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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, landing on the 'My organization' screen
4. Click on 'Full text linking'
5. Select or de-select the 'Show patent links' check box
6. Click 'Apply' to confirm the change

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

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