Immediate Access to Patent Data, Expanded Visual Analysis Tools Key as CAS Specialists
Marking its 100th anniversary in 2007, CAS is expanding into allied science fields and developing analysis tools for researchers on a global platform. For instance, customers can access and review technical data on Japanese patents within 48 hours of the patents being issued.
CAS provides access to the world's chemical and scientific literature and patents to speed and enable scientific discovery to improve peoples' lives. CAS databases are available through search and analysis software for scientists in all facets of the research process and anyone engaged in intellectual property investigation.
What started as a volunteer activity to share chemical abstracts has evolved into a $250 million a year enterprise serving 100 countries. CAS databases contain more than 27 million bibliographic records and 13 million reactions, while the CAS Registry(SM) includes more than 31 million records of organic and inorganic substances. Today scientists around the world rely upon the CAS Registry Number(R) as the globally accepted standard for describing a chemical substance.
In the 1990s, CAS introduced SciFinder(R), a desktop research tool. Analysis and visualization capabilities are now featured in STN(R) AnaVist(TM), supporting the evolving role of information professionals who are management advisers for major corporations and academic institutions looking to focus their R&D efforts.
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