PIUG 2022 - Monday

M O N D A Y M O R N I N G

Goldilocks and the Three Case Studies Dominic DeMarco (DeMarco IP) 11:30 am – 12:00 noon

ABSTRACT For the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of teaching the PIUG “Patent Search Fundamentals” course to sev eral hundred students. Today’s extremely fast paced presentation, should give everyone a taste of the Fun damentals course. We’ll be running through several patent searches from start to finish, and hopefully, by the end of my time, everyone in the audience will be ready to wear their very own WWDD (What Would Dominic Do) bracelet. On a more serious note, today we will quickly work through three relatively simple patentability search es. We will discuss the necessary decisions to make at each point along the way. Every search, and every query within the search, is a careful balance of preci sion vs. recall, of learning, adaption, and iteration. We will tackle this head on and for those of you keeping score at home, please feel free to log into your search engine of choice and show up the presenter in real time!

BIOGRAPHY Dominic DeMarco is an expert in the field of patent searching. His specialty is the broad swath of engi neering technologies including biomedical, chemical, computer, electrical, and mechanical. Dominic is a registered US Patent Agent and has been teaching patent search classes on behalf of PIUG for over a de cade. In his free time, he manages the patent search firm DeMarco IP and goes on ridiculously long bicycle rides.

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