Unconventional Times Require Unconventional Search and Analysis Techniques |
Are you the librarian who helps your university’s innovators, researchers, and business analysts find, organize, and analyze quality patent information? See the attached Call for Papers (due 2/5/21) for this year’s PIUG Virtual Conference. What tools, resources, and strategies do you use for this specialized critical information?
Amazing inventions have flipped the challenges and heartache of 2020 and 2021 to a celebration of achievements for all humanity. Biologists, chemists, biotechnologists, and medical researchers depend on you for the best and most recent information concerning inventions in medical diagnosis and treatment, biotechnology, therapeutics, and prophylaxis. This year’s combined Annual and Biotech Virtual conferences topics will include competitive and pre-competitive analysis, information organization and management, and academic use studies.
Universities with active inventors need academic librarians in STEM, business, health, and medicine with patent information expertise. Let them know about this opportunity to present at this important conference and to hear the latest developments in these fields. Also, please share this information with the IP managers at your university.
CFP:
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We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the PIUG 2021 Combined Annual and Biotech
Virtual Conference to be held May 24-28, 2021. The theme for the
Conference (33rd Annual & 15th Biotech) is: Unconventional Times Require Unconventional Search and Analysis
Techniques We are interested in papers from all sectors
of the patent information community on patent searching and analysis topics
related to the following: Biotechnology-specific: · Prophylactic and
preventative vaccines · Digital health and
digital therapeutics including wearable devices, biosensors, medical devices
and diagnostics · Policies impacting
biotechnology · Cell and gene therapy
including sequences, vector, delivery mechanisms, manufacturing/production,
formulations and targeted indications · Presentations on
scientific resources that will help biotech patent searchers develop and
maintain their scientific knowledge and searching skills. Topic themes
include technology platforms, biosimilars, including exclusivity information
and the BPCIA “patent dance”, multi-valent antibodies as well as
modifications, gene editing (CRISPR), CDR searching, combination
therapeutics, and advanced sequence searching General areas: · Skills required for
patent searchers as search technology changes · Examples of use cases in
the auto industry, electronics, mechanical,
pharmaceutical (chemistry & biotech), software &
other sectors · The use of computer
assisted searching such as text mining, machine learning or artificial
intelligence · How changes in the law or
regulatory procedures impact patent searching · The use of patent
information as a pre-competitive intelligence tool, intellectual property
valuation studies, in licensing/out licensing opportunity identification and patent
landscaping · Practical suggestions to
illustrate these themes are as follows: · Best practices in
constructing patent search strategies, reporting formats, and use of new
tools for the organization/management of patent alerts/watches · Showcase methods for
effective client engagement, user experience, attorney outreach and time
management · The incorporation use
cases in the academic, corporate and other sectors · Examples of how a
work product supports or is a component of business decisions · Review the use of patent
information as a competitive intelligence resource · Approaches to fostering
continuous improvement, i.e., use of analytical &/or visualization
applications, implementing quality control guidelines, team collaboration and
knowledge sharing practices. In addition, as always, we would be interested in
presentations about a specific search scenario with the strategy described,
databases used, results identified, or other tips and tricks. General Guidelines for
submission: · Send your presentation
title, abstract (100-200 words), speaker name(s), affiliation, brief
biography and full contact information to Shelley Pavlek (shelley.pavlek@bms.com) and Greg Roland (gregory.roland@novartis.com). Note: presentations are typically 20 min.,
followed by 10 min. questions and answers. · Please be advised that
your abstract submission will be published on the PIUG web site and related
media, shortly after receipt or at any time thereafter. Therefore, do not
include confidential or business-sensitive information in your
abstract. · Further news about the
program and updates regarding the conference will be posted on the PIUG web
site at www.piug.org and PIUG Discussion Forum. Deadline is February 5, 2021. Please share this notice within your greater
patent information community to enhance our outreach efforts. Thank you
for your consideration. We look forward to seeing you at the PIUG 2021
Combined Annual and Biotech Virtual Conference! |
PIUG 2021 Combined Annual and Biotech Conference Program Committee
