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PIUG 2019 Biotechnology Conference

1 SAVE THE DATE: February 19-21, 2019 Now in its thirteenth year, the PIUG Biotechnology Conference focuses on best practices for patent information professionals who specialize in biotechnology search and analysis. Within a changing business environment, patent searchers continue to provide value to companies and clients by maintaining contemporary knowledge of resources, technologies and industry trends. Program information is now…

PIUG 2018 Northeast Conference

Join us in Iselin, New Jersey by Registering Today for the PIUG 2018 Northeast Conference where you will have the opportunity to learn from world-renowned experts on patent information and technology research. The key objective of this meeting is to provide opportunities for learning, networking and professional development. The program committee is also happy to announce that the USPTO will…

USPTO and EPO Work on Joint Patent Classification System

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have agreed to work toward the formation of a joint patent classification system. Unlike other major patent document classification systems, the U.S. patent classification system is not based on the International Patent Classification (IPC) system because it predates the IPC. One of the goals of the partnership is to align the U.S. and the EPO classification systems with the IPC, which is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. The jointly developed classification system will be more detailed than the IPC to improve patent searching. As a result, the two offices would move closer to eliminating the unnecessary duplication of work between the two offices, thus promoting more efficient examinations, while also enhancing patent examination quality.