The following STN Patent Forum will be presented by CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe on September 10, 2008 at the Eli Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. STN Patent Forums are free, but registration is required.
9:00 am - 10:00 am
What's New on STN?
Get up-to-date on the latest from STN. Learn whats new, including:
- STN Express, Version 8.3
- Prophetic substances in CA/CAplus
- Enhanced timeliness in USGENE
- Custom International Patent Classification (IPC) display formats
- Enhancements for DGENE, INPADOCDB, and WPIX
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10:00 am - 11:15 am
The Virtual Database - Reloaded and Remixed
The single best patent database on STN is the one created virtually. To meet your specific needs, use superior multifile capabilities on STN to search, extract, and display portions of records from multiple databases. With several recently reloaded databases, many new opportunities are available to create even better virtual records.
Topics in this session will include:
- Enhanced patent database content, including patent family information, full-text patents, claims, and legal status
- Techniques to easily merge content from several databases
- Eliminating duplicate information across databases
- Setting custom formats that display across multiple databases
- Using STN Express to create custom final merged reports
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11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Searching in DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR)
Specific chemical compositions in Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) documents are easily accessible via the structure searchable DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) database segment. In this session, we will:
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Introduce the content of DCR
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Demonstrate search capabilities with examples
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Discuss manual and automatic monitoring of chemical compositions in patent publications
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12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch (provided)
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Increasing Your Confidence in STN Patent Search Results
Improve confidence in your patent search results by reviewing STN commands and tools. Tips will include:
- Using appropriate truncation and proximity in bibliographic and full-text patent databases
- Utilizing online thesauri to increase relevant retrieval
- Extending searches effectively across other databases
- Identifying terminology changes across databases
- Extracting terms for duplicate identification and analysis
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2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
INPAFAMDB - Easy Recipes for Relevant Results
The International Patent Family Database (INPAFAMDB) is a bibliographic patent family database that covers the full spectrum of patent technologies for 81 patent issuing authorities, dating from the early 1800s. In this session, we will discuss the one-record-per-patent-family design of INPAFAMDB and how it provides multifile prior art synergy with CAplus and the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI). This session will be of value to novice, intermediate, and expert STN patent searchers.
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Updated 8/28/2008 10:45:29 AM
