Provider of sci-tech online databases offers search and analysis software for post-processing of patent information and new French and British patent databases
Fiz Karlsruhe, European service centre of the provider of sci-tech online databases STN International, will present several new patent databases at the Online Information 2003 (London, 2-4 December).
This enhancement of its product range will further strengthen STN's prominent position on the global market for patent information.
Rainer Stuike-Prill, head of the marketing department at Fiz Karlsruhe, explains the advantages of STN: "Reliable patent information combined with sophisticated software functions make our databases a valuable tool for strategic competitor analysis.
"The various post-processing options provided by our powerful access and analysis system add a considerable amount of value to the patent information".
The new Francepat reference database contains abstracts of patent applications and patents published by the Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle (INPI), France, since 1966.
The new databases FRFull and GBFull, to be launched on STN in 2004, will provide full-texts of French and British patent documents. Thomson-Derwent, database producer and sales partner of STN, has developed a highly interesting alert service with its brand-new database 'WPI First View', a complementary file to its renowned World Patents Index (WPIndex).
In WPI First View, patent information from the 16 most important industrial nations worldwide as well as from other countries is published without further processing, thus making it available on STN as quickly as possible after publication by the respective patent offices. Regular searches are aimed to support the strategic monitoring of international markets.
STN International currently hosts approximately 220 sci-tech online databases, 30 of which are exclusively dedicated to patent information.
Numerous other specialist databases, eg, in the fields of chemistry and biotechnology, also provide subject-related patent information. STN International can be accessed either through proprietary data networks or via the internet.
Several databases can be searched at the same time.
Upon request, automatic alert (SDI) services regularly search for relevant information according to predefined search queries from customers.
The retrieved information can then be further processed.
