Head User Support Coordination and Tools, European Patent Office
Lisa McDonald-Maier joined the EPO’s principal directorate of patent information in 1992. Over the years she has been heavily involved in the area of training and the PATLIB Network. She was responsible for the patent information content and its implementation of the pilot project to reorient patent information centres which ran from 2010 to 2013.
Since 2013 Lisa heads the unit of user support coordination and tools for patent information products and services. Her team has recently taken over the responsibility in providing support and assistance to the PATLIB network in the area of patent information. Today, Lisa also manages the training and continued development offerings for PATLIB centres within the PATLIB 2.0 project.