This two-day seminar will give experienced patent search professionals from industry unrivalled access to the know-how and expertise of many EPO staff, including patent examiners working in a variety of technical fields. Lectures in the latest developments in patent classification, search tools and databases will be complemented by a broad range of workshops, presented by EPO experts, on search strategies and the state of the art in particular technological fields. The seminar will be held on 30-31 March 2009, in The Hague, Netherlands.
