Magister Ltd

Stephen Adams - Managing Director of Magister Ltd.

Stephen Adams completed a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK, followed by an M.Sc. in Information Science from The City University, London, UK.

For a number of years, he worked as a technical information searcher in the field of food science at the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food.

Following a period as editor of "International Packaging Abstracts" at Pira International, he moved to ICI Agrochemicals (later Zeneca Agrochemicals) to become their principal patent searcher in 1988.

He founded Magister Limited in 1997.

Stephen is a member of the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP).

In 2002, Stephen was elected as one of the "Directors at Large" for the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG Inc).

In May 2008, he received a Special Recognition Award from the PIUG. The citation recorded that this was in Recognition of:

• Stephen's Tireless Service to PIUG,
• Ten Years of Excellent Patent Searching Workshops,
• Membership of the PIUG Board of Directors 2002 to 2006,
• Having been voted Favorite Speaker Countless Times

He is also on the editorial board of World Patent Information, The International Journal for Industrial Property Documentation, Information, Classification and Statistics.

The aim of World Patent Information is to provide a worldwide forum for the exchange of information between people working professionally in the field of Industrial Property information and documentation and to promote the widest possible use of the associated literature.

Magister Ltd is one of the Friends of the IPI Award scheme which is an international award judged by senior industry professionals.

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