WED - PIUG 2022 Virtual Meeting

W E D N E S D A Y A F T E R N O O N

New Patent Search Tools and the Evolving Role of the Patent Information Professional Frederic Baudour (French Information User Grp.) 2:15 – 2:45 pm

ABSTRACT The last 20 years saw a lot of developments from the patent database Industry, introducing or rebranding some “concepts” or search technologies. As a few examples we can cite IP landscaping and the search for the so called “white space”; the mixing of differ ent kinds of data: patents, financial, marketing, … to provide new kinds of analysis; and most recently search tools based on Artificial Intelligence. Some of these could sometimes lead us to the assumption that it is quite easy to learn, in a few seconds, “ev erything there is to know” on a specific topic, by just typing a few keywords in a Google like interface. Is it true? Is it false? What are the limits of these news tools? Of these new search methodologies? Of these analysis? Can we blindly trust search results? How can we redefine our job in this new World?

BIOGRAPHY Frederic Baudour earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from University of Mons Hainaut (Bel gium) and a degree in Applied Economics – Manage ment from Facultés Universitaires CAtholiques de Mons – FUCAM (Belgium). He began working as an Information Scientist for UCB Chemicals in 1996 and became Information Manager when UCB created the Surface Specialties division from the acquisition of the Coatings, Adhesives & Additives business of Solu tia. He later moved into the role of Senior Informa tion Analyst following the purchase of Surface Spe cialties by Cytec Industries and then the divestiture of the Coatings business to Allnex. Frederic currently works in ALLNEX’s Knowledge Management Office, is President of CFIB (French Patent Information As sociation) , Qualified Paten Information Professional (QPIP), former vice-president at CEPIUG (Confederacy of the EU-user groups), and former ALLNEX represen tative at the PDG (Patent Documentation Group).

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