What's New

New and Fixed in Version 5.9.7 (2026-10-10)

• We have enhanced the behavior of the Update feature, so that hidden rows in a chart remain hidden when the chart is updated. There are two new row status values -- "Updated Hidden" and "Unchanged Hidden". See the new Update support page for more details.

Testing release: If you are able to easily install new software and if you update charts with hidden rows, please try this release and let us know if you see any behaviors that you don't expect. We are planning a 6.0 release later this month.

• Multiple alignments in summary records now skip hidden source rows.
• Preliminary support for links on JP and KR numbers.
• Fixed a few problems with Common Patent Family and the New Publications column due to incorrectly parsed publication numbers.
• Added "BizInt Simple - plain grid with no color" export option, similar to old BizInt Simple export.
• Updated database segment names for MEDLINE and CABA on Ovid.

Fixed in Version 5.9.6 (2026-02-26)

• PatBase introduced a new XML export version today, which this release supports. The new export resulted in some fields, such as Kind Codes, Priority Dates, and Independent Claims not being populated.
  We recommend that all PatBase users upgrade to the latest version of BizInt Smart Charts for Patents.
• Fixed a formatting glitch in the Notes (Old) and Notes Tables columns from PatBase.

If you are unable to install new software quickly, you can send us your BPD export file and we can send you back the chart file.

New and Fixed in Version 5.9.5 (2026-02-18)

• Derwent Innovation is now Derwent Patent Search, and the XML export has changed to reflect this change. This release supports the new label, and is required to build charts from Derwent Patent Search.
• PatBase folder notes clipped from more than one claim are now presented as separate paragraphs.
• A BizInt Simple export style (like the Simple format in older versions) has been added for HTML and Word exports.
• If you include multiple alignments in Summary Records exports, the query ID will now be included with the sequence ID before each alignment.
• Ovid: support yet another database label for Medline.

New and Fixed in Version 5.9.4 (2025-10-18)

• Minesoft: Adds support for the Patent Valuation Score in PatBase. Adds initial support for XML exports from Minesoft Origin.
• Patsnap: When records in Patsnap Bio have multiple SEQ ID NO values, the first entry is now used to construct the Sequence ID.
• Ovid: Adds support for new file segments in CABA.

Data Integrator

• The Summary Records export now has an option to include multiple alignments in the export.
• Fixed a problem when transferring charts with hidden rows. This fixes a number of behaviors, such as a crash when sorting immediately after sending to the Data Integrator.

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