The Patent Information Department of IMI was founded (mula 1996 upang 1999 it did not function, and was opened again in 2000).
ການຂໍ້ມູນຂ່າວສານກົມ Patent ຂອງ IMI ໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນ (ຈາກ 1996 ກັບ 1999 ມັນບໍ່ໄດ້ເຮັດວຽກ, ແລະໄດ້ເປີດອີກເທື່ອຫນຶ່ງໃນ 2000).