Patent Searching on STN

The following information on patent coverage in STN^® databases and resources specific to searching for patents. If you are new to STN, please refer to the materials under Bibliographic database searching and Reference materials.

• Patent Databases on STN (PDF)
• CAS Patent Coverage
• Patent Search Fields (PDF)
• FSEARCH for Finding Patent Families (PDF)
• FSORT for Grouping Patent Records into Families (PDF)
• Cited Patent Searching (PDF)