Special thanks to
Victor Green & Company
for their continued support to sponsor the BPIP website
(2022-2025)
Our Story
British Patent Information Professionals (BPIP) is an informal group of UK-based representatives of organisations which have interests in patent information matters. Started in 1990 as the Derwent UK User Group, and later the Thomson Scientific User Group (TSUG), it has developed into an organisation of professionals who use a range of vendor products and services and have similar professional interests and concerns.
Our Members
Individual members are drawn from a range of industry types, including large corporations, public bodies, IP management and search & analytics services. The sectors they cover include chemicals, construction, energy, household appliances, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, electricals/electronics, engineering, medical devices, heavy industry, marketing & advertising and packaging.
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This is a representations of the organisations from which BPIP members are drawn, they are not formally affiliated to the network.
54th BPIP Meeting
Tuesday 13 November 2025
to be held at
Unilever R&D Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH63 3JW
The 53rd BPIP Meeting took place on 5 November 2024 at Reckitt in Slough. It was a one day meeting and the agenda included presentations on:
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The Patent Olympiad
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Applications of GenAI and LLMs for patents
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Patent mining with LLMs
and more
Contact Us
Contact us using the form below for more information or to join our network.
There are no membership fees, however, membership is limited to patent and information searchers (patent information vendors are not members).