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What's New in Patent Information on
STN? 
Keep pace with the latest STN patent file news, including developments to
CAPLUS,
REGISTRY,
Derwent
WPI, INPADOC
and Research
Disclosure, and new STN files Derwent
WPI First View, LITALERT,
FRFULL
and FRANCEPAT.
What's the Latest and Greatest in
IFI Patent Files?
IFI's databases IFIPAT
and IFICLS
offer one of the most extensive collections of U.S. patents and published
applications available, including all chemical patents from 1950 to the
present, all utility patents from 1963 to the present, and all U.S. published
applications. Learn how to improve your search results with IFI's value
added features, including chemical indexing, title expansions, standardized
assignee information, probable assignees, cross referenced application and
patent numbers, updated U.S. class codes, patent extensions, terminal disclaimers,
weekly reassignment updates, and other legal status information affecting
the validity and ownership of the documents. Also, learn useful tips on
how to set up a current-awareness alert, including legal status, in various
IFI databases.
Current-Awareness Searches in Patent
Databases
A current-awareness search is a useful tool for the surveillance of specific
research topics, competitors, inventors, patents, and legal status information.
Refresh the searching skills needed to identify relevant information in
a consistent and periodic manner and receive delivery of this information
in the most efficient and useful format. Techniques for comprehensive current-awareness
searching will be presented, with special emphasis on the importance of
new STN patent databases, including Derwent
WPI First View, LITALERT,
and FRANCEPAT.
In addition, the most recent current-awareness enhancements to CAPLUS,
Derwent
WPI, and INPADOC
will be discussed.
Non-traditional Sources of Patent Information
on STN
Many look to STN for the wealth of patent information available. In fact,
over 24 databases are included in the PATENTS
cluster. Plus, patent information is available in over 55 additional
databases on STN. The patent information available, and approaches to its
retrieval, will be discussed for databases such as IMSPATENTS,
PROMT,
The Merck
Index, Federal Register, NTIS,
Research
Disclosure, and various subject-specific databases. These alternative
patent sources on STN provide valuable information supporting litigation,
licensing, competitive assessment, patent status, and patent validity search
activities.
New Analysis and Visualization Tools
in STN Express® with Discover!™
The new release of STN
Express with Discover! builds upon existing features in the Analysis
Edition. This session highlights new analysis and visualization capabilities
that will make your post-processing efforts even easier and more effective
than before.