The Agenda for the day: 

What's New in STN Patent Files

Learn about recent enhancements such as addition of different patent classification systems to Derwent World Patents Index (WPI), indexing of exemplified prophetic compounds in CAplus and increasing Asian patent content, also powerful new display formats in INPAFAMDB for patent families and legal status information. 

Multiple Strategies for Retrieval of Markush Structures from MARPAT - Stuart Newbold, Information Manager, Astex Therapeutics 

MARPAT searching in context: Creating the ideal MARPAT answer set and beyond.

Sequence Searching on STN - Bringing it Altogether 

How to get the best out of the unique collection of sequence databases available on STN, comprising DGENE, USGENE, PCTFULL and CAS Registry and presenting the results in a meaningful way. 

Analyzing the Patent Landscape & Viewing Patents Full-text with STN Patent Viewer 

STN AnaVist is the only tool where you can analyze data from both WPI and CAplus in the same environment for a comprehensive picture of the research landscape. Links in STN Express also enable transfer of documents into STN Viewer with multicolour highlighting for easy viewing of keywords in context using the STN collection of full-text patent files. 

Attendance is FREE of charge and the forum will run from 10:00am to 3:30pm. A light lunch will be provided. To register please e-mail your details to the STN Agency by Tuesday 24 March 2009.