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What is PIUG?

Non-profit organization for individuals with professional, scientific or technical interest in patent information

Mission Statement• To support, assist, improve and enhance the success of patent information

professionals through leadership, education, communication, advocacy and networking.

• Promote and improve the retrieval, analysis and dissemination of patent information.

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

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Brief History – Key Events

1988 1992 1998 1999 2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015

PIUG was born

1st PIUG

Northeast Conf @

New Brunswick,

New Jersey

PIUG 10th

Anniversary

1st Multi-day

Annual Conf

PIUG incorporated,

leading to

Board of Directors

• PIUG Education

& Training Task

Force created

• PIUG Wiki Forum

replaced

discussion list

1st PIUG

Brian

Stockdale

Award

1st PIUG Biotech

Conf @ Boston

• PIUG 20th

Anniversary

• Initiated

CEPIUG

partnership

• Initiated

WIPO, PDG

Partnerships

• Started

Chinese

Subchapter

Established

partnerships

with AIIP,

LES and

AALL

2016

• 1st Australian

Elected PIUG

Chair

• PIUG Brochures

in Chinese &

English

• PIUG 25th

Anniversary

• 1st PIUG

Stu Kaback

Business

Impact

Award

PIUG

granted

WIPO

Observer

Status

• PIUG Participated

in WIPO Legal

Status Task Force

• PIUG-PIAC Asia

Session @ Beijing,

China

A full list of PIUG Milestones is available

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PIUG Members – By Member TypeCurrent Membership as of August 15, 2017

84%

“Regular”

Members

3%

Unemployed

Members

< 1%

Student

Members

3%

Retiree

Members

~10 %

Emerging Country

Members

Total Number of Members = 484

Number

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PIUG Members – By Affiliation TypeCurrent Membership as of August 15, 2017

Corporate

38 %

Applications

22 %

Consulting

21 %

Legal

9 %

Academic

6%

Other

3%

Patent

Offices

1%

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PIUG Members – By CountryCurrent Membership as of August 15, 2017

USA = 374

Members

~ 72 %

Outside US = 155 Members

~ 32 %

US Members = 384

72%

324 US

Members

~ 68%

329 US

Members

~ 68%

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Current Non-US Members as of August 15, 2017

25 countries155 members

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Current Asia-Pacific Region Members as of August 15, 2017

9 countries63 members

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Membership Benefits

• Discounted registration fee and hotel charges at PIUG conferences, courses, and events

• Networking opportunities with international patent information professionals through wiki discussion forum, conferences, committees and other PIUG events

• Access to PIUG conference materials archive

• Access to PIUG membership directory

• Access to PIUG-sponsored salary surveys

• eNewsletter & Newsletter archives

• Reduced individual subscription rate to World Patent Information

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• Users ask “Does anyone know…?” and engage in “what works, what doesn’t, tips on how to fix problems”

• Users directly contribute to Forums, etc.

• Patent Offices communicate proposals and activities

• Vendors present products and services information

• Employers post job openings to target audience

• Knowledge base of useful patent information

• “Members-Only” site

PIUG Wiki ForumLearning & Networking

Opportunities

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PIUG Conferences/Events

• Annual Conference (3 Days) • April/May of each year (before June 1)• East Coast, Midwest, or West Coast (USA)• Exhibits and Pre- and Post-conference workshops

• Northeast USA Regional Conference (1 Day) • September/October of each year• New Jersey (USA)• Exhibits and Pre- and Post-conference workshops

• Biotechnology Conference (1 Day)• February of each year• Boston, MA or West Coast (USA)• Exhibits and Pre- and Post-conference workshops

• PIUG Partnerships in Asia Events• CPAC Conference – With IPPH/SIPO @Beijing, China (September)• PATINEX Conference – KIPI/KIPO @ Seoul, S.Korea (September)• Patent Info Fair & Conference – JAPIO @ Tokyo, Japan (November)• Int’l India Patent Info Conference – Dr. Haxel Congress, Bangalore, India

(November)

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• PIUG 2017 Northeast Conference 25-27 September 2017

APA Hotel Woodbridge, NJ, USA

• PIUG 2018 Biotechnology Conference 20-21 February 2018

Kimpton Marlowe Hotel, Cambridge, MA, USA

• PIUG 2018 Annual Conference

5-10 May 2018Westin Hotel, Alexandria, VA, USA

Upcoming PIUG Conferenceswww.piug.orgwiki.piug.org

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PIUG Functional Committees

Education & Training

Electronic Communications

Sponsorship

Partnerships & Patent Offices

Bylaws, Nominating & Election

Membership and

Member Relations

Certification

• Patent Information Fundamentals Course

• FTO Fundamentals Course

WIPO, USPTO, AIIP, LES, AALL,

CEPIUG, PDG, SIPO/IPPH (China),

KIPO/KIPI (Korea), JAPIO (Japan)

Participated in the Development of

Certification of Patent Information

Professionals with CEPIUG and PDG

PIUG website, wiki, Social Media -

LinkedIn, Twitter

PIUG Conferences

Sponsor/Exhibitor Solicitations

New Member Recruitment &

Onboarding

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PIUG Partnerships and Patent Offices Committee

WIPO

USPTO

SIPO-IPPH ChinaKIPO-KIPI-

PATINEX

Korea

II-PICIndia

CEPIUGPDG

AIIP, LES, AALL

Observer

Status

EPO

JAPIO, PIFC Japan

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Objectives:

• Enhance PIUG outreach across US-based and international organizations, and incentivize them to become PIUG members

• Provide technically-strong patent information presentations/discussions at the partner/patent offices’ conferences

• Establish and maintain ongoing exchange of information between PIUG and partner/ patent office organizations to improve the quality, retrieval, analysis and dissemination of patent information.

Partnerships and Patent Offices Committee

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Join the Patent Information Users Group to learn from the experts, share your experiences and

network with patent information professionals worldwide!

* Reduced Annual Membership Fee for Emerging Countries - $50/year

* Introductory Special Rate - $20 for the first year

if you register before 1st October 2017.

Register at http://www.piug.org/membership

Contact Cynthia Barcelon Yang (cynthia.yang@bms.com) or Qin Meng (qinmengbe@gmail.com) for Discount Code

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Conclusion

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