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Patents published by 109 issuing authorities covering more than 40,000 unique IPC codes in areas including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, processes, materials, engineering, agriculture, and more.

English language titles and abstracts for patents published in 50 languages translated and enhanced by CAS scientists.

Key invention details including substances, reactions, Markush representations, and more indexed by scientists and connected to other relevant data within the CAS Content Collection™.

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