OSIP Search & Watch provides search and alerting services in the area of intellectual property, in particular industrial property rights with respect to patents, designs and trademarks. The company was founded by its present owner Mr. Olav O. Schmitz (MSc). With nearly 10 years of experience in scientific publishing as a copy editor and issue manager of peer-reviewed periodicals at Elsevier Science in Amsterdam (Reed Elsevier RELX) and more than 15 years of patent search and watch experience at Nederlandsch Octrooibureau in The Hague (NLO), over 11 years of which as senior patent searcher and head of the patent search department, the quality of service is well looked after.
At Elsevier Science projects worked on were in the professional areas of chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmacy and life sciences comprising a broad scope of technical subjects such as rheology, fossil fuel processing, hydrometallurgy, controlled release, hazardous materials, biophysical chemistry, membrane technology, process control and quality, and biochemistry.
At Nederlandsch Octrooibureau patent search and/or watch services were performed by means of professional on-line data bases in the expert field areas of mechanical engineering, agrotechnology, electronics, chemistry, chemical engineering, process technology and life sciences for small- and medium-sized firms, multinational companies, food and dairy industry, academic institutions and spin-offs, as well as for individual clients amongst others for: SBM Offshore, SKF, Vialle, Danone, ECN, Heineken, Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Chrysal, Materials Innovation Institute, Paques, Robeco, Corbion (CSM, Purac), Pipelife Nederland, Huhtamaki, Brabantia, Bravilor Bonamat, Sensata, Texas Instruments, Ablynx, Devgen, Disphar, BioMarin (Prosensa) and CSK Food Enrichment.