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August 2010

Basic Patent Number assigned to USGENE records

July 2010

CAS coverage of global patent authorities has expanded to 61 with the addition of Costa Rica

July 2010

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB - Enhanced coverage of citation information

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Basic Patent Number assigned to USGENE records 30. August 2010

As of August 30, 2010, a basic patent number has been assigned in USGENE and is now available for search and analysis allowing for a more precise retrieval.

CAS coverage of global patent authorities has expanded to 61 with the addition of Costa Rica 26. July 2010

On July 12, 2010, CAS enhanced its extensive patent coverage by adding patent and patent family information from the Costa Rica Registry of Industrial Properties. Also at this time, CAS expanded coverage of the Argentina National Institute of Industrial Properties.

Patent publications have gained...

INPADOCDB/INPAFAMDB - Enhanced coverage of citation information 09. July 2010

As of July 9 2010, the coverage of patent citation data in the INPADOC files INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB has been enhanced. The recent enhancements comprise new citation details and improved functionality supporting new and efficient ways for competitor analyses:

Introducing “CAS Chemistry Research Report”: 40 Years of Biofuel Research Reveal China Now Atop U.S. in Patenting and Commercialization of Bioethanol 29. June 2010

The first of a series of reports delivering the latest trends in global chemistry research is now available from CAS. Entitled “China Takes Lead in the Commercialization of Bioethanol,” the report can be accessed by visiting, www.cas.org/newsevents/pressroom/report.html.

Access an additional 1.8 million records exclusively enhanced with 1.9 million CAS Registry Numbers--EMBASE Classic on STN 24. June 2010

The EMBASE Classic backfile, covering records from 1947 through 1973, has been added to the EMBASE database on STN.

Removal of Pre-IPC 8 data fields streamline displays in CA/CAplus, CASREACT,and MARPAT 24. June 2010

To streamline displays in the H/Z/CA, H/Z/CAplus, MARPAT, and CASREACT databases, Pre-IPC 8 display formats ICM, ICS, ICA, ICI, and IC have been removed from the following predefined display formats:

DGENE, USGENE and PCTGEN with enhanced Batch Search Options 21. June 2010

Offline sequence searching is now available for exact sequence searches (GETSEQ) in the three sequence databases DGENE, USGENE and PCTGEN. This new search option is especially useful for nucleotide sequence searches which usually require more computational time than protein searches. Users can now...

DWPI First View (file WPIFV) will no longer be available after July 30, 2010 02. June 2010

The Derwent World Patents Index First View (DWPI First View, file WPIFV) database will no longer be available after July 30, 2010. The final update (201040) will be made around June 25 and the file will then remain static until July 30, allowing users to retrieve any saved search results. During...

DWPI: New coverage - French Granted Patents 02. June 2010

The coverage of France in DWPI has been enhanced in May 2010 with the inclusion of French Granted patents (FR B#) adding to the existing coverage of French Applications in the file. The FR B's will be mainly equivalents within the DWPI patent family. The first records to be processed were those...

INSPEC - IPC codes have been added to the backfile (1969-2009) 12. May 2010

Since January 2010 INSPEC (covering physics, computing, electrical and mechanical engineering), produced by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), has been mapping their indexing schemes to the WIPO IPC scheme to assign IPC codes to relevant records. The INSPEC implementation of IPC...