PDG - Partnering in Patent Information
Mission

Enable and inspire PDG members to effectively advise their internal customers by making efficient use of IP-related information, leveraging the advances in digitalization and AI technology and elevating the profile of the information professional.

PDG

Our organisation

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PDG Board

The Board is the executive authority of the PDG and defines its course of action. It is obliged to implement the decisions of the Members' Conference.

Annual Members' Conference

The Annual Members' Conference is the highest authority of the PDG that decides on official matters concerning the internal organisation and the external relations of the PDG.

Membership

Corporate Membership is by election through the existing Member Companies and is open to firms actively engaged in industrial research and innovation, with a substantial patent portfolio.

LinkedIn

News on PDG activities and other patent information related topics is shared via the PDG page on LinkedIn.

Working Groups

The Working Groups and Task Forces are the backbone of the PDG, where the majority of the activities is taking place.
Enable and inspire PDG members to effectively advise their internal customers by making efficient use of IP-related information, leveraging the advances in digitalization and AI technology and elevating the profile of the information professional.
NEWS
Vacancies
meetings and events

Upcoming PDG meetings & 

other patent information related events

18.02.2025 - 21.02.2025
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EPO Search and Examination Matters 2025

18.02.2025 - 21.02.2025
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EPO Search and Examination Matters 2025

virtual
25.02.2025 - 26.02.2025

Joint Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) Biotech and Pharma & MedTech Information (PhMTI)

the Kimpton Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts
10.04.2025 - 11.04.2025

PDG WG IMPACT Meeting

Düsseldorf
14.09.2025 - 16.09.2025

CEPIUG 17th Year Anniversary Conference

Istanbul