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Feature: STN Viewer - A powerful workflow productivity tool for patent information users

STN Viewer^TM combines the power of STN with an easy-to-use interface for efficient patent management and evaluation.

Introduction

Patent information professionals need tools to efficiently identify relevant patents and to focus on pertinent content within patent publications.  STN Viewer is designed to aid in the patent evaluation process and provides an efficient way for patent information professionals to communicate findings to intellectual property professionals and others interested in full-text patent information. 

STN Viewer is the only patent evaluation tool integrated with the high-quality full-text patent databases on STN and the precise searching capabilities and post-processing features of STN Express.

With STN Viewer, you can:

• Seamlessly transition from patent searching to patent evaluation
• Quickly evaluate patents for relevancy
• Reduce the time needed to evaluate large patents
• Improve communication of patent evaluation results

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Getting started with STN Viewer

Create a set of patent documents

To use STN Viewer, conduct a search with STN Express, Version 8.2 or higher, in STN databases that include patent information, including full-text patent databases and indexed databases with patent content (i.e., CAplus^SM, Derwent World Patents Index).  Next, click an L-number or a patent number from a displayed patent record and select Evaluate with STN Viewer. 

Patent documents are then retrieved from STN full-text patent databases and sent to STN Viewer, which launches in your default web browser.  If you have existing patent projects in STN Viewer, they may be accessed directly at https://cas.stn.org/viewer.

Manage all of your patent documents and quickly determine relevancy

 

• View full patent titles, patent numbers, and partial abstracts
• Add custom labels, ratings, and annotations to individual documents
• Sort and filter document sets

When you have identified a subset of relevant patent documents, you can send them to a custom patent project and share them electronically with patent agents, patent attorneys, research scientists, and others.

Conduct an in-depth evaluation of each patent document  

 

If a more thorough analysis of a document is needed, click a patent title to display the entire full-text patent document:

• View major sections, the entire full-text patent document, or view the original patent document via ChemPort
• Access publication stage and patent family information, including legal status and designated states
• Locate terms of interest - specify concepts, phrases, and numbers for text highlighting
• Streamline navigation of large patents with the document highlighting map

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Pricing for STN Viewer

Pricing for STN Viewer includes fees for displaying patent documents and patent family information and fees for long-term storage of saved patent information projects.  All fees are covered under the STN Fixed Fee Plan.

Unlike other patent evaluation products, there are:

• No annual subscription or software fees
• No login fees or charges for viewing document titles, patent numbers, or partial abstracts
• No additional fees to share patent projects 

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Additional resources

For more information, visit STN Viewer Products & Services and Support pages.  To learn more about how to use STN Viewer, refer to STNews technical articles:

• STN Expressway: Creating full-text patent answer sets for evaluation with STN Viewer 
• STN Viewpoint: Using the highlighting feature to speed the patent evaluation process