AIDB Webinar: “Espacenet: New Opportunities for Analyzing Patent Publications and Their Challenges”

AIDB T-shirts featuring the reissued Marconi patent US11913 on wireless telegraphy are available free of charge to members in various sizes. Please contact the Secretariat to arrange for shipping or pickup.

Elisabetta Ugel and Alessandro Cardillo are the winners of the fifth edition of the Bernardo Nobile Award for Patent Research, the annual award sponsored by AREA Science Park in memory of Bernardo Nobile, the director of the PatLib Patent Information Center who passed away prematurely. Elisabetta Ugel, who holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with […]

On Thursday, June 18, and Friday, June 19, 2009, at theAREA Science Park Convention Centerin Trieste, the AIDB Annual Members’ Meeting and the 2009 National Conference will be held, entitled: “Patent Documentation for Competitive Intelligence, ” sponsored by the international patent information providers CAS/STN/FIZ Karlsruhe, Minesoft, Questel, and Thomson Reuters. Participation in the conference is […]

It has now become a well-established and nationally recognized event, which last year even extended beyond Italy’s borders, with 234 entries and the awarding of one of the two prizes to Remigiusz Lewandowski, a graduate of the University of Bydgoszcz (Poland), who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Trieste and is now a researcher […]

AIDB Newsletter No. 10 is available in the Members-Only Area. The AIDB Newsletter is an electronic publication created for the purpose of: To make up-to-date information available on activities relevant to our association’s purposes Increase the exchange of information and experiences among members Raise awareness of our association To offer an additional service to the […]

AIDB, in collaboration with the University of Bologna, organized a workshop on the topic “PatentSearching with Classification,” held on November 13 and 14, 2008, in the computer lab of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Bologna, and led by Dr. Stephen Adams. The workshop is divided into two days: the first is dedicated […]

The workshop materials are available to all members in the members-only section of this website “Patent Searching with Classification”, held by Stephen Adams on November 13–14, 2008, in Bologna, is available to all members in the members-only area of this website.

AICIPI, the Italian Association of Industrial Property Consultants and Experts, is organizing the event“Workshop on European Patent Practice” for Friday, November 14, 2008. The seminar will be led by Daniel X. Thomas (European Patent Office) and will take place at the “G. Natta Research Center” at LyondellBasell in Ferrara. Participation is also open to AIDB […]

Francesco Mele, from Nuoro, and Remigiusz Lewandowski, a Polish national, are the winners of the fourth edition of the Bernardo Nobile Award for Patent Research, organized by AREA Science Park and sponsored by AIDB. During a ceremony held today in the Anzellotti Hall of the science park, both received a check for 3,000 euros each […]

Through an official noticeaddressed to the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, AIDB presents its comments regarding the entry into force of the Decree of June 27, 2008, which provides for the EPO to conduct a prior art search for national patent applications, offering its support, in particular, with regard to documentation-related matters.

On Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, 2008, the AIDB Annual Members’ Meeting and the 2008 National Conference were held at the Sala Longhi of Unioncamere (Rome headquarters), under the title: “CHINA, THE FAR EAST, AND OTHERS: How to Understand Developments in Asian Technology Through Patents”. Documentation related to the two events is available […]

On Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, 2008, at the Sala Longhi of Unioncamere (Rome headquarters), the AIDB Annual Members’ Meeting and the 2008 National Conference will be held, entitled: “CHINA, THE FAR EAST, AND OTHERS: How to Understand Developments in Asian Technology Through Patents. “ The conference organized annually by the Italian Association […]