Bob Stembridge graduated from University of Sussex with a BSc in Chemistry. He joined Thomson Scientific in 1980 and has held various roles in editorial, marketing, sales and product development. Leaving in 1988 for interludes working as Information Analyst specialising in patent analytics at British Petroleum and European Sales Liaison with Dialog, he returned to Thomson Scientific in 1996. In his current role, he is responsible for liaison with customer user groups for the organisation.

Speaking Engagements

• Oct 2006 - International Chemical Information Conference, Nimes: "International Patent Classification (IPC) reform - What has been and what will be the real impact?"
• Sep 2006 - 232nd ACS meeting: "An analysis of citations in scientific and patent literature to historical research from the first half of the 20th century and the relationship to the accessibility of these works through electronic archives", Simon M Pratt and Robert A Stembridge
• May 2006 - PIUG: "Simplicity out of chaos - Thomson Scientific implementation of IPC Reform"
• Mar 2006 - IPI-ConfEx: "IPC 8 - Even whales give birth eventually"
• May 2005 - PIUG: workshop and vendor panel discussion
• Mar 2005 - 229th ACS meeting: "Patent Analysis – the Technical Intelligence professional’s adjustable spanner" 

Publications

• "Patents provide important research information", Bob Stembridge, Research Information, Feb/Mar 2007, pp 18-20
• "The challenge of sustaining the research and innovation process", Mike Tansey and Bob Stembridge, World Patent Information 2005 27(3)212-226.
• "Sorting the wheat from the chaff - the use of patent analysis in evaluating portfolios", Bob Stembridge, IP Value 2005, pp 12-17 (published by Globe White Page)
• "Patent data mining and effective patent portfolio management" Breda Corish and Bob Stembridge, Intellectual Asset Management, Issue 8, Oct-Nov 2004, pp 30-35
• "Getting just what you need", Strategies for Search, Taxonomy and Classification, eContent magazine white paper

Location: London

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