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PatBase went through a server upgrade in early 2013, and users should have seen speed improvements. #piug13
...And help vendors spot weaknesses in their products as well. #piug13
Developing real-life scenarios is difficult but will show products off to better advantage... #piug13
Almost all vendors fall into the habit of running extremely simple searches as basis for demonstrating their product functionality #piug13
Orbit now allows searches to be limited to (US) patents that have been litigated. Have also added "likely abandoned" tags. #piug13
Run search queries on the fly in IPBI to narrow set- b/c the product is integrated w/Orbit, you can even reference line numbers #piug13
IPBI's topographical keyword clustering tool is highly customizable, allows deletion of undesired concepts #piug13
It's obvious that a lot of thought went into the development of Questel's IPBI analysis tool. It's advanced for the analysis field #piug13
240 attendees this year for #piug2013 in Alexandria, VA
Members relations committee seeking 2 help new members become accustomed to being member of PIUG. 70 1st time attendees this year #piug2013
New membership committee and a new five-year strategic plan were mentioned during the business meeting at #piug2013
