On 23 May 2011, Sue Hantos a Senior Associate in the Sydney Office was awarded the prestigious PIUG Service Award.
The Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) is the international society for patent information professionals and the membership consists of over 700 members from 27 different countries. Sue is the current Chair of the PIUG Certification Working Group and has been working together with the certification working groups of the Confederacy of European Patent Information User Groups and the Patent Documentation Group to devise a certification scheme for patent searchers. The Award was presented to Sue at the 2011 PIUG Annual Conference in recognition of her dedication and commitment to PIUG and its members for her work on the certification initiative.
On behalf of the firm we congratulate Sue on this award.