New on STN
July 2010
CAS coverage of global patent authorities has expanded to 61 with the addition of Costa Rica
Databases in Focus
Chemical Abstracts Plus
(CAplusSM) and CAS REGISTRYSM
Importing full-text patent records into STN Viewer
To import a set of full-text patent records into STN Viewer:
- Use STN Express, Version 8.2, to conduct a search in one or more patent-containing STN databases.
- Select the Evaluate with STN Viewer option in one of the following ways:
- Click on the L-number answer set containing patent records.
- Click the Discover! button and highlight the L-number containing patent records.
- Select from the Select Discover! Wizard window and select the L-number containing patent records.
To import a single patent record into STN Viewer:
Click on its patent number, application number, or priority application number in a displayed record.
Select the Evaluate with STN Viewer option.
STN software automatically performs the following:
- Extracts all patent numbers from the patent records and searches them in the STN full-text patent files.
- Launches STN Viewer.
- Sends the full-text patent records to STN Viewer.
- Populates the Patent Queue with the full-text patent records.
