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

Types of search
Capture delimited tabulation data for later use should be activated if you are going to create off-line or on-line Excel
files or if you wish to group/edit the lists off-line.
This is the Options window:
Here you can enter the desired fields as Custom fields. For Terms to view 10 is selected. The sort order for the Patent
Assignee should be by frequency, and for the Priority Year alphanumerically. Click OK when ready. The previous
window will reappear and you can click ANALYZE. If Capture delimited tabulation data for later use was activated a
Save as dialog will appear to create a .TBN file which is used to save the statistics results.
Then the analysis is performed. If Two field analysis was selected a TABULATE will be done. This may take some time,
in particular with big answer sets. After that the Excel files and Excel diagrams are created. For this the system
automatically changes to the STNGUIDE file (free of charge).
The Data Group Tool shows all Patent Assignee names, even if only the top 10 names were wanted. The reason for
this is shown below. After the analysis or when the TBN file is opened this window will open to group the first field:
The Patent Assignee Code / Patent Assignee present in the answer set are listed in alphabetical order. Having
activated Group similar terms in the Analyze Plus Wizard similar names have already been grouped automatically.
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