Sponsors

PIUG gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors and exhibitors who have generously provided support for this event. 
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  GOLD SPONSORS
BizInt Solutions, Inc. produces BizInt Smart Charts software to help information analysts create, customize and distribute multi-database reports and visualizations from drug pipeline, clinical trial, patent and gene sequence databases. The BizInt Smart Charts product family is used by pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, petroleum and medical device companies worldwide to support research planning and competitive intelligence.

 

  SILVER SPONSORS

Aptean GenomeQuest enables companies to search worldwide patent literature for biological sequences. Its database, GQ-Pat, is the largest repository of sequences cited in patents.  IP professionals and law firms use GenomeQuest to perform freedom to operate, patentability, validity, and prior art searches.  GenomeQuest serves 18 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and all five top agrochemical companies, with a customer base of nearly 200 leading life science and biotechnology organizations.
  PatSnap is a patent search and analytics platform that combines intuitive functionality, world leading patent and life sciences datasets and cutting-edge AI together in one platform. Drawing upon both our own patent sequence extracts and world-renowned manual curation, we offer the world’s most comprehensive patent biological sequence platform. The deep integration of this data with our global patent database, our NPL collection and chemical platform makes complex search strategies simple, and enables seamless collaboration with other IP stakeholders within the business.

 

  BRONZE SPONSORS
Minesoft develops global patent databases & solutions, winning the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2009 and 2015 for outstanding growth internationally. PatBase is a sophisticated global searchable patent database offering analytics. A new NPL solution broadens searches beyond patents whilst a new Semantic Search facility further aids patent discovery and subject searching. Chemical Explorer offers a text-mined searchable database of chemical structures and chemical terminology extracted from over 11 million full-text patents.

Questel is a true end-to-end intellectual property solutions provider to more than 6,000 clients and one million users across 30 countries. We offer a comprehensive software suite for searching, analyzing and managing inventions and IP assets. Questel also provides services throughout the IP lifecycle, including prior art searches, patent drafting, international filing, translation, support during licensing negotiation and litigation and trademark related services. These solutions, when combined with our IP cost management platform, deliver clients an average savings of 30-60% across the entire prosecution budget.
STN Intellectual property professionals and patent examiners worldwide rely on STN for their scientific, technical and IP information needs. With access to the world’s scientific information on one integrated platform, including authoritative chemistry and patent content from CAS and Derwent World Patents Index®, STN offers a unique content collection, unparalleled search power and precision, and proven reliability to reduce your risk of missing critical information and help you protect valuable intellectual property. Our newest platform, STNext™, elevates the classic STN search experience, by offering a new, more intuitive interface, focused on efficiency, with enhanced security and lower administrative overhead. STN is operated jointly by CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe worldwide.