TechValidate Research on CAS

25 Charts


CAS Customer Research

How valuable is CAS Chemical Compliance Index to your work?

Very valuable: 45%
Valuable: 48%
Not valuable: 3%
Not at all valuable: 0%
Other: 3%

CAS Customer Research

Which of these CAS STNext features/components have you used?

Multifile search capabilities
44%
Life sciences content collection (EMBASE™, MEDLINE®, BIOSIS, SciSearch, the Derwent Drug File, Elsevier´s ESBIOBASE, etc.)
38%
CAS PatentPak (workflow solution)
27%
Prior art analysis (predictive solution to supplement search strategy)
27%
Search results transfer to CAS SciFinder-n
27%
Sequence searching (BLAST, CDR, Motif)
17%

CAS Customer Research

What types of searches/work have you performed using CAS STNext?

Patentability/prior art
69%
Freedom to operate
46%
Validity/invalidity
26%
Competitive intelligence
20%
Landscape/state of the art
18%
Due diligence
15%
Pharmacovigilance or product safety
13%
Other
15%

CAS Customer Research

What types of searches/work have you performed using CAS STNext?

Patentability/prior art
70%
Freedom to operate
47%
Validity/invalidity
27%
Competitive intelligence
20%
Landscape/state of the art
18%
Due diligence
15%
Pharmacovigilance or product safety
13%
Other
13%

CAS Customer Research

What types of searches/work have you performed using CAS STNext?

Patentability/prior art
73%
Freedom to operate
41%
Validity/invalidity
23%
Landscape/state of the art
20%
Due diligence
18%
Competitive intelligence
16%
Pharmacovigilance or product safety
16%
Other
11%

CAS Customer Research

Top Reasons Clients Use CAS for IP Searches

Quality search results I can trust
64%
Deep subject matter expertise
52%
Extensive knowledge in designing search strategies that are efficient and effective
44%
Ability to work directly with searchers which improves communications and speeds projects
40%
Fast response to my project requests
40%

CAS Customer Research

Top 3 IP Search Challenges for 2022

Keeping up with subject matter expertise required for new or complex searches
56%
Insufficient technology tools for performing searches
48%
Managing unexpected search requests
36%

CAS Customer Research

SciFinder-n

What sources do you use to be able to search by trade names and/or trade names?

Google
78%
CAS
60%
Reaxys
11%
Other
11%

CAS Customer Research

SciFinder-n

Would you consider being able to search by trade names and/or lab codes a benefit to your workflow?

Yes
65%
No
31%
Other
4%

CAS Customer Research

SciFinder-n

To you, how important is it to be able to search by trade names and/or lab codes?

Extremely important
16%
Kind of important
33%
Neutral
29%
Slightly less important
12%
Not at all important
8%
Other
0%

CAS Customer Research

SciFinder-n

Do you search by trade names and/or lab codes when searching in CAS solutions (SciFinder-n, Formulus, Analytical Methods, STN, etc.)?

Yes
51%
No
41%
Other
8%

CAS Customer Research

Formulus

What sources do you use to be able to search by trade names and/or trade names?

Google
78%
CAS
67%
Reaxys
0%
Other
11%

CAS Customer Research

Formulus

Would you consider being able to search by trade names and/or lab codes a benefit to your workflow?

Yes
89%
No
5%
Other
5%

CAS Customer Research

Formulus

To you, how important is it to be able to search by trade names and/or lab codes?

Extremely important
21%
Kind of important
37%
Neutral
32%
Slightly less important
5%
Not at all important
5%

CAS Customer Research

Formulus

Do you search by trade names and/or lab codes when searching in CAS solutions (SciFinder-n, Formulus, Analytical Methods, STN, etc.)?

Yes
74%
No
21%
Other
5%

CAS Customer Research

Analytical Methods

What sources do you use to be able to search by trade names and/or trade names?

Google
82%
CAS
73%
Reaxys
9%
Other
9%

CAS Customer Research

Analytical Methods

Would you consider being able to search by trade names and/or lab codes a benefit to your workflow?

Yes
55%
No
45%

CAS Customer Research

Analytical Methods

To you, how important is it to be able to search by trade names and/or lab codes?

Extremely important
0%
Kind of important
45%
Neutral
18%
Slightly less important
27%
Not at all important
9%

CAS Customer Research

Analytical Methods

Do you search by trade names and/or lab codes when searching in CAS solutions (SciFinder-n, Formulus, Analytical Methods, STN, etc.)?

Yes
55%
No
27%
Other
18%

CAS Customer Research

STN

What sources do you use to be able to search by trade names and/or trade names?

Google
83%
CAS
48%
Reaxys
0%
Other
13%

CAS Customer Research

STN

Do you search by trade names and/or lab codes when searching in CAS solutions (SciFinder-n, Formulus, Analytical Methods, STN, etc.)?

Yes
50%
No
42%
Other
8%

CAS Customer Research

STN

Would you consider being able to search by trade names and/or lab codes a benefit to your workflow?

Yes
62%
No
27%
Other
12%

CAS Customer Research

STN

To you, how important is it to be able to search by trade names and/or lab codes?

Extremely important
19%
Kind of important
31%
Neutral
19%
Slightly less important
19%
Not at all important
12%

SciFinderⁿ Customer Research

What are the primary reasons you choose to use CAS SciFinderⁿ?

Content (e.g., journal coverage)
68%
Search and analysis technology (e.g., relevance-ranked answers)
61%
Ease of use (e.g., simple answer filtering)
61%
Performance (e.g., quick answer retrieval)
46%
Convenience features (e.g., live history, alerts)
27%

CAS Customer Research

What types of research challenges does CAS SciFinderⁿ help you solve?

Planning laboratory experiments
71%
Conducting literature reviews for hypothesis generation
68%
Writing manuscripts for journal publication
57%
Keeping up-to-date on publishing in your field
47%
Writing your thesis and/or dissertation
38%
Preparing applications for research funding
37%
Developing or completing your coursework
24%
Assessing novelty for patent applications
21%
Other
2%



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