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CA/CAplus company name thesaurus enhanced and reloaded
The Company Name Thesaurus in CA/CAplus has been reloaded and now includes over 40,000 company name families.
CA/CAplus enhanced with more pre-1907 records
Over 53,500 records for abstracts published in the 1890-1906 issues of the Journal of the Chemical Society, Abstracts have been added to Volume 0 of the CA/CAplus family of databases.
CA/CAplus enhanced with patent applications from India
Indian patent applications from the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks have been added to CA/CAplus. Coverage is retroactive to December 4, 2004.
Patent kind codes in CA/CAplus have been modified as follows:
- Kind code A patent applications
- Kind code A1 granted patent specifications
Additional information is available at Patent Coverage in Chemical Abstracts.
CA/CAplus pre-1967 chemical substance entries enhanced with preparation role
The CAS preparation role (PREP) has been added to nearly 4 million index entries in CA/CAplus records from 1907-1966. Simplified retrieval of preparations is now possible from the beginning of CA indexing in 1907 to the present.
Additional information is available in the CAS Roles Quick Reference Card.
CA/CAplus updated with revised CAS Roles
The following specific Process (PROC) roles are no longer assigned in CA/CAplus:
- Chemical (CPS)
- Physical (PYP)
- Engineering (EPR)
Substances with roles in chemical, physical, or engineering processes are now assigned the specific Physical, Engineering, or Chemical Process (PEP) role.
The specific Preparation (PREP) role, Preparation, Unclassified (PNU), is no longer assigned in CA/CAplus. Substances with previously unclassified preparation roles are now assigned one of the following specific PREP roles:
- Bioindustrial Manufacture (BMF)
- Biosynthetic Preparation (BPN)
- Byproduct (BYP)
- Combinatorial Preparation (CPN)
- Industrial Manufacture (IMF)
- Purification or Recovery (PUR)
- Synthetic Preparation (SPN)
The specific Uses (USES) role, Device Component Use (DEV), is no longer assigned in CA/CAplus. Substances used in device components are now assigned the specific Technical or Engineered Material Use (TEM) role.
The update to CA/CAplus roles may impact search strategies in current-awareness alerts (SDIs) or in saved search queries. You are encouraged to confirm the validity of these queries.
The CA/CAplus role thesaurus and backfile will be updated with these changes in 2007. For additional information on CAS roles, enter HELP ROLES at an arrow prompt.
For additional information, refer to the CA/CAplus Database Summary Sheets.
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CHEMLIST enhanced with New Zealand Inventory of Chemicals
The New Zealand Inventory of Chemicals (NZIoC) is a list of chemicals that may be used as components in formulated products, manufactured in, or imported into New Zealand. CHEMLIST now includes all non-confidential NZIoC substances. These substances are identified with On NZIoC in the Inventory Status (INV) field.
Enter HELP NZIOC in CHEMLIST for additional information.
For additional information, refer to the CHEMLIST Database Summary Sheet.
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PHAR reloaded with new search and display fields
Pharmaprojects (PHAR) has been reloaded with new search and display fields. Entry Date (ED) and Update Date (UP) are now displayable, and New Chemical Entity (NCE) is now searchable and displayable.
In addition, PHAR now includes FREE as an alias to the no-cost TRIAL format. For additional information on the PHAR reload, enter HELP RLOAD at an arrow prompt.
For additional information, refer to the PHAR Database Summary Sheet.
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WPIDS/WPINDEX/WPIX enhanced with IPC 8 reclassification data
The Derwent World Patents Index (DWPISM) on STN (WPIDS/WPINDEX/WPIX) backfile is being updated with IPC 8 reclassification data. During January 2007, reclassification data are being added between updates and are exempt from standard current awareness alert (SDI) search processing.
For easy identification, reclassified documents will be assigned an Update International Patent Classification Code (UPIC) of 20060101. To prevent disruption of existing search routines, 20060101/UPIC will not be propagated into the Update Date (UP) search field.
Search strategies that include IPC search field codes for pre-IPC Reform codes, e.g., IC, may need to be adjusted to recognize IPC 8 codes.
Additional IPC Reform information from FIZ Karlsruhe is available at IPC Reform.
For additional information, refer to the WPIDS/WPINDEX/WPIX Database Summary Sheets.
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Updated 7/28/2008 11:22:16 AM
