With over 28 years of experience in the IP industry, I am the Business and Finance Director at PatWorld, a global patent database and IP research services provider. I help IP professionals, SMEs, universities, and research organizations obtain cost-effective and high-quality IP research solutions and tools to support their business goals and innovation strategies.I lead a team of 40+ searchers, including Chinese and European nationals, with expertise in various fields of technology, such as automotive, biotechnology, software, and oil and gas. We offer a range of services, such as novelty, validity, non-infringement, state of the art, and competitive intelligence, as well as patent mapping and analysis. We also provide access to our PatWorld database, which covers over 130 million patent documents from 106 countries, with advanced Ai search and analytics features.