With the new highlighting features in STN AnaVist, Version 2.0, comparative analysis is now easier than ever.
This article illustrates how to compare Key Organizations/Assignees based on data from the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPISM), now available in STN AnaVist, Version 2.0. The following topics are covered:
- Using the new Highlight Manager
- Creating charts with Derwent Class and Derwent Manual Codes data
- Comparing Key Organizations/Assignees based on DWPI data
Using the new Highlight Manager
With the new Highlight Manager in STN AnaVist, you can compare as many as eight document sets at once. Simply pick the highlight color for each set from a palette of 40 colors.
- To create your first highlight set, click the Highlight Color Selector (
) and select Highlight Manager from the drop-down menu.
Within the Highlight Manager, each row corresponds to an individual highlight set while columns display information about each set. Your newly created highlight set displays on the first row with the default color.
The two sets shown in the last two rows are present at all times. The "overlap" set represents documents shared by more than one highlight set (see additional information below). The "unhighlighted" set represents documents that are not associated with any highlight set.
- To add another highlight set, click the New Highlight Set button (
) located on the Highlight Manager toolbar.
The second highlight set displays in the list and is assigned a default color.
- To change the color of a highlight set, click the appropriate cell in the Color column. Select your color preference from the color palette.
Notice that you can also change the color for "overlap" and "unhighlighted" documents.
The Highlight Manager now shows the default colors for two highlight sets and a new color for overlapping documents.
Creating charts with Derwent Class and Derwent Manual Codes data
- To create charts with DWPI data, use the Analyze menu or the <Add a chart> drop-down menu to select Derwent Class or Derwent Manual Codes.
Comparing Key Organization/Assignees based on DWPI data
Now you can use the colors selected with the Highlight Manager to compare document data. In this example, Key Organizations/Assignees are compared by using charts for Derwent Class and Derwent Manual Codes.
- Check the toolbar to see which color is active in the Highlight Color Selector.
- On the Key Organizations/Assignee chart, click the bar for the first patent assignee of interest.
- Select the second color (
) from the Highlight Color Selector.
- Click the bar for the second patent assignee of interest.
Documents for the two patent assignees are now highlighted in two different colors.
In the Derwent Class and Derwent Manual Codes charts, you can compare documents associated with the two patent assignees.
Highlight colors within the bars indicate the number of documents per patent assignee, as well as any documents that overlap between the highlight sets. Hover over each bar to view details.
Additional resources
This article discusses just a few of the new features available in STN AnaVist, Version 2.0. For more information, visit the STN AnaVist Products & Services and Support pages.
To learn about how to use STN AnaVist, refer to the STNews feature article:
Updated: 7/24/2008 3:26:45 PM
