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Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau

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26.3 <strong>STN</strong> Viewer<br />

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<strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>STN</strong> <strong>Patent</strong> <strong>Databases</strong><br />

Reading and evaluating patent publications is a very complex task. Considering the rising number of publications<br />

world-wide <strong>to</strong>ols <strong>to</strong> support this task become increasingly valuable.<br />

<strong>STN</strong> Viewer provides the <strong>to</strong>ols necessary <strong>to</strong> quickly navigate in the full text of a patent publication, filter the key<br />

information, and identify the most relevant documents. It allows <strong>to</strong> arrange the essential search results and <strong>to</strong> add<br />

comments and evaluation results. The patent documents are linked <strong>to</strong> the original publications through ChemPort<br />

and <strong>to</strong> other information (CAPLUS family, INPADOCDB family) in order <strong>to</strong> quickly access additional information.

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