Johannes Schaaf studied physics in Kiel (D) and Bologna (IT) and graduated as master in physics in 1995. In 2005 he received an MBA from the Henley Management College (UK). He developed optical scanners and acoustic process control systems in the Corporate Technology of the Siemens company. He was a consultant in the area of product definition and led the Community of Practice Innovation Management. Johannes Schaaf worked at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office as a patent examiner in the area of laser physics. At the EPO in Vienna he is now responsible for the area business use of patent information and application manager for the worldwide database for patent statistics PATSTAT and the patent portfolio management tool IPscore.