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Search and Display Field Codes
Fields that allow left truncation are indicated by an asterisk (*).

General Search Fields
Search Field Name

SearchCode

Display
Codes

Search Examples

Basic Index* (contains single
words from title (TI), abstract(AB), controlled term (CT) andtrade name (TN) fields)

None
or
/BI

S JUICE EXTRACT?
S BEEF (L) ROUTINE TEST?
S SWEETZYME T
S ?FISH?

AB, CT, TI
TN

Abstract*
Accession Number

/AB
/AN

AB
AN

Author (includes Inventor)/AU

Classification Code(code and text) (1)/CC

Controlled Term
Controlled Word
Corporate Source(includes Patent Assignee) (1)Digital Object Identifier
Document Number
Document Type(code and text)
Entry Date
Field Availability
International Standard(Document) Number
Inventor
Journal Title
Language (ISO code and text)
Patent Assignee (1)Patent Country
Patent Kind CodePatent Number(2)

/CT
/CW
/CS

S ?POLYPHENOL/AB
S "2001(12):T1157"/AN
S 2002:A0009/AN
S MARTH, E H/AU
S MARTH E H/AU
S A#/CCS AE/CCS DOG FOODS/CC
S PROTEIN PRODUCTS/CTS ACID/CWS KYOTO UNIV?/CS
S 10.1001/JAMA,2008/755/FTDOIS 2012-05-CD1094/DN
S L1 AND PATENT/DT

FTDOI, SO
DNDT

S ED=20120
S L2 AND AB/FA
S 0105-6883/ISN
S 3110034956/ISN
S MANADA N/INS FOOD MANUFACTURE/JT
S L1 AND ENGLISH/LAS HENKEL/PA
S US/PCS ATU1/PK
S EP50394/PN
S EP—50394/PATSS US20010001470 A1/PNKS AT009008/PNO
S L1 AND JP/PRC
S PRD=JAN 2003
S CA1982-406357/PRN

ED
FA
ISN, SOS CA2 067 256/PRNO
S 1991/PRY
S 2010-2011/PY
S REC=10PRNO
PRAI
PY, SO, PI
REC, SO

S FOOD MANUFACTURE/SOS 1990/SO

SO

S L1 AND ENGLISH/SL
S L1 AND EN/SLS CITRUS FRUIT#/TI
S SWEETZYME T/TNSL

S UP>MAY 2012
S WC.T=>15

ED
WC.T

Patent Number Kind CodePatent Number, OriginalPriority Country (3)Priority Date (3,4)
Priority Number (2,3)
Priority Number, OriginalPriority Year (3,4)
Publication Year (4)Reference Count (4)Source (contains journal name,
ISSN, volume, issues, pages,
DOI, ISBN, No. of references)
Summary Language(ISO code and text)
Title*
Trade Name
Update Date (4)Word Count, Title (4)/FTDOI/DN/DT(or /TC)
/ED
/FA
/ISN
/IN
/JT
/LA
/PA
/PC
/PK
/PN
(or /PATS)
/PNK
/PNO
/PRC
/PRD
/PRN
(or /APPS)
/PRNO
/PRY
/PY
/REC
(or
/RE.CNT)
/SO

/SL
/TI
/TN
(or/CN)/UP/WC.T

AU, SO, IN
CC

CT
CT
CS, PAIN
JT, SO
LA
PA
PI
PI
PI
PNK
PNO
PRAI
PRAI
PRAI

TI

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(2) Patent and priority numbers are available in Derwent and STN format. STN is the default. Enter SET PAT DERWENT to change to
the Derwent format. To return to the STN format, enter SET PAT STN.
(3) Priority information is available for records since 1988 only.
(4) Numeric search field that may be searched with numeric operators or ranges.

Property Fields1)
In FSTA a numeric search for a specific set of physical properties (/PHP) is available within the basic index,
title, and abstract fields. The numeric values are not displayed as single fields, but highlighted within the hit
displays.
Use EXPAND/PHP to search for all available physical properties. A search with the respective field codes will
be carried out in the abstract and title fields. The /PHP index contains a complete list of codes and related text
for all physical properties available for numeric search.

Field Code
/AOS
/BIR
/BIT
/CAP
/CDN
/CMOL
/CON
/DB
/DEG
/DEN
/DEQ
/DOS
/DV
/ECH
/ECO
/ELC
/ELF
/ENE
/ERE
/FOR
/FRE
/IU
/KV
/LEN (or /SIZ)
/LUME
/LUMF
/LUMI
/M
/MCH
/MFD (or /MFS)/MFR (or /MFL)
/MM
/MOLS
/MVR

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Property

Unit

Search Examples

Amount of substance
Bit Rate
Stored Information
Capacitance
Current Density
Molarity (Concentration,amount of substance)
Conductance
DecibelDegreeDensity (Mass Density)

Mol
Bit
(Bit)
Bit
Farad
Ampere/Square Meter
mol/l

S 10 /AOS
S 33/BIR
S BIT > 3 MEGABIT
S 1-10 MF/CAPS CDN>10 A /M**2
S MOLYBD?/BI (S) 2/CMOLS(Siemens)
DecibelDegreeKg/m3

Dose Equivalent
DosageViscosity, dynamic
Electric Charge
Electrical Conductivity
Electric Current
Electric Field
EnergyElectrical Resistivity
Force
Frequency
International Unit
Viscosity, kinematic
LengthLuminous
Emittance/IlluminanceLuminous Flux (Luminous
Power)
Luminous Intensity
Mass
Mass to Charge Ratio
Magnetic Flux Density
Mass Flow Rate
Molar Mass
Molality of Substance
Melt Volume Rate

SievertMilligram/Kilogram
Pa * s(Pascal * second)
Coulomb
Siemens/Meter
AmpereVolt/MeterJ(Joule)Ohm * Meter
N(Newton)Hz(Hertz)
none
m2/s
Meter
Lux

S 1S-3/CON
S DB>50
S MEDIUM RARE/BI (S) 5/DEG
S (CELL? (S) RECOMBIN?)/AB (S)
5E-3-10E-3/DEN
S DEQ>0.5 (S) RADIATIONS DOS>0.8
S DV>5000
S 4000/ECH.EX (XA) ENZYMES ECO>800 (XA) MINERAL
S 1-10/ELC
S 650-700/ELF
S PROTEIN AND 22/ENE
S ERE>2 (p) CITRATE
S 50 N /FORS ANALY?/AB (10A) 0-3/FRE
S IU>1000 (P) ANTIBIOTICS FRUITS/AB (S) 10E-5/KV
S 1-4/LEN
S 10-50/LUME

Lumen

S LUMF>1000

CandelaKg(Kilogram)
none
Tesla
Kilogram/Second
g/mol
mol/kgnone

S LUMI<4
S ALLOY/BI (30A) 1E-10-1E-5/M
S MCH=3
S MFD>102 (S) LEMONS MFR<0.1
S 2000-3000 G/MOL/MM
S 01.-10 MOL/KG/MOLS
S 5-10 /MVR

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Property Fields1) (cont'd)
Field Code

Property

Unit

Search Examples

/NUC
/PER

Nutrition Content
Percent (Proportionality)

none
Percent

/PHV
/POW

pH
Power

pH
W

(Watt)/PRES (or /P)

Pressure

Pa(Pascal)

/RAD
/RES

Bq
Ohm

(Becquerel)

/RSP
/SAR

Radioactivity
Electrical
Impedance/resistance
Rotational Speed
Area /Surface Area

/SOL
/STSC
/TCO
/TEMP (or /T)

Solubility
Surface Tension
Thermal Conductivity
Temperature

Gram/100 gram
J/m2
K
(Kelvin)K(Kelvin)/TIM/VEL (or /V)
/VELA
/VLR
/VOL
/VOLT

Time
Velocity
Velocity, angular
Volumetric Flow Rate
VolumeVoltage

S(Second)m/s(Metre per Second)rpm
Cubic Meter/Secondm3
V(Volt)

Revolution/Minutem2

S NUC<100 (XW) NUTRIENTS (MOLECULAR (3A) POLYMER?)/AB(S) 4/PER
S 7.4-7.6/PHV
S (ICE? OR WATER EXTRACT?)/BI(10A) 350/POW
S (VACUUM (5A) DISTILL?)/BI (S)1000-1100/PRESS RADI?/BI (P) 10-100/RAD
S MILK CONDUCTIVITY/AB (P) 10100/RES
S 2-100/RSP AND MACHINE
S (COATING? OR FOIL?)/BI (S) 10100/SAR
S SOL>20 (10W) WATER
S 60 J/M**2/STSC
S 0.2-0.4/TCO (S) HEAT?
S (REACTION? (25A) ENZYM?) (S)
5/TEMPS ?INCUB?/AB (10W) 10-50/TIM
S REDUC?/BI (S) 1E-3-5E-3/VELS ANG?/AB (S) VELA>10
S 1-2/VLR (XA) POWDERS ?FUSION?/BI (15A) 1E-8-2E-8/VOL
S CALIBRAT?/BI (10A) 5E3<VOLT<7E-3(1) Exponential format is recommended for the search of particularly high or low values, e.g. 1.8E+7 or 1.8E7 (for 18000000) and 9.2E-8(for 0.000000092).

Controlled Term (/CT) Thesaurus
All Relationship Codes can be used with both the SEARCH and EXPAND command in the /CT thesaurus.
Code
ALL
AUTO (1)
BT
HIE
HNTE
KT
NOTE
NT
RT
UF
USE

Content
All Associated Terms (BT, SELF, HNTE, NOTE,
USE, UF, NT, RT)
Automatic Relationship (SELF, USE, UF)
Broader Terms (BT, SELF)
Hierarchy Terms (all Broader and Narrower
Terms) (BT, SELF, NT)
History Note (SELF, HNTE)
Keyword Terms (SELF, KT)
Scope Note (SELF, NOTE)
Narrower Terms (SELF, NT)
Related Terms (SELF, RT)
Preferred and Forbidden Terms (SELF,UF)
Forbidden and Preferred Terms (SELF,USE)

ExamplesE FRUIT JUICES+ALL/CT
E JACK BEANS+AUTO/CTE FROZEN YOGHURT+BT/CT
E YOGHURT+HIE/CT
E JAPAN+HNTE/CT
E MUSTARD+KT/CT
E LYASES+NOTE/CT
S LYASES+NT/CTS DIFFUSION+RT/CT
E F+UF/CT
E COW CHEESE+USE/CT(1) Automatic Relationship is SET OFF. In case of SET REL ON the result of EXPAND or SEARCH without any relationship code is thesame as described for AUTO.

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DISPLAY and PRINT Formats
Any combination of formats may be used to display or print answers. Multiple codes must be separated by
spaces or commas, e.g., D L1 1-5 TI AU. The fields are displayed or printed in the order requested.
Hit-term highlighting is available for all fields. Highlighting must be ON during SEARCH to use the HIT, KWIC,
and OCC formats.
FormatContent

Examples

AB
AN
AU
CC
CS
CT
DN
DT
ED (UP)FTDOI (1)
ISN (1)IN
JT (1)LAPA
PI (PN, PATS) (2)PNO (PIO)
PRAI (PRN, APPS) (2)PRNO (PRAO)PY (1)REC (RE.CNT) (1)SL
SO
TITN (CN)
WC.T (1)Abstract
Accession Number
AuthorClassification CodeCorporate Source
Controlled Term
Document Number
Document Type
Entry Date
Digital Object Identifier
International Standard (Document) Number
Inventor
Journal Title
Language
Patent Assignee
Patent Information
Patent Number, OriginalPriority Information
Priority Number, Original
Publication Year
Reference Count
Summary Language
SourceTitle
Trade Name
Word Count, Title

D AB, TI
D 1-5 AND AU 5 6 8-10
D CC, TI
D TI AU CS
D CT, TI
D DN
D DT, SOD ED
D FTDOI
D ISN
D IN
D JT
D LA, TI
D PA
D PI, SO
D PNO
D PRAI, SO
D PRNO
D PY
D REC
D SL, TI
D SO
D TI, SO
D TN
D WC.TABS
ALL (2)DALL (2)
IALL (2)BIB (2)IBIB (2)IND
SCAN (3)
TRIAL (TRI, SAMPLE,
SAM, FREE)

AN, ABAN, DN, TI, AU, IN, CS, PA, SO, PI, PRAI, DT, LA, SL, AB, CC, CT, TN
ALL, delimited for post processing
ALL, indented with text labels
AN, DN, TI, AU, IN, CS, PA, SO, PI, PRAI, DT, LA, SL (BIB is the default)
BIB, indented with field labels
AN, CC, CT, TN
TI, CC, CT (random display without answer numbers)
AN, TI, CC, CT

D ABS
D ALL 5-10
D DALLD IALLD BIB 1-10
D IBIBD IND
D SCAN
D TRI

HIT
KWIC
OCC

Hit term(s) and field(s)Up to 50 words before and after hit term(s) (KeyWord-In-Context)
Number of occurrences of hit term(s) and field(s) in which they occur

D HIT
D KWIC
D OCC(1) Custom display only.
(2) By default, patent numbers and priority numbers are displayed in STN format. To display them in Derwent format, enter SET
PATENT DERWENT at an arrow prompt. To reset display to STN format, enter set PATENT STN.
(3) SCAN must be specified on the command line, i.e., D SCAN or DISPLAY SCAN.

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SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT Fields
The SELECT command is used to create E-numbers containing terms taken from the specified field in ananswer set.
The ANALYZE command is used to create an L-number containing terms taken from the specified field in ananswer set.
The SORT command is used to rearrange the search results in either alphabetic or numeric order of thespecified field(s).

Field Name
Abstract
Accession Number
AuthorCitation
Classification CodeControlled Term
Corporate Source
Digital Object Identifier
Document Number
Document TypeIndex Term
International Standard (Document) Number
Inventor
Journal Title
Language
Occurrence Count of Hit Terms
Patent Assignee
Patent Country
Patent Kind CodePatent Number
Patent Number, OriginalPriority Country
Priority Date
Priority Number
Priority Number, OriginalPriority Year
Publication Year
Reference Count
SourceSummary Language
Title
Trade Name
Update Date
Word Count, Title

Field Code
AB
AN
AU
CIT
CC
CT
CS
FTDOI
DN
DT (TC)
IT
ISN
IN
JT
LA
OCC
PA
PC
PK
PN (PI, PATS)
PNO (PIO)
PRC
PRD
PRN (PRAI,APPS)
PRNO (PRAO)
PRY
PY
REC (RE.CNT)
SO
SL
TI
TN (CN)UP (ED)
WC.T

ANALYZE/
SELECT (1)

SORT

Y (2)
Y
Y
Y (3,4)
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y (5)
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y (6)
Y
Y
Y
Y (6)

N
Y
Y
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y (7)
Y
Y (default)
Y
Y
Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

(1) HIT may be used to restrict terms extracted to terms that match the search expression used to create the answer set, e.g., SEL HIT
TI.
(2) Appends /BI to the terms created by SELECT.
(3) SELECT CIT allows you to extract the reference data from the source documents in this file and have them automatically converted
to a citation format for searching in the SCISEARCH file. SEL CIT selects first author, publication year, volume, first page, and atruncation symbol with /RE appended.
(4) SELECT HIT or ANALYZE HIT are not valid with this field.
(5) Selects ISSN and ISBN with /ISN appended to the terms created by SELECT.
(6) SELECTed, ANLYZed and SORTed patent and priority numbers are in the format set by the Messenger SET PATENT command
either Derwent or STN.
(7) Selects ISSN and ISBN with /SO appended to the terms created by SELECT.

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Sample Records
DISPLAY BIB OF BOOK
AN
2012:C1094
FSTA
DN
2012-05-Cd1094
TI
Handbook of food safety engineering.
AU
Editor(s): Da-Wen Sun
CS
Univ. Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland; The Atrium, SouthernGate, Chichester, PO19 8SQ, UK; Wiley-Blackwell. Tel. +44 01243 779777.
Fax +44 01243 775878. E-mail cs-books@wiley.co.uk. www.wiley.com. Price
GBP 249.99, EUR 300.00
SO(2011), 864 p.
ISBN: 9781444333343
DT
Book
LA
EnglishEDEntered STN: 13 Feb 2012
Last updated on STN: 11 Apr 2012DISPLAY ALL OF JOURNAL
AN
2008:W0102
FSTA
DN
2008-07-Wd0102
TI
Chemical composition, in vitro fermentation characteristics, and in vivo
digestibility responses by dogs to select corn fibers.
AU
Guevara, M. A.; Bauer, L. L.; Abbas, C. A.; Beery, K. E.; Holzgraefe, D.
P.; Cecava, M. J.; Fahey, G. C., Jr.
CS
Correspondence address, G. C. Fahey, Jr., Dep. of Animal Sci., Univ. of
IIlinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Tel. 217 333-2361. Fac 217 333-7861.
E-mail gcfahey@uiuc.edu
SO
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2008), Volume 56, Number 5,
pp. 1619-1626, 32 refs.
ISSN: 0021-8561
DOI: 10.1021/jf073073b
DT
JournalLA
EnglishEDEntered STN: 28 Apr 2008
Last updated on STN: 16 May 2012
AB
The objective of this study was to examine the chemical composition, in
vitro fermentation characteristics, and in vivo digestibility responsesof fibre-rich corn coproducts resulting from corn wet milling. Native
corn fibres, native corn fibres with fines, hydrolysed corn fibers andhydrolysed extracted corn fibres were analysed chemically and theircapacity to produce short-chain fatty acids determined. Ash content waslow (<1.2%), crude protein content varied little, but fat and fibre
concentration varied widely. Most fibre was in the insoluble form, withglucose being predominant followed by xylose. Total short-chain fatty
acid production ranged from 211.6 to 699.52 µmol/g of dry matter, whereas
branched-chain fatty acid production was low. 4 corn fibres (native andprocessed) were included in a canine diet matrix at the 7% inclusionlevel. Nutrient digestibility, food intake and faecal characteristics
were not affected by corn fibre inclusion in canine diets, suggestingthat they should be considered as potential dietary fibre sources in dog
foods.
CC
Wd Pet foods : Dog foods
CT
CORN; DIGESTIBILITY; FIBRE; MILLING; WET MILLING; PET FOODS; DOG FOODS

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DISPLAY IALL OF PATENTACCESSION NUMBER:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
TITLE:INVENTOR(S):PATENT ASSIGNEE(S):PATENT INFORMATION:
PRIORITY INFO.:
SOURCE:DOCUMENT TYPE:LANGUAGE:
ENTRY DATE:ABSTRACT:

CLASSIFICATION CODE:CONTROLLED TERM:

2012:W0099
FSTA
2012-07-Wv0099
Formed jerky treats formulation and method.
Weinberg, B.; Saxe, L.
GlobalOne Pet Products Inc.; GlobalOne Pet Products,
Southlake, TX, USA
US 20120082762
A1
US 2010-388144
20100930
United States Patent Application Publication (2012)
PatentEnglishEntered STN: 23 Apr 2012
Last updated on STN: 16 May 2012
Pet treats containing unprocessed meat, and methods fortheir manufacture are described. The method involves
combining meat that has not been extruded, ground,emulsified, liquefied or formed into a powder, with atleast one binding agent and, optionally, one or morepreservative. The resultant mixture is then shaped.
Wv Pet foods : Patents
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