Documents and downloads

Feature Article:

Nov/Dec 2008
From Concept to Content: The Genesis of USGENE.  This article is reprinted in its entirety from the Nov/Dec 2008 issue of ONLINE magazine, published by Information Today, Inc.
Read the article (PDF) 

Latest USGENE^® reference materials:

• Coverage and an annotated sample record (10/2009) (PDF)
• Database Summary Sheet (07/2009) (PDF)
• Publication Kind Codes Covered in USGENE (01/2009) (PDF)
• Feature Article - Information Today (Nov/Dec 2008)
• Complete STN online HELP text (09/2008) (PDF)
• Workshop Manual (05/2008) (PDF)
• BLAST and GETSIM FAQ (09/2007) (PDF)

USGENE workshop & presentation archive:

• Multifile patent sequence searching on STN (e-Seminar, 08/2009)
• The Genesis of USGENE (Presentation at PIUG Boston Biotechnology Meeting 02/2009) (PDF)
• Sequence code match searching in USGENE® and CAS REGISTRY℠ on STN (01/2009)
• Synergies and Surprises - USGENE and DGENE Multifile Patent Sequence Searching (e-Seminar, 10/2008) (PDF)
• Effective patent sequence searching on STN workshop (PIUG NE 2008, 10/2008) (PDF)
• Taking command: effective use of sequence search options in USGENE, DGENE and PCTGEN (e-Seminar, 06/2008)
• Synergies and Surprises - USGENE and DGENE Multifile Patent Sequence Searching on STN (PIUG Boston Biotech, 02/2008) (PDF)
• USGENE Workshop (PIUG NE 2007, 10/2007) (PDF)
• USGENE e-Seminar slides (08/2007)
• To PSIPS and Beyond - Exploring the Content and Utility of USGENE (STN Patent Forum, Summer 2007) (PDF)
• USGENE Workshop (Costa Mesa CA, 05/2007) (PDF)
• To PSIPS and beyond - exploring the content and utility of USGENE (PIUG Boston Biotech, 02/2007) (PDF)

Japanese USGENE reference materials:

• USGENE ファイルデータベースサマリーシート（日本語)
• 新規データベース USGENE ファイル (05/2007)

Press releases:

• Japan Assoc. for International Chemical Information (JAICI) now markets in-house version of USGENE® (12/2009)
• FIZ Karlsruhe now markets in-house version of USGENE®, the USPTO Genetic Sequences Database, in Europe (05/2009)
• The USPTO Genetic Sequence Database, USGENE^®, on STN^® provides patent sequence data within 3 days of publication by the USPTO (02/2008)
• The USPTO Genetic Sequence Database, USGENE^®, is now available on STN® International (07/2007)