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STN Viewer - A new workflow productivity tool for patent information users

STN Viewer is a web-based workflow productivity tool for patent information users.  It is designed for simple management and evaluation of full-text patent documents from STN Express answer sets.

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

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:

• Organize full-text patent documents from STN Express answer sets - sort and filter document sets and add custom labels, ratings, and annotations to individual documents
• Create custom patent information projects and share them electronically with patent agents, patent attorneys, research scientists, and others
• Display 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 easy-to-use document highlighting map

To use STN Viewer:

1. Conduct a search in STN Express, Version 8.2 or higher, in one or more patent-containing databases.
2. Click an L-number or a patent number from a displayed patent record and select Evaluate with STN Viewer.

When Evaluate with STN Viewer is selected, patent documents are retrieved from STN full-text patent databases and sent to STN Viewer, launched 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.

STN Viewer combines the power of STN with an easy-to-use interface for efficient patent management and evaluation.  For additional information, including pricing, visit the Products & Services web pages for STN Viewer and STN Express.