patent information award decision

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

From: Trudi Jones <patent@adnc.com>
To: Trudi Jones <searches@TPRInternational.com>
Subject: PATENT INFORMATION HONOR 2004: Decision Reached

Dear Colleagues:

The Selection Board for the International Patent Information (IPI) Award 
has concluded its deliberations and will soon be naming the 2004 recipient 
of this prestigious Award.

The recipient has already been notified and an official announcement is to 
be made by the IPI-Award Selection Board at the upcoming meeting of the 
International Patent Information Conference & Exposition in Europe 
(http://www.IPI-ConfEx.com).  IPI-ConfEx runs March 7-10, 2004 at the Altis 
Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal.  Attendees at the Conference will have the 
opportunity to hear of the International Selection Board's decision 
first-hand at the luncheon to be held on Monday, 8 March.  The announcement 
will be made around 1 p.m. local time.  This will be followed by a formal 
press release and postings to various discussion lists, etc.

The IPI-Award Presentation Ceremony will be held during the Gala Dinner on 
the evening of Monday 8 March at the celebrated Penha Longa Palace outside 
of Lisbon.  The Gala Dinner is being sponsored by Thomson Scientific and 
will be attended by IPI-ConfEx delegates.

In keeping with the international significance of the IPI-Award, and to 
honor the individual chosen, news of the Ceremony will also be shared 
during a May 24th luncheon presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Patent 
Information User's Group (PIUG) May 22-27, Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor 
Hotel, Maryland (http://www.PIUG.org)

Please see below for more information about the IPI-Award, or visit the 
Award website at http://www.IPI-Award.com

Regards
Trudi Jones

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PATENT INFORMATION INDUSTRY HONORS ITS GREAT PROFESSIONALS

There are many individuals who, through their ideas, hard work, dedication 
and personal leadership, have made a significant positive impact on the 
patent information profession, as well as the patent and scientific 
community.  The annual 'International Patent Information Award' is aimed at 
recognizing individual contributions towards the advancement of patent 
information and to the patent world in general.  The IPI-Award, established 
and sponsored by Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, Inc., 
consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $3000 or other currency equivalent.


INTERNATIONAL SELECTION BOARD FOR THE IPI-AWARD 2004:

For the Award to be presented in 2004, an International Selection Board has 
been formed.  The Board's responsibility is to evaluate the nominations for 
the Award and select this year's recipient.  The Board comprises the 
eminent information professionals listed below:

* Ms. Lucy Akers, Akers & Company; former Team Leader, Intellectual 
Property Management at ExxonMobil (US); current Chairperson of the Patent 
Information Users Group (PIUG).

* Mr. Jeffrey Forman, Manager, Information Services, Intellectual Property 
Law of IBM (US); Chairman of one of the PIUG committees.

* Dr. Christoph Haxel, Director, Henkel InfoCenter (Germany); current 
President of the Patent Documentation Group (PDG).

* Mr. Koh Ishii, formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past President 
of several patent information user groups in Japan.

* Ms. Barbara Peterson, Director of Library & Information Services at 3M 
(US); past Chairperson of the Industrial Technical Information Managers 
Group (ITIMG).

* Mr. Wolfgang Pilch, Principal Director at the European Patent Office 
(Austria); also IPI-Award Recipient, 2002

* Dr. Ian Sinclair, Site Head, Information Management at Pfizer (UK); 
former Vice President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe.

* Dr. Sandra Unger, Advanced Research Associate, Information Research & 
Analysis, ExxonMobil (US); Director-at-Large, Patent Information Users 
Group (PIUG)

* Mr. Yutaka Wada, Chairman & President, PATOLIS Corporation, Japan.

* Mr. Ford Khorsandian (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member); 
President, Technology & Patent Research International, former Vice Chairman 
of the PIUG.

For further information, contact Trudi Jones at the address shown below, or 
visit the Award website at: http://www.IPI-Award.com for information on ;
last year's recipient.  Announcements regarding the 2004 recipient will be 
posted to the website in March/April, 2004.

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Trudi Jones
Technology & Patent Research International, Inc.
17055 Via Del Campo, Ste 200
San Diego, CA 92127
Tel: (858) 592 9084; Fax: (858) 592 0045
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