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Dear All,
Our dearest friend Dr. Gerhard Fischer, who was one of the world's premier patent information professional and very well respected and featured in eTISC "Ask the Expert" session a few years ago passed away peacefully on Saturday July 4, 2015.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends and colleagues at Syngenta.
His Syngenta colleague, Nicolas Lalyre, shared this news on the PIUG wiki forum. Below is the excerpt...
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Gerhard was acknowledged for more than 25 years of excellent service at Syngenta and its predecessor companies by building a world-class patent information team. He will be remembered as a leader with the mission to bring the Patent Information Professionals to the next level.
Gerhard was very passionate about his work, and instrumental in re-shaping the World of Patent Information.
He was always very devoted to promoting Intellectual Property especially in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Europe and was a frequently invited speaker and trainer by international organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization.
He was proud to be a member of PIUG and PDG.
Gerhard was our mentor and friend and will be deeply missed.
Gerhard was 60 years old.
Nicolas