Release Information

Introducing Version 5.9 (2024-06-25)

We are pleased to introduce Version 5.9 of BizInt Smart Charts for Patents.

• Chemistry on STN: Adds several new capabilities for chemistry reports using the BizInt report format from STNext. MARPAT assembled structures are now supported. Color images with hit highlights are now imported from CAplus and MARPAT. See our Hit Structures support page for more details.
• Note that version 5.9 fixes a serious bug in version 5.8.5 when combining charts with hit structures or hit markush assemblies.
• New chart creation workflow: You will no longer be asked for chart template during chart creation. By default, a standard "Editor's Choice" chart template is applied to all new charts during import. There is just one default template for all charts at this time.
• A new Manage Templates command (on the File menu) can be used to delete templates, rename templates, or set a template as the default for new charts. Learn more at our Using Chart Templates support page.
• Reference Rows: Fixes an issue with row numbering when a chart with hidden rows is sent to Reference Rows.
• PatBase: Added a number of new fields and fixed issues related to the new BizInt export from PatBase.
• Patsnap: Introduces support for Patsnap Analytics.

New and Fixed in Version 5.8.5 (2024-05-30)

• STN: Added initial support for assembled structures in MARPAT on STNext, using the BizInt report export. Several new columns are available, and an Index of Markush Structures is available in summary records exports.
• PatBase: Fixed a problem importing publication level data. Fixed an issue with hit highlights in claims.
• Reference Rows: Fixed a crash when trying to Apply Rules Template. Fixed a problem when exporting structure index with hidden reference rows.

New and Fixed in Version 5.8.4 (2024-04-13)

This release offers a first look at enhancements to chart creation workflow and chart template capabilities in BizInt Smart Charts.

• New chart creation workflow: You will no longer be asked for chart template during chart creation. By default, a standard "Editor's Choice" chart template is applied to all new charts during import. There is one default template for all charts in BizInt Smart Charts for Patents.
• A new Manage Templates command (on the File menu) can be used to delete templates, rename templates, or set a template as the default for new charts.
• Chart templates can be used for any chart with the same type of data, regardless of the chart the template was saved from. For example, a chart template created with CAplus can be applied to a chart created from Orbit.com.
• Chart templates are now available in Reference Rows.
• Most of the old chart templates provided by BizInt are now hidden. You can see them by checking the "Show classic templates" box at the bottom of the dialog. If you find one of these templates to be exactly like you want, we suggest that you apply it to a chart and Save as template... with your own name.
• PatBase: Added a column "Claims - Independent" containing all independent claims. Cleaned up support for Claims in the new BizInt export, and renamed the column "Claims - First".
• Patsnap: Fixed a problem which would flag all rows as updated, even if unchanged.
• Exports: Options for Excel exports are now saved. In Reference Rows, the Chart Only option now works correctly for Word and HTML exports.

New and Fixed in Version 5.8.3 (2024-01-14)

• Support for PatSnap Analytics using the new BizInt export on PatSnap. Learn more on our PatSnap Analytics support page.
• CAPlus: Adds support for the Ultimate Owner field.
• Orbit: Handles a variation in how hit hightlights might appear in the patent family.
• PatBase: "Rank" is now imported from the new BizInt export.
• GenomeQuest: Cleaned up claim-text and claim-ref markup within claims.
• Fixed a problem with patent links where links could appear multiple times in a subtable row (subsequent links were usually broken).

New and Fixed in Version 5.8.2 (2023-07-11)

This release addresses some issues discovered in the 5.8 release. We recommend that you install this release if you use PatBase, or export to Word.

We've made Word export enhancements based on user feedback:

• You can change column widths in exported Word tables.
• New option for Word exports to "auto-fit to width". This will help fit your columns on the page, but columns will only be made as small as the largest word.
• Use File | Page Setup to specify chart orientation, paper size, and margins. By default, charts are in Landscape. Records are always in Portrait mode.

PatBase bugs fixed in this release (mostly related to the new PatBase export):

• chart creation could hang on import for some files;
• display glitch when two hit-highlight terms appeared consectutively;
• rows without images could be assigned an image incorrectly;
• expiry dates missing in the Family Status Expiry column;
• fixed several issues with citations.

Fixed in Version 5.8.1 (2023-06-27)

• Imports images and user fields (including PatKM fields) from the new PatBase BizInt export.

Introducing Version 5.8 (2023-05-26)

We are pleased to introduce version 5.8 with a number of major improvements.

• Exports to Word, Excel, and HTML: A major refresh of our exports is included in this release. We have introduced new styles and updated the old styles. Reference Rows exports now use the same styles as BizInt Smart Charts. You have a choice of style for every export, including Excel Optimized and Summary Records. We have fixed many display glitches, removed a few options that no longer made sense, and introduced a few new options, including:
  • Option to include (or omit) the chart title in the export;
  • Options for how cell sources are displayed in Reference Rows export.
  • You can learn more from this support page.
• PatBase:
  • Added support for the current XML exports on PatBase, including hit term highlights in records (all hits use the same color).
  • Also on PatBase, the software now converts kind codes for US publications to the kind code on the document face. This will help when linking to systems like Espacenet.
  • Cleaned up the display of Notes in PatBase (both for the current BizInt export and XML), and allow the untruncated notes to be included in Summary Records.
• Ovid: Added more segment labels for Medline. DOI is extracted from the Article Identifiers field.
• STNext: Hit highlights in some fields would cause the software to lose track of the where it was reading. This has been fixed. Also fixed a few glitches in CAplus for non-patent literature.

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