The manager of the Patent Information Group in the Patent department of Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, and is a registered patent US agent. Her responsibilities include patent searching and U.S. and foreign patent proscecution.

Michael P. Bigwood, PhD:

Since 1995, after a 13 year career in research and research management with a global specialty chemical company, Dr. Bigwood has been helping technology driven companies with the implementation of strategic technology management practices. Through training and consulting services, he provides data gathering techniques and analytical tools that help companies develop a better understanding of their own technology base as well as their surrounding technical competitive environment.

Ken Koubek

Ken Koubek holds an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Montclair State College and a graduate degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University. Ken is employed as a Senior Information Scientist with Rohm and Haas Company in Spring House, PA. He was an Analytical Chemist with Azoplate Division of American Hoechst, a Quality Control Laboratory Supervisor for ICI Americas, and a Pesticide Residue Chemist in their Agricultural Division for 9 years. He has been an Information Specialist for the last 12 years - as Technical Information Specialist for The Coca-Cola Company and the most recently managing the technical resources of their technical library before joining Rohm and Haas.

Norman J. Santora:

A Medicinal Chemist transformed into a Chemical/Patent/Pharmaceutical searcher for several pharmaceutical companies. He is now a chemical consultant, offering novel services: Forecasting studies with regression analysis, pattern recognition, and quantitative competitive intelligence; Similarity searches which locate in-house compounds with unanticipated biological activities; in addtion, traditional chemical, patent, and biomedical searches.

The topic seems important to both organizations because the Chemical Information Group feels that several of the Chemical Consultants Network members, as well as other non-professional searchers have an unwarranted confidence in Internet searches that they carry out. Ont the other hand, many members of the chemical Consultants Network might be interested in adding searching as specialties for their clients.

Location: Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, in the Campus Center at the corner of Third and Lawrence Streets.

Directions: After you cross the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, from Philadelphia to Camden, keep to the right. Make a sharp turn onto Penn Street, proceed one block to a stop sign. Turn right on Fifth Street, go around to the left beside the Ben Franklin Bridge to Third Street ( note that Third Street is one way going south). Turn left on Third to lot #13 on the other side of the walkway (about one half a block).

Reservation: Please leave an E-Mail to: Libby Harper, ACS Secretary or call (215) 382 1589 by 5 PM, February 6th. No cancellations after Noon, February 16th. Leave a message on the machine if necessary. The cost of the dinner will be between $15-$18. No call needed if attending for the talk only. Back to Top