#title: PbT Consultants #descr: %(q:PbT Consultants Ltd) was awarded at least two study contracts by the European Commission, which were written by Steward Davidson, PbT Consultants, UK. %(q:PbT Consultants) is otherwise unknown on the Net. %(q:IBM Business Consulting Services), formerly known as %(q:PwC Consultants), was awarded a major study contract in 2003. Steward Davidson used an ibm.net email address in his first %(q:PbT Consultants) contract. He is also said to be a former employee of the European Commission. While PwC was a conglomerate of 30000 consultants, PbT appears to be a small independent consultancy, possibly with an IBM background. #TWn: A Study on Telecom Policy conducted by Steward Davidson of PbT Consultants in 1998 #yTM: conducted by Steward Davidson from PbT Consultants, using an IBM email address. The purpose appears to have been the establishment of a standard for an analogous telephone that would work across european national network boundaries. #ndn: mentions Steward Davidson as an alumnus of 1959 #yid: Summary report was written by Steward Davidson from PbT Consultants. #rWr: Authors of this study are located in Holland, probably not closely related to PbT. #itb: DG Markt has single-mindedly promoted the patent system and extension of patentable subject matter. #irs: A company with an aggresive patent portfolio strategy which has been closely cooperating with EPO and European Commission in building the case for extension of patentability. # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/phm/sys/mlht.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@ffii.org ; # login: phm ; # passwd: YYYYY ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: swpatpbt ; # txtlang: en ; # multlin: t ; # End: ;