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Tom gained expertise in the following subjects:
- Chemistry and chemical engineering — organic, inorganic, industrial, biotech, pharmaceutical
- Polymers, plastics, adhesives, coatings, and resins
- Energy, gasification, and synthetic fuels
- Refining and petrochemistry
- Consumer products and health care
- Competitive Intelligence
His search expertise covered:
- Multi-faceted topics taking full advantage of database indexing and advanced search and review functionality
- Complex substructure and Markush query searches in support of pharmaceutical, agriculture, herbicide, and pesticide applications
- Report output as spreadsheets with links to sources for reviewing documents and legal status
His resources included:
- Online services: STN, PatBase, Questel Orbit.com, ProQuest Dialog, Derwent Innovation
- Chemical Abstracts CAPLUS indexing and REGISTRY/MARPAT structure searching
- Merged Markush Service (MMS from Questel) structure searching covering Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)
- PatBase Chemical Explorer
- Subscription database expertise: Derwent World Patents Index, EnCompass Literature and EnCompass Patent
- BizInt Smart Charts
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