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.
The 55th BPIP Meeting
will be held in Q4 2026
(more details coming soon)
The 54th BPIP Meeting took place on 13 November 2025 at Unilever in Port Sunlight, Wirral. It was a one day meeting and the agenda included presentations on:
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Shaping the future of IP analytics
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Limitations of LLMs for patent search
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Trialling replacement patent search tools
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Trade secrets, know how and patents
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).