09.00 – 09.30

Registration and Coffee

09.30 – 10.30

What’s New on STN
(Christian Skotte, CAS/SIIL, Ursula Klemm, FIZ Karlsruhe)
Get up-to-date on the latest news from STN. Learn what’s new, including:

• Extended Markush backfile coverage in MARPAT®
• Biomedical database enhancements
• Derwent World Patents Index® enhancements
• Calculated expiration dates and citations in INPADOC
• Full-text patent database updates

10.30 – 11.30

The Cooperative Patent Classification on STN
(Jan Baur, FIZ Karlsruhe)
Once fully implemented, the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) should greatly simplify patent classification searches by reducing the number of different classification schemes which must be used to perform a comprehensive search. This session will highlight the implementation of CPC on STN.

11.30 – 11.45

Break

11.45 – 12.15

Tips & Tricks from the Help Desk
(Bertha De Poorter, DWTI – SIST)
In this presentation we show how you can create user-defined display formats in a multi-file environment, how to retrieve impactful publications by using forward citations and how you can enhance the highlighting with the STN Express Table Tool.

12.15 – 12.45

New STN Version One Preview
(Jan Baur, FIZ Karlsruhe)
A new STN platform is being designed and developed to turn the needs and priorities of today's patent experts into a state-of-the-art search and analysis system that works the way users do. The new STN platform retains the core content, search precision and service that have defined STN while enhancing the search power, speed and functionality.

13.30 – 14.30

Update on STN Alerts (SDI)
(Bertha De Poorter, DWTI – SIST)
Businesses need to stay up-to-date on research trends, competitors, inventors, patents and legal status information. STN has added flexible new features such as standard setup, new package delivery options and RSS delivery of results to make it easy to keep up-to-date on the latest information. Learn about:

• New setup and delivery options for automatic alerts
• Multifile alerts and package alerts
• Choosing the right update code
• Opportunities with patent portfolio management

14.30 – 15.00

The Future of STN Support in Belgium
(Ursula Klemm - FIZ Karlsruhe; Christian Skotte SIIL/CAS)
We would like to present to you the future service and support of STN in Belgium and would like to learn about your training needs and expectations.