FIZ Karlsruhe — Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure and the Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that Derwent Markush Resource is now available on STN International℠, the leading online service for research and patent information. Markush structures are widely used in chemical and pharmaceutical patents to protect a family of related compounds within a single invention.
The integration of Derwent Markush Resource into STN provides patent information professionals with a comprehensive view into the patentability of a chemical structure. The user-friendly environment includes all major chemical databases and enhanced structure displays allowing for a clearer understanding and significantly faster search and evaluation. By presenting Markush structures alongside the comprehensive Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM) patent summaries, information professionals can conduct business critical searches, such as freedom to operate, with greater efficiency.
Thomson Reuters Derwent Markush Resource contains more than 1.9 million generic chemical structures indexed from more than 780,000 patents worldwide, and complements Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM) and the Derwent Chemistry Resource (DCR), together providing a comprehensive collection of patent chemistry on STN.
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