Programme
SME track

Please note that the time zone for the programme is CET.

Tuesday, 2 November 2021
10.00 hrs	Welcome - Why this day is important Marco Bravo, EPO
10.10 hrs	Keynote speech: The economics of patent information Yann Ménière, EPO
10.35 hrs	Key takeaways from innovation case studies Ilja Rudyk and Thomas Bereuter, EPO
10.50 hrs	Q&A
11.10 hrs	Prior art search and basic patent statistics with Espacenet - case study Arzu Firlarer, Başkent University Information, Innovation and Technology Transfer Office (BITTO), PATLIB Centre, TR Engin Hazar, Krommetal Mühendislik Ltd şti
11.25 hrs	Monitoring and freedom-to-operate searches with GPI - case study with a medical devices company Björn Jürgens, PATLIB Agencia de Innovación y Desarrollo de Andalucía, ES Marina Schoenemann, DSruptive, ES
11.40 hrs	Q&A
11.50 hrs	Break
13.00 hrs	Demonstration of survey results: Obstacles and success factors when using patent knowledge Johannes Schaaf, EPO
13.10 hrs	In-house or external patent knowledge services? Benoit Olbrechts, sirris PATLIB Centre, BE
13.40 hrs	Q&A
13.45 hrs	Trend monitoring - how to do it yourself Johannes Schaaf, EPO
14.00 hrs	Q&A
14.05 hrs	The Unitary Patent in the starting block Michael Fröhlich, EPO
14.25 hrs	Q&A
14.30 -14.35 hrs	Outlook and closing of session Marco Bravo, EPO

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