Andy Gibbs was a keynote presented at the Patent Quality Index (PQI) initiative at Columbia University.
Hosted by the Royal Society of the Arts, PQI is an empirical study on predictive attributes of high
quality patents.
An IP Thought Leader, he was a Forum Moderator of a the IBM Sponsored WIKI: Standards for
Standards, a global discussion of invited policy makers and IP professions addressing abuses and
guideline standards for technology (patent) standards organizations, and was a member of the
esteemed panel of participants in Building a New IP Marketplace – the IBM / NY Law School WIKI
on policy and process for improving patent quality, transparency, fair valuation, flexibility and global
consistency.
He served two terms on the USPTO Public Patent Advisory Committee (PPAC), and served as
Chairman, E-government Subcommittee advising on Patent Office IT infrastructure and software
tools. He is an immediate past member of the Board of Directors, Intellectual Property Owners
Association, and a member of the Licensing Executives Society and Patent Information Users
Group. Mr. Gibbs authored the corporate patent strategy book, Essentials of Patents (Wiley),
PatentWriter (Sq. One), and more than 100 patent quality and IP management articles.
Articles Appearing in ipFrontline™
Strategic Approaches To Using Patent Information, published: 4/28/2009
Advertise, Or Go Home, published: 2/4/2009
'Better' Best Practices Reverse Layoffs in IP Lawfirms, published: 1/21/2009
Patents' Quality Pre-and PostKSR vs Teleflex, published: 7/8/2008
Licensing Strategy – Analyzing Trend-Bucking Technologies, published: 11/1/2006
SuperBoolean Patent Search - Faster, More Relevant Prior Art, published: 9/6/2006
Managing Patents in the IT Department, published: 3/21/2006
The Cure For Patent Auction Fever, published: 3/14/2006
Open Source Gourmet™; Grilled Rosemary Garlic Swordfish, published: 9/14/2005
PatentCafe's New Web Tools Analyze Patent Value, Part II, published: 7/1/2005
Few 'Innovative' Companies Innovate!, published: 6/29/2005
PatentCafe's New Online Tools Analyze Patent Value, published: 6/15/2005
PatentCafe Publishes Annual List of Top 200 Firms, published: 1/19/2005
Tsunami Warning and Disaster Recovery Technology, published: 1/4/2005
Rolling the Dice on Outsourcing, published: 12/28/2004
Managing Patents in the Information Technology Department (Part II of II), published: 6/22/2004
The IP Management Audit: Start Top-down, Then Across, published: 6/21/2004
What Does Google Know About Searching the Web, That You Don’t Know About Searching Patents?, published: 6/2/2004
Consequences of Stick Licensing, published: 5/4/2004
Managing Patents in the Finance Department, published: 4/13/2004
PatentCafe Streamlines Claims Test/Claims Chart Development, published: 4/5/2004
6-Sigma Patent Data Quality Standards, published: 7/22/2003
Managing Patents in the Human Resources Department, published: 1/23/2003
Creating Winning Inventions and Successful New Products, published: 1/23/2003
Shareholders Hold CEOs Responsible for IP Value, published: 10/3/2002
USPTO Unveils The Most Radical New Patent Process in a Century!, published: 6/6/2002
Inventor Cleans Up With Patented Bubble Puff™ Body Scrubber, published: 2/27/2002
Latest Trends in Corporate Intellectual Property Development: Part II, published: 1/16/2002
Latest Trends in Corporate Intellectual Property Development: Part I, published: 1/9/2002
Inventing Liberty Again...and Again, published: 12/19/2001
The Intellectual Property of Thanksgiving, published: 11/20/2001
Armchair Inventors and Armchair Quarterbacks NEVER Win!, published: 9/26/2001
I Have My Patent … NOW What Do I Do?, published: 9/26/2001
American Ingenuity - How We Will Survive the Terror, published: 9/12/2001
DOT-COMbat Casualties: Goodbye to Old Friends, published: 9/5/2001
Deadline to File Claim for .BIZ Domain Names Just Weeks Away, published: 6/25/2001
Managing the Invention Process, published: 6/4/2001
Website Creation to Facilitate Invention Development and Commercialization on the Internet, published: 5/28/2001
IPSearchEngine: An Invention Management Invention, published: 4/2/2001
First Steps, published: 4/2/2001
Do It Yourself!, published: 3/26/2001
Market To Your Target, published: 3/19/2001
Get A Patent On Your Own, published: 3/19/2001
US Trademark Applications Latest NASDAQ Predictor?, published: 3/12/2001
Developing Profitable Concepts, published: 3/12/2001
US Trademark Applications Latest NASDAQ Predictor?, published: 3/7/2001
Intellectual Property is a CEO Thing, published: 3/5/2001
10 Steps to Creating a Beneficial Patent Attorney Relationship, published: 2/26/2001
Invention Success Secrets, published: 2/26/2001
Mastering The Approach, published: 2/20/2001
Side Dish, published: 2/12/2001
New Business Teambuilding: Marketing Pro Wants to Team Up With Inventor, published: 1/22/2001
Investors and Inventions, Money and Markets: How to go from Idea to Market, published: 1/22/2001
Pitching New Software to Catalog Companies and Prospective Licensees, published: 1/22/2001
Help Yourself vs. Self Help: Is Publicly Available Information Free?, published: 1/2/2001
REALITY CHECK! Selling Product on the Internet, published: 12/5/2000
How To Sell Your Product, published: 11/17/2000
Inventions Must Satisfy Your Quality Requirements, published: 10/30/2000
BIG Missing Link to Global Invention Commercialialization, published: 10/20/2000
Perfect Past, Future Tense, published: 10/12/2000
Patent Attorneys and Pony Express Displaced by Parallel Technologies: (circa 2000 vs. circa 1861), published: 8/28/2000
Non-Patent Art Search Projects (Part 1), published: 3/15/2000
Non-Patent Art Search Projects (Part 2), published: 3/15/2000
Market Research Techniques, published: 1/15/2000
Profits are Made BEFORE you Invent, published: 1/14/2000
Inventing After 50: Step Aside!, published: 11/15/1999
Invention Development, Licensing and Promotion - Hiring the Right Person For The Job, published: 7/15/1999
Your Patent Is Worthless!, published: 11/1/1998
Inventor's Knowledge-Base Expansion, Part III, published: 10/10/1998
Inventor's Knowledge Base Expansion, Part II, published: 7/8/1998
Inventor's Knowledge Base Expansion, Part I, published: 6/6/1998
Industry Research (Part 4), published: 6/6/1998
Funding Resources Research (Part 5), published: 6/6/1998
S507 News and Reviews; Omnibus Patent Act of 1997, published: 5/8/1998
An Interview with Harold A. Meyer, III, published: 1/12/1998
Patents Are Not Puppies!, published: 11/1/1997
Technology Transfer: IP & Business Development Alliances, published: 8/16/1997
IP Business Strategy For Independent and Small Business, published: 8/3/1997
IP Business Strategy for Independent Inventors, Part II, published: 8/3/1997
IP Business Strategy for Inventors and Small Entrepreneurs, published: 7/20/1997
The Royalty Myth, published: 7/20/1997
Patent Commercialization: I have an Idea, Now What?, published: 7/17/1997
Paparazzi Busting: Can Changes To Intellectual Property Laws Prevent Another, published: 7/8/1997
Legislation: Senate Bill S.507 Comes Out Of Committee, published: 6/3/1997
Legislation: 18 Month Patent Application Publication, published: 5/27/1997
