Plans to develop a new STN^® platform have been announced by STN partners, CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe.

Product News and Media Releases

• Launch of Version One of New STN (July 2013)

The STN partners announced the launch of Version One of the new STN platform! User feedback confirms that the new STN platform design, project-oriented workflow, search power, precision, and speed meet professional searchers’ exacting demands and exceed their expectations. The broad release of Version One of the new platform extends the benefits of this new technology to all organizations using STN under fixed fee programs. Version One is the first step toward a modern and powerful new STN system. Read more>>

• Version One of New STN (December 2012)

The STN partners announced that Version One of the new STN platform is now available in beta for fixed fee customers. This is the first major milestone in a multi-year initiative to create the next generation of STN, the choice of patent experts. Read more >>

• Update on New STN (February 2012) 

In October 2011, the STN partners announced that a completely new STN would be phased into the market beginning in 2012. This initiative was to start with an alpha release at the end of 2011, followed by continued customer consultation and product development. We are pleased to confirm that we are on track with this plan. Read more>>

• New STN Revolutionizes Patent Searching (October 2011)

Redesigned STN retains what customers value most while phasing in advanced search and analysis capabilities beginning in 2012. The STN partners, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in the U.S. and FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany, are pleased to announce that a completely new STN will be phased into the market beginning in 2012. The new platform will bring improved efficiency and usability at the expert level. Read more>>

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• First Look - New STN - Big Data Creates Chemistry Without Limits (August 2013)

According to Anthony Trippe of Patinformatics, chemistry and patent information professionals have eagerly been anticipating the release of the next generation of the STN online service. This post provides an early look at Version One of the new STN platform. New STN truly brings the power and functionality of Big Data to the study of chemical, and patent information. Searches that were nearly unthinkable in the past can now be done in record time. Combining the breadth, and depth of the collections available, with the deep indexing that has been created by the database producers, generates a powerful combination that opens the door to exploring chemistry, and patents in a way that has never existed before. With the ability to explore these vast collections, at will, the new platform is certainly creating a world without limits. Read more>>

• STN Version One: New Searching Platform Under Development (January 2013)

Following the December 2012 CAS/FIZ press release, Robert Buntrock reviewed the new web-based search platform that was been released in beta to STN’s fixed fee customers with rollout anticipated eventually to all STN customers. Read more >>

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