STN Viewer - A powerful 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.
Product Overview
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.
STN Viewer combines the power of STN with an easy-to-use interface for efficient patent management and evaluation.
Features and Benefits
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
Manage Patents:
- 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
Evaluate Patents:
- 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
Information on STN Viewer is also available in PDF.
Accessing STN Viewer
Supported web browsers:
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Version 6.0 or higher
- Mozilla® Firefox®, Version 1.0 or higher
To use STN Viewer:
- Conduct a search in STN Express, Version 8.2, in one or more patent-containing databases
- 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. Existing patent projects in STN Viewer may be accessed directly via the Web.