Improve your STN searching skills over lunch with STN Patents & Pizza sessions.
STN Patents & Pizza sessions:
The entire STN Patents & Pizza schedule for 2008 is also available in PDF (36 KB).
Session 6 - June 10, 2008
Reaction Searching on STN
CASREACT is a database of more than 14 million chemical reactions from patent and nonpatent literature. In this session, we will discuss CASREACT, as well as other reaction databases, and demonstrate how to search reactions by:
- CAS Registry Number
- Chemical structure diagram
- Functional group
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Session 7 - July 8, 2008
Physical Property Searching in BEILSTEIN on STN
BEILSTEIN is an invaluable prior art database on STN that offers a diverse collection of pharmacological, ecological, chemical reaction, and physical property data for more than 10 million substances dating back to 1771. In this session, we will provide practical tips for conducting a variety of physical property searches in BEILSTEIN, including how to:
- Determine which individual members of a disclosed substance family have boiling points within a certain temperature range, measured at a certain pressure
- Find an MS spectrum for a given compound
The session will be of value to all intermediate, expert, and aspiring STN physical property searchers.
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Session 8 - August 12, 2008
Have It Your Way - Customizing STN and STN Express
Do you run the same search(es) on a periodic basis? Would you like to customize your search sessions? STN lets you automate these processes. In this session, we will demonstrate how to use:
- Function Keys to type repeated commands
- A personal dictionary in STN Express
- The Command Window in STN Express
- SET commands to customize your search
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Session 9 - September 9, 2008
Structure Searching Tips - Why Did I Get That?
Controlling precision and recall in a structure search may be tricky, but it is essential when you want to know what types of substances will be retrieved. In this session, we will demonstrate:
- Tips and tricks to use in substructure search queries to include (broaden) or eliminate (narrow) certain groups or classes of substances
- Nuances of substructure searching, including connectivity, bond values, bond types, atom attributes, and ring properties
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Session 10 - October 14, 2008
Polymer Searching in CAS REGISTRYSM
There are several critical considerations when looking for polymers in REGISTRY. In this session, we will discuss:
- How polymers are "registered" by CAS for inclusion in REGISTRY
- The principles for finding specific polymers
- The principles of structure and substructure searching for polymers in REGISTRY
- The POLYLINK command on STN
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Session 11 - November 11, 2008
Improving Searches by Including Patent Classification Codes
Technology classification codes, i.e., class and subclass designations, are assigned to each granted patent and each published application. A patent classification code represents a searchable collection of patents grouped together according to similarly claimed subject matter. In this session, we will discuss:
- Information about the national and international patent classification (IPC) codes available on STN
- How to use patent classification codes effectively in patentability searches
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Session 12 - December 9, 2008
Chemical and Physical Property Searching on STN
Are you looking for an actual numeric parameter or for a document that includes physical or chemical properties of a substance or device? In this session, we will demonstrate how to:
- Identify compounds that have a set of known characteristics
- Use property data to refine substance search results in CAS REGISTRYSM and other numeric property databases on STN
To register, complete the STN Workshop and User Meeting Registration Form.
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Dates, times, locations, and topics are subject to change.
CAS reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any seminar. In the event that a seminar is cancelled, CAS is not liable.
Updated 5/14/2008 1:30:53 PM
