PIUG 2013 Northeast Conference

PIUG 2013 Northeast Conference Papers – October 2013

PIUG Northeast Conference presentation files are provided to PIUG members with permission of the presenters. Further distribution is limited to current PIUG members. PIUG is an organization of individuals and not companies, so sharing presentation files with colleagues who are not PIUG members is against PIUG policy. We welcome new members and renewals per the PIUG Membership Benefits page.

Abstracts, author biographies, and the full program are available on the Final Program page.

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Implications of the Myriad Supreme Court Decision – Human Genes Are Not Patentable, But What About Everything Else?, Paul Golian, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Crossing the Line: Is It a Drug or a Device?, Kristine H. Atkinson, A/A Patent Investigations

Drug Formulations , James L. Grant, Novartis Inc.(Presentation not available.)

China Utility Model Patent: Trash or Treasure? A citation based analysis, Binqiang Liu, State Intellectual Property Office of China

Working with Examiner Citations from US Patent Documents, Anthony Trippe, Patinformatics, LLC

Citation searching; Getting the big picture, Donald Walter, Thomson Reuters

Case Study: Avoiding the Black Box in Patent Analysis, Melissa Burt, Questel-Orbit Inc.

When was that first available online? Understanding the importance of ahead-of-print coverage in STN’s non-patent literature databases for prior art searching, Brian Sweet, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

Finding better patents faster – combining the expertise of patent examiners to help find prior art and similar patents, Mike Lloyd, Griffith Hack/Ambercite