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Related Internet Links

We are in the process of compiling a directory of companies associated with the world of Patents and Patent Documentation.

Patent User Community

• Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) exist to explain the role of independent information professionals and to provide a forum for information professionals to meet and exchange views.
• World Patent Information is a forum for Industrial Property information and documentation.
• Patent Information Users Group (PIUG).
• IPI Award scheme is an international award sponsored by the PIUG.
• American Chemical Society
• IPI-ConfEx International Patent Information Conference & Exposition is of primary interest to information managers and patent searchers.

Other Services for Patent Users

• PatentTranslators.com provide translation of patents from Japanese, German, French and other languages. Email mail@PatTran.com for more information.

Patent Offices

• The UK Patent Office.
• European Patent Office

Patent Database Hosts, Vendors & Producers

• Derwent

Articles

The following published articles by Stephen Adams are available on related web sites

• Patent Searching Without Words - Why Do It, How To Do It? Free Pint Patent Information Exchange' February 27th 2003
• PIUG-L 2002: Finding equivalents to Canadian patent information. Wed May 15 2002
• PIUG-L 1998: How do I search patent applications in Korea? Thu, 26 Feb 1998
• PIUG-L 1998: Reliability of Patent Family Sources. Mon, 23 Feb 1998
• CINF ACS Spring 98 abstracts 3. Developments in Patent Documentation during the last decade.
• Division of Chemical Information Logo BTEC/CINF Abstracts 221st Crucial issues in pharmaceutical patent retrieval.

• Wrap Up - Information Retrieval Facility, 8-9 November 2007 Video: Stephen Adams, IRFS 2007.