What`s in a name?
2 February 2015
Delegates at IPI Confex will hear about the latest efforts to standardise at least one part of the patent application process. Tim Gillett reports
patents
Information about innovation
5 February 2013
The past few decades have seen big changes in the patent landscape and how patent information is discovered and used. Ann Chapman reflects on some of the trends
Patent documents get global classification system
2 January 2013
The European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office have launched the Cooperative Patent Classification scheme
Chinese innovation takes country to top of patent lists
9 February 2012
A new report from Thomson Reuters reveals the dramatic growth in Chinese patents. Siân Harris finds out what this means for patent information
IEEE is most-cited publisher in new patents
26 May 2011
IEEE is the most-cited publisher in new patents, according to the 2011 report by 1790 Analytics LLC
Peter Norton wins IPI Award
17 March 2009
The 2009 IPI Award will be given to Peter Norton. The announcement was made at the International Patent Information Conference and Exposition, IPI-ConfEx, held in Venice-Mestre in March
English translations improve access to Chinese innovation
11 February 2009
The number of Chinese patent applications are increasing by around 30 per cent each year. Siân Harris reports back from the Online Information meeting about how patent information providers are helping people around the world to access and use this information
Patent information providers take on Asian challenge
3 June 2008
Researchers in western companies want to know what their competitors are doing but it can be a challenge when many of those competitors are in countries like China or Korea. Siân Harris finds out how patent information providers are tackling the language barrier
Legal documents enable scientific discovery
15 April 2008
Sian Harris reports from IPI-ConfEx in Seville, Spain on how
patent information could help pharmaceutical research
Nancy Lambert wins patent information award
5 March 2008
Nancy Lambert is to be awarded the 'International Patent Information (IPI) Award' for 2008.
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