Since Trippe [1] introduced the term 'patinformatics' a lot of progress has been made in this particular field of information science. However, there is still need for a more comprehensive framework to structure the variety of tasks related to 'patinformatics', to highlight essential functions...

This paper describes key issues relating to the performance and challenges of publicly funded patent information services in the EU-27. The results are to a large extent rooted in a wider benchmarking analysis carried out on behalf of the European Commission as part of its 'PRO INNO Europe...