FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2000
CAS NOW THE "WORLD'S FASTEST" RESOURCE FOR FULLY-INDEXED CHEMICAL
PATENTS
Patent records available in under 30 days.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 7, 2000 - The only major
chemistry-related resource offering both literature and patent
records, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), begins the year 2000
as the world's fastest resource for "uncovering the chemistry" in
patents. Fully-indexed patent records for key patent offices are
now appearing in the CAplus database within 30 days from issue
date.
"CAS uses the latest technology to acquire, process and deliver
patent information as quickly as possible to research
scientists," said Dr. Matthew J. Toussant, CAS Director of
Editorial Operations. "We now are providing in days--or hours--
the kind of information that takes months to appear in other
patent databases." In research activities such as drug discovery,
where even a day can make a crucial competitive difference, CAS'
latest advances in patent processing and timeliness have great
significance for scientific enterprises worldwide.
According to Toussant, precise searching of chemical information
requires the kind of thorough indexing that CAS provides. "We
have seen a proliferation of patent resources on the Web that
offer quick-and-easy text searching," Toussant explained. "But
CAS analysts are scientists who understand the significance of
chemical information in patents and can identify new substances
and chemical ideas. This information is drawn from the complete
patent document--both the claims and examples--and we make it
searchable by Markush, generic structures as well as specifically
identified structures and concepts."
In addition to making fully-indexed patent records available
within 30 days, CAS adds preliminary records to the CAplus
database within two days of the patents' issuance by the United
States, Japanese, European, German and World (WIPO) patent
offices.
To further enhance the electronic research environment, CAS has
enriched its database records with hypertext links that take
researchers directly from CAS services, such as SciFinder,
SciFinder Scholar and STN, to full-text patent documents in the
United States, German, European and WIPO patent offices. Service
users can link to full-text patent documents almost as fast as
they can identify them in the CAS databases, allowing them to
complete the research cycle online in the same session. These
patent documents are available immediately at no charge.
For more information about CAS services, call 1-800-753-4227 or
1-614-447-3700. Visit the CAS Web site at http://www.cas.org.
Eric Shively
CAS
eshively@cas.org
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