PIUG 2023 - WORKSHOPS

S U N D A Y A F T E R N O O N - W O R K S H O P S IFI CLAIMS: Patent Notifications May Be Tedious But They’re Essential. Ignore Them at Your Own Risk. How IFI CLAIMS Incorporates the Ever-Shifting Data Into Its Repository. Janice Stevenson (IFI CLAIMS Patent Services) 2:00 – 2:50 pm

ABSTRACT Patent data, unfortunately, is riddled with errors and omissions. Which isn’t exactly surprising if you con sider that patent authorities around the world publish hundreds of thousands of documents weekly and post updates to millions of existing records in the same time frame. It’s just a fact of the patenting life— some authority, somewhere, somehow scrambles the data. This workshop will showcase how IFI assists its clients to ensure the data they’re using is the cleanest it can be. We’ll reveal the research we perform on data errors, discuss our deep relationships with the patent authorities and explain how we manage corrections so that our clients don’t make mistakes.

BIOGRAPHY Janice Stevenson , Executive Vice President of Client Services, applies her vast client support experience to providing IFI clients the foundation they need to bring their applications to full fruition. She draws on past experiences as a trainer, sales manager, and de veloper focused on intellectual property and patent applications.

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