Immediate Access to Patent Data, Expanded Visual Analysis Tools Key as CAS Projects Needs of Next Generation of Scientists, Intellectual Property Specialists

Immediate Access to Patent Data, Expanded Visual Analysis Tools Key as CAS Projects Needs of Next Generation of Scientists, Intellectual Property Specialists

August 17, 2007

    COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- It took
30 years for Chemical Abstracts Service to publish its
first million abstracts. CAS indexed more than a million
records in 2006 alone, reflecting the accelerated pace of
research and discovery around the globe.

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    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 databases streamline the investigative
process -- allowing you to take an idea and rapidly find
the important and necessary information before you forget
about the idea or it loses its excitement," said 2005
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Dr. Robert Grubbs. "That
really is invaluable."

    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.

    CAS will mark its anniversary with customer briefings
in Asia and Europe. A symposium will be conducted at the
ACS meeting in Boston August 19-23. The company received
recognition as a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the
American Chemical Society on June 14. CAS employs more than
1,300 people at its Columbus, Ohio headquarters.

    To learn more, visit
http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/casanniversary.html
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