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The 2nd edition of the IRF Newsletter explores the fields of chemical information and chemical searching and highlights interesting trends. read more

The 3rd IRF Symposium is placed under the motto “Benchmarking Relevance” and will especially focus on methodology and evaluation in patent searching and retrieval. Participants will have the opportunity to discover and test prototypical versions of the most innovative technologies in the market. read more