PIUG 2022 - Tuesday

T U E S D A Y M O R N I N G

World Patent Information Journal. In the Forties Jane List (World Patent Information) 11:00 – 11:30 am

ABSTRACT This talk is based on a presentation from World Pat ent Information journal’s 40th anniversary meeting. At that meeting we discussed ‘the history, the state of the art, and also the future for IP information and the management of IPRs’. Three years on I’d like to widen that discussion with you all. First by looking behind the scenes at World Patent Information. What is involved in creating the journal? I will outline the roles of WPI’s commu nity of writers, reviewers, board members and the editorial team. Then I will give an overview of the content of the journal, highlighting key trends and key papers over the first 40 years. WPI Journal started in 1979, initiated by the pres idents of WIPO and the European Commission to ‘encourage the use of and understanding of patents and patent information’. WPI continues to publish high quality patent information research, IP office news, review articles and articles highlighting best practice in using specific tools and techniques for patent search, analysis and IP management. In 1979, ‘information’ was a new topic of research, and PCT patent applications were new! Today, we are occupied with understanding how to take ad vantage of emerging (or frontier) technologies such as data science, AI , machine learning, and digital interconnectivity for patent information . So today although access to patent information is a lot easier, and less expensive than it was in 1979; the sheer volume of patent publications, and the com plexities, mean the original goals of the founders of WPI still resonate.

BIOGRAPHY Jane List founded Extract Information Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2013 following a career in the information industry where she held commercial, content, and product development roles at Light house IP, ProQuest, and DataStar. She has also held IP and Information analyst roles at The Technology Partnership plc, Xaar plc and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Jane has provided training in the retrieval and analysis of scientific, technical, medi cal, commercial and patent information throughout her career. Jane is Editor in Chief of World Patent Information Journal since 2014 https://www.journals. elsevier.com/world-patent-information. In 2015 Jane List co-founded The Cambridge Infor mation and Intellectual Property Meeting (www. CIIPM.co.uk) to provide a space for knowledge sharing for those involved with technology commer cialisation and needing to understand more about IP and patent searching. Jane has qualifications in Chemistry, Information Science, and IP Law.

HIGHLIGHTS · 40th Anniversary meeting · Origins of WPI – why did it start

· What we publish – from research to practice · The World Patent Information community · How PIUG members can get involved and earn CPD at the same time!

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