FIZ Karlsruhe

The Company

STN provides global access to published research, journal literature, patents, structures, sequences, properties, and other data through a broad range of databases from the most renowned database producers. STN is operated jointly by CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe worldwide and is represented in Japan by JAICI .

STN integrates the world’s largest and most important value-add and first level patent databases on one platform. Search and evaluation functionality is optimized for this content collection. Patent databases on STN are key information resources for determining patentability, state of the art, infringement, and the legal status of the patents, in other words for making business-critical decisions.

And: Only on STN you can search patent information from Thomson Scientific-Derwent, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), and the European Patent Office’s worldwide Patent Information Resource in one place!