Attendees typically have a professional, scientific, economic or technical interest in patents and represent a multitude of organizations including corporations, universities, government agencies, non-government organizations and non-profit organizations. Previous conferences from 2015 - 2019 were held in Alexandria, VA, Atlanta, Georgia; Vancouver, Washington; and Lombard, Illinois. Attendees came from all over the world including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. In 2020 and 2021, the conferences had to be held as totally virtual due to the impact of COVID-19. We returned to in-person conferences in 2022 and 2023 in Alexandria and then moved to Chicago in 2024.

Join us for a truly great conference to meet others with a professional interest in patent information within a block of the USPTO.  We have switched our meeting App to Whova and Instructions for downloading will be found on a separate Meeting App page when available along with instructions for building your personal schedule and helpful tips. The app itself also contains instructional pages within its design. The app will be used for sending push notifications during the conference in order to keep the schedule current and notify you of important announcements from PIUG while in Alexandria and conference related announcements afterwards.

Wednesday, May 21st will be our Annual Business Meeting which will be open to all PIUG Members.

To enable post-conference access to PIUG conference slide presentations, and to also save significantly on PIUG conference registration fees, BECOME A MEMBER of PIUG by going to the PIUG Membership page.

Sponsorship Opportunities 

PIUG welcomes new and returning sponsors to join us for networking and showcasing your products or services to our international audience of patent information users. Please see the summary of Sponsorship Opportunities.

PIUG gratefully acknowledges the generous support of all our sponsors and exhibitors.

Program Committee 

• Program Chair: Devin Salmon

Planning Committee

• Planning Co-Chairs:  Scott Hertzog & Ken Koubek
• Members:  John Zabilski, Ron Kaminecki, Kartar Arora, Monica Weiss-Nolen
• Stu Kaback Business Impact Award Committee:  Scott Hertzog (Chair)
• Brian Stockdale Award Committee:  Dominic DeMarco (Chair)
• Evaluations:  Shelley Pavlek
• Gifts:  Ken Koubek
• Meeting Book:  Diane Webb
• Sponsorship & Exhibits:  Ken Koubek (Chair) 
• Webpages:  Ken Koubek
• Workshops:  Monica Weiss-Nolen