Patent databases CAplus

Chemical Abstracts Service. SciFinder http //www.cas.org/ Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) provides an integrated family of databases (CAplus, CA Patent Index, CA Reg File, CASreact, ChemCats, and ChemList). The CAplus file (which includes the CA Patent Index) contains references to articles, patents, theses, and book chapters, while the CA Reg File... 

SciFinder Scholar lets students and faculty search the CAPlus and Registry databases by authors names, concepts, chemical names, molecular formulas, CAS Registry Numbers, chemical structures, and specific references such as a patent number. SciFinder allows these options, plus other ones for handling the queries and hits. The latest version of SciFinder also can search Medline. 

CAPlus is the most current and most comprehensive chemistry bibliographic database available from the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and covers from 1967 to date. CAplus coverage includes international journals, patents, patent families, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations from all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences. 

CAplus. 1907-. Columbus, OH Chemical Abstracts Service. Daily. The bibliographic database from Chemical Abstracts. Provides worldwide references from over 9500 scientific journals and patent references from more than 50 patent-issuing authorities. Scope includes all areas of chemistry, biomedical sciences, engineering, and materials science, as well as other scientific disciplines. In addition to journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, books, dissertations, and meeting abstracts are fully indexed. Approximately 3000 new records are added daily. 

Fig. 2 Literature and patent analysis for the time period 1907-2008 according to pubUcadon date for the scientific publications and filing date for patents/patent applications. In all cases plural and singular forms of search terms were considered, (a) Result of literature search for shape-memory polymer in CAPlus database performed with Scifinder on March 12th, 2009 white - publications in English, gray - publications in Chinese or Japanese, black - other languages (b) result of two literature searches shape-memory gel, heat shrinkable polymer (all languages) performed in CAPlus database with Scifinder on March 12th, 2009 black - shape-memory gel, white - heat shrinkable polymer (c) result of patent search (issued patents and patent applications) for shape-memory polymer performed in DEPATIS database on Feb 27th, 2009 white - shape-memory polymer (d) result of patent search (issued patents and patent applications) for shape-memory gel, heat shrinkable article performed in DEPATIS database performed on Feb 27th, 2009 black - shape-memory gel, white - heat shrinkable article ...

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