CAS Introduces Science IP - The On-Demand Search Service for Scientific and Technical Information

11-Aug-2003

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has launched a new service, Science IP, building upon CAS' greater than twenty-year commitment to providing personalized search services to the patenting community. The announcement was made to coincide with the American Bar Association's annual meeting being held this week in San Francisco.

Science IP will meet the needs of information professionals, attorneys, and others in the patenting and research and development communities who do not have the time, staff or expertise to meet their current scientific information retrieval needs. CAS creates and distributes the largest and most prestigious databases in chemistry and houses the world's largest collection of substance information; Science IP researchers have a unique combination of scientific expertise and online database experience.

Science IP reports will support decisions such as prior art/patentibility for the prosecution of new patents, freedom-to-practice/operate for new and existing technologies, and patent validity for infringement litigation. In addition to employing industry experts in patents and scientific searching and retrieval as researchers, Science IP will also draw upon a team of CAS scientists with in-depth knowledge of specialized areas, including Markush chemical structures, nucleic and amino acid sequences, polym ers, molecular biology and genetics, material sciences, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. These experts ensure that searches are conducted with the benefit of the greatest possible technical knowledge. "The value and importance of intellectual property to business decision making has been on the rise. For nearly 100 years CAS has been the resource of record for chemical and related scientific patents. With Science IP, we are adding the human element to the equation: our search professionals will provide direct, rapid assistance to the patenting community," said CAS Director Robert J. Massie.

According to Dr. Michael W. Dennis, Director of Planning and Development, "The desirability of a new on-demand search service that draws upon the expertise of CAS scientists was apparent, considering the growth in new patent applications and the demand for additional resources to supply the needs of the R&D and patenting communities. This is especially true in regard to discovering relevant prior art."

CAS identifies its technical advisory team of CAS scientists as a clear advantage of Science IP. These Science IP advisors are experts in their respective fields who, as part of their CAS responsibilities, are constantly immersed in the patents and literature of their particular subject area. The collective experience of these individuals is available to assist the research staff in preparing the most comprehensive search strategies possible. Customers of CAS over the years expressed their satisfaction with the information and support they have received for individualized search requests: "I have used CAS' search service for about eight years. When I've described my need for information, they have been adept at formulating a responsive search query," said Shawn P. Foley, Esq.,Partner at Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz and Mentlik. "I have also been impressed with their insightful, prompt and courteous service."

Science IP can assist organizations with a variety of different searching needs in the field of scientific intellectual property protection. Services run the gamut from a relatively simple literature search for prior art to more involved projects that support attorneys writing patentability, freedom-to-practice/operate and validity opinions.

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