PIUG 2022 - Monday

M O N D A Y A F T E R N O O N

Beyond Patents: What else is in patent databases and what does the future hold? Martha Yates (Bayer Crop Science-US) 1:40 – 2:10 pm

ABSTRACT Originally patent databases were bibliographic information about patents based on the patent documents. Then came full-text based on the patent documents. The holy grail of enhanced meta data is still assignee information. But what else is in the databases that isn’t from the documents themselves? I will explore some fields and metrics and survey some offerings from different vendors. There will also be a discussion of what we would like to see in the future.

BIOGRAPHY Martha Yates is currently a Principal Information Scientist for Bayer CropScience. She has been a patent information professional for over 25 years and is a certified QPIP. She is the current immediate past chair of PIUG. Somehow, she has developed a passion for understanding patent databases.

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