterSequenceBase Corporation Martin GoffmanService Is Our Business, Inc. Sandy BurchamShanler Information LLC Adrienne ShanlerSimmons Patent Information Edlyn SimmonsThomson Reuters Jerry LewisTicona Kevin ManningTPRI Ford KhorsandianUniversity of Maryland Jim MillerVertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Richard WilliamsWe Buy Books Bullitt DarlingtonWolff Information Consulting Thomas WolffWyeth Jason DiffendalWyeth Tom MarmanWyeth Sudabeh PakrayWyeth Sunita SalujaWyeth Keith SchreiberZen Design Solutions Clifford Pires James Doty Kenneth Koubek Xuemei Peng Lucy Williams

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Patent Information Users Group, Inc. The International Society for Patent Information

PIUG General InformationThe Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) was established in 1988. The objective of the group was to create a forum to discuss issues and concerns relevant to the patent searcher community. Also, PIUG promotes the importance of intellectual property, especially patent publications, and most specifically, the computerized patent databases. Since 1988, PIUG has worked with intellectual property database producers and vendors to maintain and to improve the quality of their product from the customer, or user, perspective.

From a modest sixteen original members, PIUG presently has over 684 active members from 27 countries. PIUG produces a newsletter and has a formal annual meeting, usually held in May. For the past several years the meeting has been a multi-day event with presentations from experts in the fields of patent searching and patent law and also presentations by personnel from patent granting authorities. Workshops on the days before and after the plenary sessions provide opportunities for meeting delegates to further develop their patent research and analysis skills. The meeting also showcases patent database providers, giving attendees a firsthand look at new search tools and enhancements in the databases themselves. A newsletter is published at least two times a year and contains member articles, search tips and information on patent database vendor and producer developments. In addition, PIUG supports a new PIUG Discussion Forum on a wiki platform, which serves as a forum for discussion among patent search professionals worldwide.

Membership Information As of April 2009, PIUG has 684 members, including nearly 300 patent information professionals who do patent searching for a corporation, over 100 patent information consultants, over 80 patent information professionals who do patent searching for law firms, and about 20 searchers based in academic institutions. PIUG members are employed in performing patent-ability, freedom to practice, and validity patent searches for Fortune 500 / multinational companies, leading universities and major IP law firms. In recent years, PIUG members have also engaged in patent information analysis as a strategic innovation tool. We have an active Discussion Forum with nearly 800 subscribers world-wide and produce a newsletter twice a year. In addition, we have presence in professional and social networking channels, such as LinkedIn and Twitter. The PIUG news-letter contains members’ articles, salary survey results, search tips, meeting trip reports, and information on patent database vendor and producer developments. Currently, the one-year membership fee for PIUG, Inc. is $US 50.00 ($US 25.00 for students/retired/unemployed) and includes the following member benefits:

The PIUG Newsletter, a semi-annual publication containing member articles, search tips, information on patent database vendor and producer developments, member highlights, general patent information related news, and trip reports from patent information meetings and related sessions. The member version of the newsletter contains select information which is not made available on our web-site.

Membership Directory of the Patent Information Users Group, a dynamic directory that is available on-line through the members only portion of our website. The membership comprises patent information researchers, patent information vendors, and patent information / documentation experts from the U.S. and abroad.

A reduced registration rate for the PIUG Annual Conference, held once a year before June 1, and for the PIUG Northeast Regional Workshop, held once a year in the fall.

Members only web pages, including special member discounts for videos and World Patent Information and access to PIUG sponsored salary surveys and archives of meeting materials,

For more information about PIUG please visit www.piug.org and wiki.piug.org

Documents

PIUG 2009 Northeast Conference - BizInt Smart ChartsBilski, KSR, Ariad v. Eli Lilly, Prometheus v. Mayo. It remains true that there is never a dull moment in patent law! Biography