Dear STN Users,

 

We are pleased to invite you for a series of  free STN e-Seminars during July 2012 in the areas of Engineering , Chemistry and Biotechnology. 

 

About STN

 

STN®, (Scientific & Technical Information Network) is the choice for patent experts, provides secure access to the most important and comprehensive sci-tech and patent databases from the world’s most respected  database producers . STN is used for research or patent decisions in the field ofEngineering, Chemistry,  Biotechnology, Agriculture  and more . .   

(Web link http://www.stn-international.de/stn_home.html )   

 

About of e-seminars 

 Date

Title

Topics and major Databases covered

July 12 (Thursday)     

at 10:30-12:00 Hrs

Essentials of Searching STN

Overview of STN, selection of databases, STN commands and  features, cost alerts, handling duplicates etc  and live case studies.

(All Databases)

 

July 13 (Friday)  

 at 10:30-12:00 Hrs

Engineering Searching

Engineering databases on STN, locate patent/non-patent literature by Key Words, Classification Codes etc

(Inspec, Compendex, WPIndex, CAPlus  . . )

 

July 16 (Monday)  

 at 10:30–12:00 Hrs

Substance  Searching

Locating substances by name,  molecular formula, structures – exact, family & substructure, define variable groups, attaching fragments, etc

(Registry, CAPlus, WPIndex  . . )

 

July 18 Wednesday)   

 at 10:30-12:00 Hrs

Markush Searching

What is Markush, Markush patent searching using CASLINK, Match Level attributes for precision/broad searches

(Registry, Marpat, CAPlus)

 

July 20 (Friday)  

 at  10:30-12:00 Hrs

Biosequence Searching  

Protein/nucleotide sequence motif searching - exact/subsequences, Search Similar/Homology sequences using BLAST  algorithm.

(Registry, DGene, USgene, PCTgen)

 

July 23 (Monday)  

 at 10:30-12:00 Hrs

Polymer Searching

Indexing of polymers in REGISTRY, Locate copolymer, homopolymer, structure repeating units, using Polylink etc

(Registry, CAPlus  . . )

 

 

Who should attend?

 

These e-Seminars are ideal for STN users from engineering, chemistrybiotech & patent fields . 

 

Registration & Technical Requirements 

 This WebEx session is free, however  requires prior registration.  

For registration, please send following information to us at seminar@sciedgeinfo.com  

1.    Your Name  and preferred emailID to receive registration link

2.    Organisation , city, your contact number

3.    Title(s) of e-Seminar you wish to attend

 

We will send you a URL link by email which will be needed to join e-Seminar(s) . You will need to have PC with speakers/head phone for audio (one-way mode) and you can use chat mode to ask questions.