Patent Information Users Group, Inc.

 EPO Patent Knowledge Week, Online event, 2-5 November 2021

Patent Knowledge Week, which replaces the EPO's annual Patent Information Conference, is a new four-day digital event which promotes the dissemination of patent information and the generation of patent knowledge.

Program Highlights (selected presentations, links on the rights to section of the program below)
Main track “Patent Knowledge”, Nov. 2-4, 2021 (Highlights: Tue, Wed,Thu)
Patent attorney track Nov.3, 2021 (Wed)
Asia track, Nov.5,2021 (Fri)
SME Track, Nov. 2, 2021 (Tue)
University Track, Nov.4, 2021 (Thu)
PATLIB Track Nov. 3, 2021 (Thu)

Registration, by 10/4/2021 7:PM ET.  (Free)

 

 

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Patent knowledge - main track, Moderators: Elizabeth McDonald-Maier and Edward Cooke, EPO

4:50-6:10 AM ET | 09.50 -11.10 CET

Welcome speech, António Campinos, President, EPO

From patent information to patent knowledge
The transition from patent information to patent knowledge. Richard Flammer, Principal Director Patent Knowledge, EPO
From Patent Information to IP Intelligence,Thorsten Zank, President, PDG (Head of Center of Information Excellence, BASF)
Mapping patents on health technologies for the public interest: the MedsPaL and VaxPaL databases. Amina Maillard, Medicines Patent Pool

 

8:00-9:30 AM ET | 13.00 -14.30 CET

Plenary presentation: An in-depth look at Espacenet , Roland Feinäugle, EPO

Discussion round 1 GPI and full text
Patrick Le Gonidec, EPO
Björn Jürgens, PATLIB Agencia de Innovación y Desarrollo de Andalucía, ES

Discussion round 2 Artificial intelligence and IP - friends or foes?
Alexander Klenner-Bajaja, EPO
Samuel Davis, amplified.ai

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/patent-knowledge.html

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

SME track, Moderator:  Johannes Schaaf, EPO

 5:10 -6:10 AM ET | 10:10 -11:10 CET

 Keynote speech: The economics of patent information, Yann Ménière, EPO

 Key takeaways from innovation case studies, Ilja Rudyk and Thomas Bereuter, EPO

6:10 -6:40 AM ET | 11:10 -11:40 CET

Prior art search and basic patent statistics with Espacenet  - case study. Arzu Firlarer, Başkent University(BITTO), PATLIB Centre, TR , Engin Hazar, Krommetal Mühendislik Ltd şti 

Monitoring and freedom-to-operate searches with GPI - case study with a medical devices company, Björn Jürgens, PATLIB Agencia de Innovación y Desarrollo de Andalucía, ES , Marina Schoenemann, DSruptive, ES

 8:45 -9:05 AM ET | 13:45 -14:05 CET

 Trend monitoring - how to do it yourself, Johannes Schaaf, EPO

 9:05 -9:25 AM ET | 14:05 -14:25 CET

The Unitary Patent in the starting block, Michael Fröhlich, EPO

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/sme.html

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Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Patent knowledge - main track

5:00 – 6:15 AM ET | 10.00 – 11.15 CET

Patent landscaping, analytics, statistics and everything about gaining more insight
A short history and outlook for the patent data and analytics industry, Frank Tietze, University of Cambridge.
Patent analytics at the EPO: insight reports within the framework of FETA (future and emerging technology analysis) activities, Sonia Kaufmann, EPO
The making of the energy transition report, Yann Ménière, Chief Economist Unit, EPO

8:00-9:30 AM ET | 13.00 -14.30 CET (in parallel)

Plenary presentation: CPC. Pierre Held, EPO

Discussion round 1 Patent valuation and evaluation
Johannes Schaaf, EPO
Christian Hackl, TUM-Tech GmbH

Discussion round 2 Use of design patents as prior art
Domenico Golzio, EPO
Giacomo Bertelli, Google Italy
Guido Moradei, QUAESTIO
https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/patent-knowledge.html

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Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Patent attorney track, Moderator:  Yolanda Sánchez García, EPO

5:00 – 6:00AM ET | 10.00 – 11.00 CET

Patents in the new era of artificial intelligence, Susanne Hantos, Davies Collison Cave

From patent information to patent knowledge and beyond, Dietmar Pressner, European patent attorney

More than ticking a box - some ideas on further integrating patent information, Eric de Cock van Gimst, SONION Nederland BV

8:00-9:30 AM ET | 13.00 -14.30 CET

Patent families: does the information that is currently available really meet the needs of stakeholders?. Guido Moradei,.  QUAESTIO

The European Patent Register and associated alerts. Yolanda Sánchez García, EPO

Access to court decisions related to patents and the ECLI, Ignacio Muñoz Ozores, EPO

Recent Chinese patent law changes - what European applicants can expect, Ming Deng, CPA Munich Office

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/patent-attorney.html

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Wednesday, 3 November 2021

PATLIB track, Moderator: Rainer Kaysan, EPO

9:00 -9:10 AM  &  9:25 -9:30 AM  (Q&A) ET | 14.00 -14.10  & 14:25 -14.30 (Q&A) CET

Synergies between the EPO and PatCom
Roland Feinäugle, EPO
Paul Peters, PatCom

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/patlib.html

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Thursday, 4 November 2021

Patent knowledge - main track

5:00 – 6:15 AM ET | 10.00 – 11.15 CET

Legal insight for patent searchers
One small step for a man, an inventive step for the patent office?. Eric de Cock van Gimst, Sonion Nederland B.V.
The Unitary Patent in the starting block. Michael Fröhlich, EPO
Claim interpretation tips for patent information professionals. Susanne Hantos, Senior Patent Counsel/Manager, Patent Intelligence Services, Davies Collison Cave

 

8:00-9:40 AM ET | 13.00 -14.40 CET

Patent data insights
Patent data insights overview. Sofie Leplae, EPO
Overview of EPO's bulk data products and services. Vesna Vajsbaher, EPO
In historical outlook on prior-art data at the EPO.  David Horat, EPO
Legal event data: Status and outlook; INPADOC classification. Christian Soltmann and Sonia Kaufmann, EPO
European Publication Server Webservices and Linked Open Data. Patrick le Gonidec, EPO

Q&A

 Outlook to Patent Data User Day 2022. Sylvia Kocara, EPO

 Main track wrap-up. Christoph Ernst, Vice-President Legal and International Affairs, EPO

 https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/patent-knowledge.html

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Thursday, 4 November 2021

University track, Moderator:  Enrico Luzzatto, EPO

5:00 – 6:25 AM ET | 10.00 – 11.25 CET

Patent Knowledge, Universities, TTOs: an essential friendship.Andrea Piccaluga, NETVAL

Getting to grips with PI: well worth the effort. Ilja Rudyk, EPO

From research project to commercialisation: the role of PI . Geert Boedt, EPO

 

7:05 – 7:15 AM ET | 12.05 – 12.15 CET  +Q&A

Overlooked but essential: prior art from Asia . Jutta Haußer and Jürgen Mühl, EPO

 8:30 – 8:50 AM ET | 13.30 – 13.50 CET  +Q&A

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine: technology transfer in real time, Matt Carpenter, Oxford University Innovation Limited

 9 :10 – 9:50 AM ET | 14.10 – 14.50 CET

Panel discussion: PI, universities and technology transfer: getting the message across
Andrea Piccaluga, NETVAL
Christophe Haunold, TTO, University of Luxembourg
Thomas Withnell, EPO
Idil Buse Kok Hazer, Director, ODTÜ Technology Transfer Office
Matt Carpenter, Oxford University Innovation Limited

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/university.html

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Friday, 5 November 2021

Asia track. Moderator:  Jürgen Mühl, EPO

 5:10 – 5:30 AM ET | 10.10 – 10.30 CET

Who's who? Challenges when searching Asian documentation for applicants and owners, Philippe Bodart, Total Energies

5:30 – 6:10 AM ET | 10.30 – 11.10 CET

Panel discussion: Getting to know Asian patent filers

Transliteration versus translation in Asian names - the perspective of a linguist. Jutta  Haußer, EPO 
The importance of standardising of names - the perspective of industry. Arndt Mecke, Siemens 
Applicant names and the art of citing Asian patent document - the perspective of an examiner. Christoph Wirner, EPO .
Change of ownership - the perspective of a commercial provider. Kim Donghyun, Lexis Nexis
Asian names in the EPO's databases - the perspective of a data specialist. Tania Malmierca, EPO

6:10 – 6:40 AM ET | 11.10 – 11.40 CET

Glimpses at the EPO's workbench 
 
Applicant names and non-patent literature. Jenny Olausson, EPO 
Crossing borders: applications with different Asian applicants. Kati Clarke, EPO 
Applicant names in DOCDB. Tania Malmierca, EPO 
Creating patent families - the impact of dual filing in China. Sofie Leplae, EPO

6:40 – 7:00 AM ET | 11.40 – 12.00 CET

Monitoring innovation in Asia: case studies using the national offices´ databases, Jutta Haußer and Jürgen Mühl, EPO

https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/conferences/patent-knowledge-week/asia.html

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Update 11/1/2021 11:30 AM  A schedule of presentation has been updated based on the final program of the conference