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Home   •   Support  •  STN  •  STNews  •  2007 STNews Index
2007 STNews Index

The 2007 STNews Index is divided into these sections:

  • Commands
  • Database News
  • Interfaces
  • STNews Articles

Note:  The following links are to PDF documents.

COMMANDS

 

Issue

Page

ANALYZE
Issue 2
4
DISPLAY
Issue 4
17
DISPLAY BROWSE
Issue 1
9
EXPAND
Issue 1
3, 10
Issue 3
9
Issue 4
17
FRAGHITSTR
Issue 2
7
HELP CAT
Issue 2
17
HELP CHANGE
Issue 1
3, 4
Issue 2
7, 16
HELP NZIOC
Issue 1
2
HELP RLOAD
Issue 1
3, 4
Issue 2
5, 6, 7
HELP ROLES
Issue 1
2
SEARCH
Issue 1
3
Issue 4
17
TABULATE
Issue 2
4

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DATABASE NEWS

 

Issue

Page

ADISINSIGHT
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
ADISNEWS
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
ANABSTR
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
BEILSTEIN
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
3
Updated with new compounds
Issue 3
5
BIOSIS 
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2, 3
Reloaded and enhanced with archival data
Issue 2
5
BIOTECHNO
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
CASM
Company Name Thesaurus enhanced and reloaded
Issue 1
2
Enhanced with additional kind codes for granted patents
Issue 3
5
Enhanced with CAS indexing in pre-1907 records
Issue 3
5
Enhanced with French and German abstracts
Issue 3
5
Enhanced with more pre-1907 records
Issue 1
2
Enhanced with patent applications from India
Issue 1
2
Enhanced with pre-1907 records from Chemisches Zentralblatt

Issue 4

6

Enhanced with traditional medicine patents from 1985-2005

Issue 4

6

Patent coverage enhanced
Issue 3
5
Pre-1967 chemical substance index entries enhanced with preparation role
Issue 1
2
Updated with revised CAS roles
Issue 1
2
CAPLUSSM
Company Name Thesaurus enhanced and reloaded
Issue 1
2
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2, 3
Enhanced with 1870-1889 U.S. patent records
Issue 2
5
Enhanced with additional kind codes for German patents
Issue 2
5
Enhanced with additional kind codes for granted patents
Issue 3
5
Enhanced with CAS indexing in pre-1907 records
Issue 3
5
Enhanced with French and German abstracts
Issue 3
5
Enhanced with IPC reclassification in Japanese patents
Issue 2
5
Enhanced with more pre-1907 records
Issue 1
2
Enhanced with patent applications from India
Issue 1
2
Enhanced with pre-1907 records from Chemisches Zentralblatt

Issue 4

6

Enhanced with pre-1967 CAS Registry Numbers
Issue 2
5
Enhanced with traditional medicine patents from 1985-2005

Issue 4

6

Enhanced with Utility Model Patents from China
Issue 2
5
Indian patent publication number format defined
Issue 2
5
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN 
Issue 1
12
Patent coverage enhanced
Issue 3
5
Pre-1967 chemical substance index entries enhanced with preparation role
Issue 1
2
Updated with revised CAS roles
Issue 1
2
CAOLDSM/HCAOLD
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 30,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
CASREACT 
Coverage extended
Issue 2
6
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
3
CBNB
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
CHEMCATS 
Accession numbers revised
Issue 2
6
Enhanced with 1.2 million new records
Issue 2
6
Enhanced with New Zealand Inventory of Chemicals
Issue 1
2
CHEMINFORMRX
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
CHEMSAFE
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
CIN /HCIN
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
CSCHEM
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
CSNB
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
DDFU
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
DETHERM
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
DGENE
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
DRUGU
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
EMBAL
Reloaded with enhancements

Issue 4

6

EMBASE
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2, 3
Enhanced with clinical trial number field
Issue 1
3
Reloaded with enhancements

Issue 4

6

ENCOMPLIT/ENCOMPLIT2
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
ENCOMPPAT/ENCOMPPAT2
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
EPFULL
Enhanced with predefined patent family display formats from INPADOCDB
Issue 3
6
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
FORIS
Renamed SOFIS on STN
Issue 4
6
FRANCEPAT
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
FRFULL
Enhanced with IPC 8 features and functionality
Issue 1
3
Enhanced with predefined patent family display formats from INPADOCDB
Issue 3
6
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
FSTA
Enhanced with new thesaurus edition
Issue 3
5
GBFULL
Enhanced with IPC 8 features and functionality
Issue 1
3
Enhanced with predefined patent family display formats from INPADOCDB
Issue 3
6
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
GENBANK 
Reloaded and enhanced with Genome Project ID field
Issue 2
6
GMELIN97
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
HSDB
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
ICSD
Reloaded with enhancements
Issue 4
6
IFICDB/IFIPAT/IFIUDB
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
Reloaded with enhancements
Issue 1
3
IMSDRUGNEWS
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
IMSRESEARCH
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
INPADOC
INPADOC will be reloaded and renamed INPADOCDB (INternational PAtent DOCumentation Data Base)
Issue 1
4
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
Replaced by INPADOCDB on STN
Issue 2
6
INPADOCDB
Enhanced with monthly SDI frequency
Issue 4
7
INPADOC will be reloaded and renamed INPADOCDB (INternational PAtent DOCumentation Data Base)
Issue 1
4
JAPIO
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
JICST-EPLUS
Removed from database clusters and STN
Issue 2
6
KOREAPAT
Enhanced with IPC 8 features and functionality
Issue 1
4
LEMBASE
Coverage updated
Issue 2
6
Reloaded with enhancements

Issue 4

6

LINPADOCDB
Added to STN
Issue 4
7
LMEDLINE
Coverage updated
Issue 2
6
LWPI
Reloaded
Issue 2
6
MARPAT 
CA/CAplus accession number crossover limit increased to 50,000
Issue 1
4
Now updated daily
Issue 2
6
MEDLINE 
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
3
Updated in preparation for 2007 reload; reloaded with enhancements
Issue 1
4
MRCK
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
MSDS-CCOHS
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
NAPRALERT
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
PATDPAFULL
Enhanced with predefined patent family display formats from INPADOCDB
Issue 3
6
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
PATDPASPC
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
Enhanced with drug approval numbers
Issue 1
5
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
PCTFULL
Enhanced with predefined patent family display formats from INPADOCDB
Issue 3
6
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
PHAR
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
Reloaded with new search and display fields
Issue 1
5
PIRA
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
PROUSDDR
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
PS
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
RDISCLOSURE
Enhanced with new search and display fields on STN Easy
Issue 2
7
Reloaded with enhancements
Issue 2
7
REGISTRY
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2, 3
Enhanced with additional experimental spectral property data
Issue 4
7
Enhanced with new experimental property tags
Issue 3
6
RTECS 
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
3
RUSSIAPAT
Enhanced with pre-1994 records
Issue 1
5
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
SCISEARCH
Enhanced with complete author names
Issue 2
7
SPECINFO
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
SYNTHLINE
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
3
TOXCENTERSM
Drug discovery and development
Issue 2
3
Enhanced with BIOSIS reload
Issue 2
7
Enhanced with reloaded MEDLINE
Issue 1
5
TULSA/TULSA2
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
ULIDAT
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 2
20
USAN
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
USGENE 
Now available on STN
Issue 3
6
USPATFULL/USPAT2

Enhanced with IPC reclassification

Issue 3
7
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
USPATOLD
Now available on STN
Issue 3
7
VETU
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased from 10,000 to 300,000
Issue 1
12
WPIDS/WPIX
Enhanced with new FRAGHITSTR display format
Issue 2
7
WPIDS/WPINDEX/WPIX
Enhanced with IPC 8 reclassification data
Issue 1
5
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available in STN
Issue 1
12
WPIX
Enhanced with XML display format
Issue 4
7

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INTERFACES

 

Issue

Page 

STN  AnaVistTM
Performing comparative analysis with Version 2.0

Issue 4

11

Tracking and visualizing patterns in research trends and competitor activity
Issue 2
4
Version 2.0 - Powerful analysis and visualization software, now better than ever
Issue 4
2
STN Express 
Creating full-text patent answer sets for evaluation with STN Viewer
Issue 3
12
Free maintenance release (Version 8.01c) now available
Issue 1
13
Now free to all STN users
Issue 2
21
Wizards assist you with using the analysis and reporting capabilities
Issue 2
4
STN  ViewerTM
A new workflow productivity tool for patent information users
Issue 2
20
A powerful workflow productivity tool for patent information users
Issue 3
2
Using the highlighting feature to speed the patent evaluation process

Issue 3

15

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STNews ARTICLES

 

Issue

Page

Ask REGgie
Identifying chiral drug candidates
Issue 2
8
New CA index name rules in 2007
Issue 1
6
Feature
STN AnaVist, Version 2.0 - Powerful analysis and visualization software, now better than ever.

Issue 4

2

STN - Information solutions for drug discovery and development
Issue 2
2
STN Viewer - A powerful workflow productivity tool for patent information users
Issue 3
2
Patent Interchange
F-Term thesaurus enhancements
Issue 1
9
INPADOCDB - The enhanced INPADOC database
Issue 2
15
Power Up
Derwent World Patents Index  (DWPISM)  - Using proximity operators to design effective search strategies
Issue 2
10
(T) - The other proximity operator
Issue 4
8
Search Tip
Using the Company Name Thesaurus to track mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry
Issue 3
8
STN AnaVist Avenue
Performing comparative analysis with Version 2.0
Issue 4
11
STN Expressway
Creating full-text patent answer sets for evaluation with STN Viewer
Issue 3
12
STN Viewpoint
STN Viewer - Using the highlighting feature to speed the patent evaluation process
Issue 3
15
Take Note
2007 CAS Catalog now available
Issue 1
13
2007 - Year in review
Issue 4
16
CAS Registry Number crossover limit increased to 300,000 in multiple databases
Issue 1
12
Issue 2
20
Derwent Indian patent publication number format enhanced
Issue 4
17
IPC version 2007.01 thesaurus available on STN
Issue 1
12
New CAS web site offers many resources for STN searchers
Issue 2
18
STN AnaVist, Version 2.0, now available with Derwent World Patents Index
Issue 3
18
STN Database Catalog available soon
Issue 4
16
STN Express free maintenance release (Version 8.01c) now available
Issue 1
13
STN Express now free to all STN users
Issue 2
21
STN Express - Now is the time to upgrade to Version 8.2
Issue 4
16
STN Viewer - A new workflow productivity tool for patent information users now available
Issue 2
20

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