Report:SureChem/Major Recent Updates
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Major Recent Updates
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April 2010
The free version of Surechem was taken offline as of April 2010. The subscription service remains available for purchase.
December 2009
Surechem, Inc. was acquired by Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
August 2009
SureChem Pro Version 3 was announced in August 2009. According to SureChem[1], the additions and enhancements include:
- Direct filtering for substructure searches by keyword, assignee, inventor, and by patent claims or description, that immediately show the resulting change in the number of structure hits returned. Though stated somewhat unclearly, this means only that the reduction in hits caused by filtering will be immediately reflected.
- The addition of Japan patent abstracts
- Addition to structure export file of the patent field in which each structure is located
- Support for InChI queries (Use the “Basic Text” search tab)
- Faster searches and reduced time for loading the Marvin drawing applet.
An update to the SureChem database was also announced[2] and includes:
- Addition of Japan patent abstracts
- Addition of InChI codes and keys to database
- Error correction modules for better entity recognition of name-to-structure conversion, resulting in a 10% increase in structures converted
- Unique structures: 10.9 million (vs 8.5 million in previous database version)
- Patent records were increased to 17.9 million
- MEDLINE records were increased to 19.9 million
Finally, SureChem also announced[3] that SureChem's database has been linked to the ChemSpider database. This agreement greatly expands the information available to SureChem's users.
March 2009
Updates to SureChem Pro at this time included:
- New search results sorting methods
- Options to filter out chemical fragments and radicals (default setting)
- Keyword and patent field filtering of structure searches across multiple patent datasets
- SD and CSV file extension chemical structure exporting
- Additional export fields
- For-pay searchable PDF downloads
- Faster interface and search algorithms
For full information on this update, please visit the official press release on SureChem's website.
July 2008
SureChem database 2.5 was released on July 25, 2008 and included “cleaned-up structure data for USPTO chemical images”.[4] From its inception, it has gone through many revisions and major updates indicating the company's aggressive posture in the market. SureChem Inc. is looking to expand the analysis features of SureChem Pro in one major future update. For more information on SureChem Inc., see the Company Strength section.
Sources
- ↑ "SureChem Pro Version 3 Released." SureChem Website, http://www.surecheminc.com/News/SureChem-Pro-Portal-Version-3-Released. Accessed January 8, 2010
- ↑ "SureChem Database Version 3 Released." SureChem Website, http://www.surecheminc.com/News/SureChem-Database-Version-3-Released. Accessed January 8, 2010.
- ↑ "SureChem and ChemSpider Link Via InChI." SureChem Website, http://www.surecheminc.com/News/SureChem-and-ChemSpider-Link-Via-InChI. Accessed January 8, 2010.
- ↑ "SureChem News" July 25, 2008, http://www.surecheminc.com/News.html. Accessed on October 10, 2008.
