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Patent full-text linking

FSTA Direct provides a link  at the end of records on the search Results page to the free full text of patents hosted at the European Patent Office's Esp@cenet web site. The availability of this link will depend on settings made to your account.



Clicking on this link opens a new window containing the record as held at Esp@cenet. Normally the record is opened at the 'Bibliographic data' tab; click on 'Original document' to view the full text.




Enabling/disabling the display of this button

1. Log in to FSTA Direct as a Local Administrator
2. Click on the Admin link in the dark blue menu bar
3. You are taken to the Administration area
4. Click on 'My organization' in the light-blue menu bar
5. Click on 'Full text linking' towards the bottom of the screen
6. Select or de-select the 'Show patent links (Esp@cenet)' check box
7. Click 'Save details' to confirm the change
8. Click 'Close'

The reference article Full-text linking in FSTA Direct summarises all the full-text links used in FSTA Direct.

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