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| PIUG is eager to recognize its volunteers and active and prospective members with awards and other opportunities for acknowledging contributions to PIUG. PIUG Service Awards, established in 1998, are presented at the PIUG Annual Meeting to individuals who have made a major or sustained contribution to the organization. The Stu Kaback Business Impact Award was established in 2013 to promote the profession and its practitioners and recognize outstanding contributing by members to their organizations, teams, or advisory boards. The Brian Stockdale Memorial Award has been presented annually since 2002 to provide support to new members to attend the PIUG Annual Conference. |
The Technical Achievement Award, established in 2023, will be presented for the first time at PIUG 2024 Joint Annual and Biotechnology Conference to recognize the contribution of individuals or organizations which develop, improve, and make publicly available any new search tool, technique or process to the benefit of patent searching in a niche area such as biotechnology, chemistry, mechanical arts, computing, etc.
PIUG Service Awards
PIUG Service Awards were established in 1998. The PIUG Service Award is presented at the PIUG Annual Meeting to individuals who have made a major or sustained contribution to the organization. Any Active Member of PIUG who is not a current member of the Board of Director is eligible for a PIUG Service Award. Candidates for Service Awards can be suggested by any member of PIUG, and the recipients are selected by the Board of Directors. See PIUG Service Award Presentations for additional information on each award since 2008.
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Pat Dorler |
In Recognition of Pat's 10 years of service to the PIUG as Treasurer from the founding of the PIUG in 1988 through May 1998 |
June 1998 |
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Nancy Lambert |
In Recognition of Nancy's 6 years of service to the PIUG as Secretary from the founding of the PIUG in 1988 through May 1994 |
June 1998 |
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Barbara Burg |
In Recognition of Barbara's 3 years of service to the PIUG organizing the PIUG Northeast Workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998 |
April 1999 |
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Adrienne Shanler |
In Recognition of Adrienne's 3 years of service to the PIUG organizing the PIUG Northeast Workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998 |
April 1999 |
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Elyse Turner |
In Recognition of Elyse's 12 years of service to the PIUG in championing & facilitating Electronic Communications (PIUG Bulletin Board, Electronic Communications Chair, PIUG Web Mistress) |
May 2000 |
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Bill Murray |
In Recognition of Bill's 2 years of service to the PIUG as Email Sysop |
May 2000 |
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Suzanne Elsoffer |
In Recognition of Suzanne's 13 years of Service to the PIUG: |
April 2001 |
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Melissa Dicker |
In Recognition of Melissa's Service to the PIUG: |
April 2001 |
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Dr. Sandra S. Unger |
Special Recognition Award in appreciation of her superb leadership and countless contributions above and beyond the call of duty, which have done so much to make the PlUG a preeminent force in the world of Patent Information: |
April 2001 |
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Elaine Campbell |
PIUG Treasurer and Membership Chair 1998 to 2000 |
April 2002 |
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Tom Stanton |
In Recognition of Tom's Service to the PIUG as |
May 2003 |
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Ruth Umfleet |
In Recognition of Ruth's Service to the PIUG championing the capture of PIUG Annual Meetings on videotape and managing the distribution of the videotapes to PIUG Members from 2000 to 2003 |
May 2003 |
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Elvin Hoel |
In Recognition of Elvin's Service to the PIUG managing of the PIUG Email Archives, Monitoring Performance, and Troubleshooting Problems from 1998 to 2003 |
May 2003 |
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Tommy Ebe |
In Recognition of Tommy's Service to PIUG in maintaining and updating PIUG's Webpages, 1996 to 2003 |
May 2004 |
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Ken Koubek |
In Recognition of Ken's Service to PIUG as Membership Chairman during a period of extraordinary growth in our membership from 2001 to 2004 |
May 2004 |
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Nancy Lambert |
In Recognition of Nancy's Service to PIUG as Director and Producer of the IFFI Players from 1999 to 2005 |
May 2005 |
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Rodney Cruise |
In Recognition of Rodney's Service to PIUG as Webmaster Extraordinaire from 2002 to 2005 |
May 2005 |
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Lucy Akers |
Special Recognition Award in appreciation of Lucy's Tireless Service to PIUG during a time of extraordinary growth and international expansion as Chairperson |
May 2005 |
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Richard Kurt |
In Recognition of Richard's Service to PIUG: |
May 2006 |
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Marty Goffman |
In Recognition of Marty's Service to PIUG: |
May 2006 |
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Helen Yun |
In Recognition of Helen's Service to PIUG: |
May 2006 |
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Cynthia Yang |
In Recognition of Cynthia's Service to PIUG: |
May 2006 |
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Doreen Alberts |
In Recognition of Doreen's Service to PIUG as: |
May 2007 |
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Kartar Singh Arora |
In Recognition of Kartar's Service to PIUG as: |
May 2007 |
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Ric Snead |
In Recognition of Ric's Service to PIUG for creating webpages for PIUG NE Workshop, 2002-2006 and PIUG Annual Conference, 2003-2007 |
May 2007 |
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Stephen Adams |
Special Recognition Award in appreciation of Stephen's Tireless Service to PIUG |
May 2008 |
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Donna Cooper |
In Recognition of Donna's Service to PIUG as Newsletter Editor from 2003 to 2004, Annual Meeting Brochure Editor 2002 to 2008 |
May 2008 |
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Mark Hutcherson |
In Recognition of Mark's Service to PIUG as Newsletter Editor Extraordinaire 2004 to 2008 |
May 2008 |
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Denise Fobare-Deponio |
In Recognition of Denise's Service to PIUG as |
May 2009 |
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Qin Meng |
In Recognition of Qin's Service to PIUG as |
May 2009 |
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Tom Wolff |
In Recognition of Tom's Service to PIUG as |
May 2009 |
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Robert Austin |
In Recognition of Rob's Service to PIUG as |
May 2010 |
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Terri Dockter |
In Recognition of Terri's Service to PIUG as |
May 2010 |
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Martha Yates |
In Recognition of Martha's Service to PIUG as |
May 2010 |
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Susanne Hantos |
In recognition of Susanne's service to PIUG as Education and Training Task Force - Certification Working Group Chair, 2008-2011 |
May 2011 |
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Kristine Atkinson |
In recognition of Kris' service to PIUG as Education and Training Task Force - Training Working Group Co-Chair, 2008-2011 |
May 2011 |
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John Zabilski |
In recognition of John's service to PIUG as Education and Training Task Force - Training Working Group Co-Chair, 2008-2011 |
May 2011 |
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Zhifu Shu |
In recognition of Zhifu's service to PIUG for his contributions to the PIUG Northeast Conference including as member of the Program Committee (2005 - 2007), Planning Committee Co-chair (2008 - 2009) and Planning Committee Chair (2010 - 2011) |
May 2012 |
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Jane Thompson |
In recognition of Jane's service to PIUG for her contributions to the PIUG Annual Conference including at the Registration Desk and participation in the Sponsorship Committee as a member (2008 - 2009), Co-chair (2010) and Chair (2011) |
May 2012 |
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Rick Williams |
In recognition of Rick's service to PIUG for his contributions to the PIUG Biotech Meeting Program Committee, by taking responsibility for web pages (2008 - 2012) and funding and workshops (2012) and organizing of dinners for PIUG members in the Boston area |
May 2012 |
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Christine Geluk |
In recognition of Christine's service to PIUG for her contributions as founding member of the PIUG Biotechnology Meeting Planning Committee responsible for registration, sponsorship, workshops and public relations for all of the PIUG Biotechnology Meetings since their inception and for evaluations for PIUG 2013 Biotechnology Meeting |
April 2013 |
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Monica Weiss-Nolen |
In recognition of Monica's service to PIUG for her contributions to the PIUG Biotechnology Meeting as Program Committee Chair (2011-2012), Workshop Committee Chair (2013), and Planning Committee Co-Chair (2014) |
April 2013 |
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Suzanne Robins |
In recognition of Suzanne’s dedicated service to PIUG as PIUG Treasurer (2000-2004), Vice-Chair (2004-2006), Chair (2006-2008), Immediate-Past-Chair (2008-2010), Member of the Biotechnology (2007-2008) and Northeast (2011-2012) Conference Program Committees, Strategic Planning Committee Member (2011-2012), and PIUG Member Relations Committee Chair (2012-present) | April 2013 |
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Ron Kaminecki |
In recognition of Ron’s service to PIUG for his contributions to the Annual Meeting as Program Committee Member (2009), Program Co-Chair (2011-2012), Closing Speaker (2010-2013), and to the future of PIUG as a Strategic Planning Committee Member (2011-2012). | April 2014 |
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Shelley Pavlek |
In recognition of Shelley’s service to PIUG for her contributions to the Northeast Conference as Planning Committee Co-Chair (2011-2013), Workshop Chair (2011-2013), Registration Chair (2013), and local PIUG representative for site visits. | April 2014 |
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Heidi Stone |
In recognition of Heidi’s service to PIUG for her contributions to the Annual Conference as Hospitality Chair (2003), Registration Co-Chair (2004), Planning Committee Co-Chair (2005-2008), Planning Committee Co-Mentor/Advisor (2009-2011); PIUG Board Vice Chair (2006-2008); PIUG Board Director-at-Large (2008-2012); and the PIUG Member Relations Committee (2013-to-date). | April 2014 |
| Jim Brown | In recognition of Jim’s service to PIUG for his contributions to the Annual Conference as Annual Planning Co-Chair (2013-2014); PIUG Board Secretary (2010-2012); PIUG Board Vice Chair (2012-2014), and PIUG Board Liaison to the Biotech Conference Planning Committee (2013-2014). | May 2015 |
| Andrea Davis | In recognition of Andrea’s service to PIUG for her contributions to the Annual Conference as Program Committee Co-Chair (2013-2014). | May 2015 |
| Ruben Diaz | In recognition of Ruben’s contributions to the PIUG Biotechnology Conference since 2009 as member of the Program and Planning Committees, panel discussion participant, and organizer and gracious site host for the two conferences held at Genentech in South San Francisco, California, in 2011 and 2015. | May 2015 |
| John Arenivar | In recognition of John’s work with the Member Relations Committee on multiple PIUG Salary Surveys, his Chairmanship of the PIUG Bylaws Committee, his presentations at PIUG conferences, and his exceptional talent as thespian extraordinaire in PIUG’s IFFI Player productions for so many years. | May 2016 |
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Dominic DeMarco |
In recognition of Dominic's service on the PIUG Board as a Director-at-Large from 2011 to 2014 and for his efforts and service as a key faculty member of both the PIUG Freedom to Operate and the PIUG Fundamentals courses. |
May 2016 |
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Alison Taylor |
In recognition of Alison's 10 years of dedication to PIUG Biotechnology Conference for which she has co-chaired the Program Committee, has been a speaker and panelist, and has provided Meeting Book support for 8 years. |
May 2016 |
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A.J. D'Ambra |
In recognition of AJ's many contributions to PIUG including service as Webmaster (membership matters) and Wiki Co-administrator (2008-2017); member of the Electronic Communications Committee (2008-2017) and Member Relations Committee (2012-2017); PIUG Annual Conference Presentation Logistics Coordinator (2008-2013) and Hospitality Chair (2009-2010); and PIUG NE Conference Program Chair (2006-2007). |
May 2017 |
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Diane Webb |
In recognition of Diane’s 13 years of preparing the meeting books for all PIUG Annual, Biotech, and Northeast Conferences. | May 2017 |
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Tom Wolff |
As the first two-time PIUG Service Award winner, in recognition of Tom's continuing contribution to PIUG as Webmaster (2006-2017), Wikimaster (2008-2017), Electronic Communications Committee Chair (2008-2017). |
May 2017 |
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Greg Roland |
In recognition of Greg’s service to the PIUG Biotech Conference since 2012. He hosted the conference at Merck in 2013 and has been on the program committee from 2014-2018. | May 2018 |
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Edlyn Simmons |
In recognition of Edlyn’s long service to PIUG. She has been on the board twice from 1990-1992 and then from 2000-2010. She has been chair of the Brian Stockdale Memorial Award since 2002. |
May 2018 |
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Donald Walter |
In recognition of Don’s service to PIUG as part of the Northeast Conference organizing commitees since at least 2006, including chairing the Program Committee from 2014-2016. | May 2018 |
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John Zheng-Wu |
In recognition of Zheng’s advocacy of PIUG in China since 2009. He has been instrumental in our relationship with IPPH/CPAC. |
May 2018 |
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Christopher S. Baldwin |
In recognition of Chris's service to PIUG as a behind-the scenes support of operational activities since 2017. | May 2019 |
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Cynthia Gallagher |
In recognition of Cynthia's contributions to the PIUG Partnerships and Patent Offices Committee | May 2019 |
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Yun Yun Yang |
In recognition of Yun Yun's many contributions to PIUG Conferences. | May 2019 |
| Tony Trippe | In recognition of Tony's many contributions to PIUG in leadership, speaking and education roles during his long association with PIUG | October 2020 |
| Leah Sandvoss | In recognition of Leah's contributions since 2010 to the Biotech and Northeast conferences | October 2020 |
| Kim Miller | In recognition of Kim's contributions since 2007 to the Northeast and Annual conferences, as well as her service on the PIUG Board of Directors | October 2020 |
| Barbara Hampton | In recognition of Barbara’s contributions to the Member Relations Committee, and her assistance with advertising and promoting PIUG events and conferences | 2021 |
| Yateen Pargaonkar | In recognition of Yateen’s contributions to the Northeast & Annual Conference Program Committees, and his willingness to contribute presentations to support the conferences | 2021 |
| Jane Thompson | In recognition of Jane’s contributions to the Annual Conference Planning Committee and the Sponsorship Committee | 2021 |
| Rosanna Lindquist | In recognition of Rosie’s contributions to the Partnerships & Patent Offices Committee and to the Board of Directors as Secretary | 2022 |
| Heather Simmons | In recognition of Heather’s contributions to the Member Relations Committee and to the Board of Directors as Director at Large | 2022 |
| Victoria Smith | In recognition of Victoria’s contributions to the Socio conference app/technical support for the following conferences: 2020 Annual, 2021 Combined Annual & Biotech, 2022 Biotech & 2022 Annual and to the Community Engagement Hours | 2022 |
| Monica Weiss-Nolen | In recognition of Monica's continued contributions to the Biotech conferences since 2013 | 2023 |
| John Zabilski | In recognition of John's contributions to
leading the Education Committee | 2023 |
| Victoria Smith | A Special Award in recognition of Victoria's technical support of the 2023 Biotechnology Conference | 2023 |
The Stu Kaback Business Impact Award
As the PIUG's mission is to "support, assist, improve and enhance the success of patent information professionals", it follows that one of the most important functions the PIUG should serve is to highlight the importance of patent information professionals to their respective organizations and to take a more active role in promoting and encouraging the growth of our profession.
In order to promote the profession and its practitioners, PIUG established in 2013 the annual Stu Kaback Business Impact Award to honor the memory of Dr. Stuart Kaback for his many outstanding accomplishments during his stellar 42 year career at ExxonMobil. As an internationally recognized expert in patent information, a multi-award winner and a prolific writer who inspired an entire generation of patent information professionals, Stu was a deeply respected and greatly loved "force of nature". Stu's unparalleled technical expertise in patent information and a diverse range of chemical and petroleum related technologies provided invaluable support to both R&D initiatives and in the protection of ExxonMobil's intellectual property assets. Stu's accomplishments demonstrate how a patent information professional can be critical to the success of a business.
Award Package
The PIUG sponsored award consists of a cash award, a commemorative figurine and gratis registration at the PIUG Annual Conference, an International Conference for Patent Information Professionals. If a team is selected as the award recipient, the cash award will be divided equally among the team members, each member will receive a commemorative figurine and the gratis registration will be awarded to a team representative, as designated by the team, who will be presented with the award during the PIUG Annual Conference.
Application Process
The deadline and process details for applying for the Stu Kaback Business Impact Award will be set in conjunction with each PIUG Annual Conference. Award applicants can either be self-nominated or nominated by another. If a team is nominated, the team members can be from the same organization or from different organizations. People who wish to nominate a patent information professional or a team of patent information professionals for the award would need to contact the nominee(s) as the award application requires their input.
Examples of situations worthy of nomination include, but are not limited to:
- performance of a patent landscaping project which helped an organization successfully manage a merger, acquisition or partnership;
- a patent validity search which helped a company avoid or support a major lawsuit or an opposition or revocation proceeding critical to the organization;
- the development or novel use of a tool or database involving patent information which helped an organization expand into a new market;
- organizing an advisory board to use patent information to improve a product or service; or
- assisting a project team with developing new ideas and exploring their patentability leading to a new product, process or service of the organization.
The nominee will also need to provide an essay in English not to exceed 1500 words describing the work they did in achieving the accomplishment and explaining the impact that it had on the organization(s) at the time of achieving the accomplishment. In the case of a team nomination, only one essay is required from a team representative. The work should be generically described without including any confidential or business sensitive information. The selection committee does not need specific details about the work, but rather needs to understand the impact the work has had on the organization. The essay should also highlight how their patent information professional skills were integral to completing the described task.
The application should also include a letter in English signed by an executive or manager from the organization on the organization's letterhead, or in the case of a team nomination, a letter in English signed by an executive or manager from each of the organizations (on respective letterhead) who requested, supervised, or was involved with the work and who can attest to the impact it had on the organization. The manager should also discuss in the testimonial how the unique abilities, talents and/or determination of the nominee(s) made the achievement possible
The successful nominee(s) and the corresponding organization(s) must also agree to permit the announcement of the award recipient(s) and naming of the corresponding organization(s) to take place via several media outlets such as the PIUG website and wiki, social media channels and/or press releases. Any applications that do not meet all of the specified requirements may be disqualified. All decisions of the PIUG, Inc. in connection with the award are final. Application Form
Stu Kaback Business Impact Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation | Impact on Organization |
| 2013 | Carol E. Bachmann | 3M | Carol was selected as the recipient of the Award for her passion and dedication in creating a current awareness patent tool and database that supports 3M in its business decisions. |
| 2014 | Yun Yun Yang, Jonathan Lippy, and Thomas Klose | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Yun Yun, Jonathan and Thomas were selected as the recipients of the award for their impressive teamwork in using text analytics and data visualization in patent analysis to assess kinase selectivity. |
| 2015 | Andrea Davis | NuVasive | Andrea was chosen for integrating and radically streamlining NuVasive's patent searching workflow; her contribution of due diligence to business development; and her identification of prior art in support of major litigation. |
| 2016 | Cynthia Gallagher | Pfizer | Cynthia received the award in recognition of her and her team's work in creating, standardizing, and sharing with the Pfizer IP department a series of more than 30 guides to searching for patent information on country-specific websites not often covered by commercial databases. These guides, with succinct instructions and caveats, have allowed non-information scientists, such as attorneys, to search for equivalent applications, fee payment information, and availability of full text of a granted patent |
| 2017 | Alfred Yip, Anthony Trippe,* Dr. Huang Jinquan, Dr. Koh Yung Hua, Dr. Xie Rongguo, Dr. Annabelle Lim, Dr. Eu Zhi Ang | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, *Patinformatics | The team was recognized for the impact of IPOS-I in Singapore’s transformation into an innovation-driven economy, through its “Singapore Patent Landscape Report 2014”. (Press release) |
| 2018 | Amy De Costerand, Janet Larsen | Kimberly-Clark | Amy and Janet were recognized for their work on using process improvement to make handling their search requests more efficient. They implemented a visual management board and a daily stand-up meeting that improved their efficiency significantly. |
| 2020 | Martha Yates | Bayer | Martha was recognized for creating a comprehensive patent portfolio database, which created tremendous value to Bayer, through patent marking and licensing activities. Read the Awards Presentation by Shelley Pavlek and view Martha's Stu Kaback Business Impact Award acceptance presentation highlighting her efforts on Patent Marking. |
| 2021 | Philippe Ayala, Nicholas Cockroft, Yi Deng, Rodney Fulford, Mark Grabau, Dmitri Polshakov, Donald Swartwout, and Jeffrey Wilson | CAS | The CAS team was recognized for their Intelligent Prior Art Search (IPAS) tool and the direct impact it had on Brazil’s patent office, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). |
| 2022 | Sophie Bail, Shelley Pavlek, and Yun Yun Yang | Bristol Myers Squibb | The BMS team was recognized for their work on the Myokardia acquisition and the MORAb-202 collaboration with Eisai, which illustrates the critical role that patent information plays within the organization. |
| 2023 | ShouXue Guo | Dow Chemical | ShouXue was recognized for his work on ICM digitalization and how this work accelerates business development in Dow. |
Stu Kaback Business Impact Award Presentations at PIUG Annual Conferences
This page was initiated in 2020. We would welcome older award presentation text. Please provide other presentations that are missing to the PIUG Board or PIUG Webmaster for inclusion on this page. Recipients below are listed in alphabetical order by year.
Martha Yates
October 2020 – Martha was recognized for creating a comprehensive patent portfolio database, which created tremendous value to Bayer, through patent marking and licensing activities.
Presented by Shelley Pavlek, PIUG Chair
It is my absolute pleasure to present this award to Martha. She will talk in detail about her project: Patent Portfolio Database and Virtual Patent Marking. But before she does that, I would like to read from her supporting documentation provided by James Davis, the US Intellectual Property and Licensing Lead for Bayer Crop Science.
James has worked with Martha for the past 13 years and says that when he started at Bayer, information about an issued patent could only be found on a poorly maintained spreadsheet or on individual attorney dockets.
Martha recognized the need to improve the tracking of patent information & took the initiative to create a comprehensive patent portfolio database, which has created tremendous value to the organization, through patent marking and licensing activities.
Martha demonstrated the unique combination of skills possessed by patent information professionals and the value that they provide. The creation & maintenance of the patent database requires in-depth knowledge of global IP systems and rules, understanding of product lifecycle management and portfolios, and coordination with multiple business stakeholders across IP, R&D, Corporate Strategy and Technology Licensing.
Congratulations Martha! I will turn it over to you… View Martha's Stu Kaback Business Impact Award acceptance presentation highlighting her efforts on Patent Marking.
The Brian Stockdale Memorial Award
The annual Brian Stockdale Memorial Award was first presented in 2002 to provide support to new members to attend an Annual Conference. The award was established in honor of the late Brian Stockdale with initial funding by Technology and Patent Research International and Thomson Scientific (now Clarivate Analytics). Anyone new to the patent information profession, having less than 3 years total experience as a patent information professional or currently enrolled in a college or university with a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in patents, may submit an essay detailing his or her experience and interest in patent information and need for support to attend the Annual Conference. The award consists of up to $2000 to cover travel and expenses plus registration in the conference, provided by PIUG. In addition, sponsors of fee-based workshops at the conferences may offer free registration as part of the award package.
Dr. Brian Stockdale
This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Brian Stockdale who traveled extensively throughout the world imparting his knowledge of patent searching. Brian's career encompassed positions with Derwent, SmithKline Beecham, and Technology and Patent Research International. As Brian was so well known internationally and trained many patent information professionals, his work was highly regarded. Brian always relished each new search as a challenge and loved working with the people in this industry. Brian is dearly remembered by his friends and colleagues most of all for his dry wit, keen intellect, and ease of meeting people and socializing wherever he went. As one of the world's most talented patent information search professionals, he is sorely missed. This is our tribute to his personal dedication in training colleagues, particularly those new to the field of chemical patent searching.
Award Selection Process
The award recipient will be new to the patent information profession, with less than 3 years total work experience in the field of patent information. Alternately, the recipient will be a student currently enrolled in a college or university with a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in patents, preferably a career in patent information.
Potential candidates must submit a short essay, not to exceed 500 words, describing their professional or educational interests, as well as their need for financial assistance with respect to conference attendance. Submissions must include the candidate's name, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and email address as well as a description of his or her patent information experience and current employer/university name and address. The deadline is usually about one month before the PIUG Annual Conference.
Virtual Presentation to the 2021 Brian Stockdale Memorial Award Recipients
Past Brian Stockdale Memorial Award Recipients
| Recipient | Affiliation | Year |
| Svetlana Korolev | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | 2002 |
| Victoria Bramfitt | Avantium Technologies | 2003 |
| Eric Giannella | Stanford University | 2004 |
| Antoine Blanchard | Paris-Grignon National Institute for Agronomy | 2005 |
| Meredith Saba | Indiana University | 2006 |
| Martin Wallace | Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine | 2007 |
| Julia Parker | Biosearch Sleuth Services | 2008 |
| Eulàlia Pinyol Ollé | Laboratorios Almirall | 2009 |
| Kevin Manning | Ticona (now at Arkema Inc.) | 2010 |
| Julia Heinrich | Sanofi-Aventis | 2011 |
| Jody Hoesly | University Of Wisconsin-Madison | 2012 |
| Justin Foley | University of Michigan | 2013 |
| Talya Ponchek | University of Haifa, Mount Carmel | 2014 |
| Barbara J. Hampton | Sacred Heart University | 2015 |
| Ashley Brown | Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise | 2016 |
| Youngbok Ryu | Pardee RAND Graduate School | 2017 |
| Alla Azov | Ashdod, Israel | 2018 |
| Rachel Knapp | University of Maine (Now at University of Colorado Boulder) |
2019 |
| Chandrasekaran Vijayalakshmi | University College of Engineering, Kancheepuram | 2020 |
| Mohammed Abdul Fasi | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | 2020 |
| Máté András Kondor | Uppdragshuset Sverige AB | 2020 |
| Guruprasad G. Posugade | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), for Research & Development of Information Products (URDIP) |
2020 |
| Hida Patwe | Researchwire Knowledge Solutions | 2021 |
| Sparsh Gupta | GreyB Services | 2021 |
| Haya Patwe | Researchwire Knowledge Solutions | 2021 |
| Divya Prakash Srivastava | GreyB Services | 2022 |
| Anushree Agarwal | ExpertLancing Research Services | 2023 |
The Technical Achievement Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize the contribution of individuals or organizations which develop, improve, and make publicly available any new search tool, technique or process to the benefit of patent searching in a specialized area.
Eligibility:
This award is an outward-looking, and open to both individuals and institutions. It is a sign of appreciation from the PIUG to those whose work has contributed towards advancement in searching in a designated area. The award is not limited to PIUG members.
Application Process:
The deadline and process details for applying for the Technical Achievement Award will be set in conjunction with each PIUG Annual Conference. Award applicants can either be self-nominated or nominated by another. If a team is nominated, the team members can be from the same organization or from different organizations. People who wish to nominate a patent information professional or a team of patent information professionals for the award would need to contact the nominee(s) as the award application requires their input.
An important aspect of this award is that the winner’s effort must have gained widespread acceptance within the designated community. Examples of situations worthy of nomination include, but are not limited to:
- · Freeware developers (academic or industrial)
- · Data integrators (commercial or public sector, patent/non-patent literature, etc.)
- · Interface or visualization tool developers
- · Developers of standards for data capture and exchange
- · Creators of new or improved data depositories
- · Creators of new search algorithms and/or search systems which deploy them
- · Game changers
The nominee will also need to provide an essay in English not to exceed 1500 words describing the work they did in achieving the accomplishment and explaining the impact that it had in the industry. In the case of a team nomination, only one essay is required from a team representative. The work should be generically described without including any confidential or business sensitive information. The selection committee does not need specific details about the work, but rather needs to understand the impact the work has had in the industry.
The application should also include at least one testimonial in English signed by an individual who can attest to the impact of the nominee(s)’ work in the patent information area. The testimonial should also indicate how the unique abilities, talents or determination of the nominee(s) made the achievement possible. Supplemental information such as a presentation, product brochure, etc. may also be included in the nomination.
The successful nominee(s) and the corresponding organization(s) must also agree to permit the announcement of the award recipient(s) and naming of the corresponding organization(s) to take place via several media outlets such as the PIUG website and wiki, social media channels and/or press releases. Any applications that do not meet all of the specified requirements may be disqualified. All decisions of the PIUG, Inc. in connection with the award are final. Application Form
Selection of the Winner:
A committee consisting of a minimum of five members will be appointed by the PIUG Board to make recommendations for the award. Membership of the committee will be limited to PIUG members. Vendors or persons who appear to have conflicts of interest would be excluded. The committee may seek input from experts to help with the decision.
Frequency of Award:
The award will be made on no more than an annual basis provided there is a suitable awardee in the designated area.
Form of the Award:
The award will consist of a cash award of $1500, a commemorative plaque and complimentary registration to the PIUG Annual Conference. If a team is selected as the award recipient, the cash award will be divided equally among the team members, each member will receive a commemorative plaque and the complimentary registration will be awarded to a team representative, as designated by the team, who will be presented with the award during the PIUG Annual Conference.
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