West Coast Patent Information Users Group Workshop

PIUG

Wednesday, February 16, 2000

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA

The Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) will present a FREE West Coast PIUG Workshop on Wednesday, February 16, 2000 in San Francisco, CA.

PIUG members and non-members are welcome. This one day workshop will present a varied program encompassing many facets of patent information including patent basics, techniques of patent searching, methods of analyzing and presenting patent data, the value of patent information in your organization, and global trends analysis. Please join us!

Pre-Registration is required.

Please contact Melissa Dicker for registration materials.
Space is limited, so please register early.
Register by January 10 and receive a commemorative T-shirt.
Last day for registration is January 31, 2000.

West Coast Patent Information Users Group Workshop

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Wednesday, February 16, 2000
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA

Time	Activity
8:30 - 9:30	Coffee - tea - juice (Sponsored by CAS)
9:00 - 9:30	Registration
9:30 - 10:15	Seminar 1A Patent Watch - Discovery And Infringement Issues James Grant (Bristol-Myers Squibb) Seminar 1B Patent Basics Mary Clare Sprott (SC[I]3 )
10:15 - 10:30	Break (Sponsored by BizInt)
10:30 - 11:15	Seminar 2A Patent Information: Chemical Versus Software Greg Aharonian (Source Translation & Optimization) Seminar 2B Invention Disclosure Ric Snead (DIALOG Corp.)
11:15 - 12:00	Seminar 3A A History Of Crossfile And Multifile Searching Of Online Patent Databases Nancy Lambert (Chevron) Seminar 3B Beyond Search And Retrieval: Using Bizint Smart Charts To Organize, Analyze And Present Patent Information John A. Willmore (BizInt Solutions)
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch (Sponsored by Derwent)
1:15 - 2:00	Seminar 4A Web-Based Vs. Proprietary System Patent Searching Michelle Tallin PhD (Roche Bioscience) Seminar 4B The Analysis And Post-Processing Of STN Patent Search Results - The Next Step Kerry G. Stanley (Chemical Abstracts Service)
2:00 - 2:45	Seminar 5A Competitor Intelligence Using Patent Information Ford Khorsandian and Brian Stockdale (Technology & Patent Research International) Seminar 5B Patents And Computer Communications Innovations Mike Tibble (Derwent Information UK)
2:45 - 3:00	Break (Sponsored by Orbit )
3:00 - 3:45< /td>	Seminar 6A Valuing Information: How To Cost Justify The Services You Provide And The Resources You Need George McGregor (Chiron Corporation) Seminar 6B Global Trends In Patenting Biosequences Rachel Buckley & Eugene Donaghy (Derwent Information UK)
4:00 - 5:00	Genentech Tour Genentech Library Tour
4:00 - ???	Post -Conference Networking (Sponsored by Dialog and Lexis/Nexis)

Workshop Organizers:

Melissa Dicker
Genentech, Inc.
Mail Stop 12
1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 225-7442
melissad@gene.com

Ruben Diaz
Genentech, Inc.
Mail Stop 12
1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 225-6122
ruben@gene.com

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