Article One Featured Researcher: Pierre (msasangu)
Posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Article One Researcher Pierre (msasangu) was the Winning Researcher for Study WTL 486 – Modular and Customizable Process and System for Capturing Field Documentation Data in a Complex Project Workflow System. Pierre hails from Canada where he is currently an independent contractor.
Q. How did you first learn about Article One?
Pierre: Last year in November, I travelled to New York City to visit my relatives. By accident I was surfing the "NY Craig Lists" and I noticed that you were looking for Researchers. At that time I did not realize how global this activity was. When Back to Canada I contacted AOP and expressed my interest to be a Researcher. But I have been really active only in the last 6 months or so and I enjoy it.
Q. Where do you live?
Pierre: I live In Canada. I am a Canadian Citizen
Q. What, if any, background do you have in patent research or research in general?
Pierre: While at University completing my PhD in Chemistry, I had a compulsory course in literature search. This helped me a lot during my career as R&D Scientist. I have been involved in R&D for more than 10 years in both private and public sectors. I am now an independent contractor and will put all my knowledge to the contribution and the advancement of this community. I want to stress that motivation; passion and interest are the most important factors of success even as Researcher. I love to make Research of any sort even the most difficult ones. I am always motivated to solve "that problem" first and the reward will be added to it when the problem has been correctly fixed.
Q. What is your profession?
Pierre: I am a Professional R&D Scientist. I have one Patent, issued recently for the moment but I hope to invent more in the near future.
Q. What is your education background?
Pierre: Chemical Engineering and PhD in Chemistry
Q. Please explain your expertise which you find most relevant to your work with Article One.
Pierre: As I mentioned before, R&D Jobs I have previously required a lot of literature search. This helped me a lot, but I still think that that motivation, passion and interest are the most important determinant factors for success even in this business
Q. What do you like best about being an Article One Advisor?
Pierre: Freedom and also learning new things constantly on a regular basis. I believe that life is a learning process regardless of your origin, sex or age.
Q. Do you know of any good patent research educational texts, resources or websites?
Pierre: I normally use a combination of the following databases: WIPO, Espacenet.com, Boliven.com, Google and Google patent. Most of these databases are relational databases and that makes the search relatively easy to do.
Q. Which study so far have you most enjoyed researching?
Pierre: All studies are important to me regardless the field of study and the level of difficulty
Q. How do you choose which studies you participate in?
Pierre: I read the abstract first and the main text thereafter. If the text is really difficult, I will read it again at least 3 times before I start selecting important key words to search and relate them to the whole entire patent or study.
Q. Which research tools do you frequently use?
Pierre: Intuitive, inductive and mostly effectual reasoning and curiosity
Q. What is your primary language?
Pierre: French
Q. Are you fluent in any other languages?
Pierre: Yes, English and Swedish
Q. In which language(s) do you conduct your research?
Pierre: English of course
Q. Do you have special access to any particular databases which you leverage for your research?
Pierre: As I mentioned earlier I normally use a combination of the following databases: WIPO, Espacenet.com, Boliven.com, Google and Google patent. Most of these databases are relational databases and that makes the search relatively easy to do.
Q. Do you conduct research in any non-English databases?
Pierre: Only one time in French
Q. You won one of the AOP studies right? Which study?
Pierre: WTL 486
Q. Where did you find the prior art which won the study?
Pierre: I do not remember exactly but it was a combination of at least two databases
Q. What was the process that led you to the winning prior art?
Pierre: I just made the research, submitted my answer(s) and I did not know that I will win. Can you really know in advance that you can win? Definitely not!
Q. What did you do with the reward money?
Pierre: I will invest in a fast computer system and my wife will make the budget for the rest of the money. She is good at that.
Q. Which Article One Studies are you currently researching?
Pierre: Semiconductors or so I believe
Q. What advice would you give to a new Advisor researching his/her first Article One Study?
Pierre: Passion, passion, passion and interest, then things will be fun! Think to solve the problem first. Forget about reward, because it will be added to, when the problem is solved correctly.
Q. What would you say to somebody who was considering becoming an Article One Advisor?
Pierre: Come onboard. It fun and you will learn a lot for your own sake.
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