[PIUG List] Invitation to "Automating Patent Analysis" PIUG Workshop

Dear friends and colleagues,

A final reminder - Please consider attending the latest Automating Patent
Analysis workshop on May 17, at the beginning of the upcoming PIUG Annual
Meeting. We look forward to exposing you innovative and high-throughput
approaches to improve the effectiveness of your efforts in analyzing patent
information.

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Regards,

Barry Brager
Perception Partners(R)
IP Analytics > Discovery > Value Realization
Understanding, Quantifying and Maximizing the Value From Innovation
www.perceptionpartners.com


AUTOMATING PATENT ANALYSIS FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Patent information analysis is a critical component of decision-making in
technology investment, business development and intellectual property
enforcement. However, many of the key decision-makers central to these
issues lack the skills to properly review the patent literature. Thank
goodness for patent searchers and analysts – they often bring the
expertise required
to assess legal risk and technology value in a business context.
Still, challenges remain for all parties related to the scale of the
problem
– how can more data from more sources be reviewed faster for deeper
insights?

Enter automated patent analysis. From simple charting tools to categorizers
and valuation algorithms, automation of patent analytics is commanding
attention from those who drive open innovation, mergers & acquisitions, and
portfolio monetization. In this workshop, participants will gain deep
insight into the tools and methods that impress and engage executive
management – because they get the job done at lower risk and higher value.

Workshop subject matter will focus on extracting business insights related
to patents, and cover the automation of a range of techniques including:

* Charting, graphing and visualizing trends
* Analyzing patent legal, technical and business quality
* Identifying technology and business white spaces
* Clustering and classifying documents
* Calculating technology relevance and similarity
* Depicting organizational relationships
* Determining breadth of claims

The tools discussed will include a broad range of products, including:

* Paid and free databases, mashups and deep web content
* Mindjet MindManager(R)
* Vantage Point/Thomson Data Analyzer(R)
* Microsoft Excel(R)
* PatentCafe(R)
* SparkIP(R)
* And more!

Format will include lecture, demonstration and interactive discussion. By
the end of the workshop, takeaways will include new approaches to:

* Assessing the risks and opportunities related to open innovation
activities
* Estimating the strategic and financial IP value of acquisitions
* Quantifying patent monetization options such as license, sale or
litigation

LOGISTICS

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008

Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Room: Jefferson
Registration Cost: $495.00

REGISTER NOW
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