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Reasons to setup <strong>SDI</strong>s<br />
• Stay up-to-date with research & development<br />
trends and news, especially from patents<br />
• Monitor competitor patenting activities, new<br />
technologies and/or new geographical markets<br />
• Survey patent families and legal status for expiry,<br />
grant, lapse and expansion to new countries<br />
• Keep a look out for potential infringement of your<br />
employer’s intellectual property rights<br />
Current awareness search = alert = profile = Selective Dissemination of<br />
Information (<strong>SDI</strong>)<br />
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