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Cypris vs. CAS SciFinder

SciFinder is built to search the chemistry record. Cypris is built to support R&D decisions across the full innovation landscape. Connect compounds, patents, scientific literature, competitors, markets, and regulatory intelligence in one answer, not across disconnected tools.

Powering world-leading R&D & IP teams

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at the glance
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Two tools. Two very different jobs.

SciFinder is a purpose-built chemistry index with deep CAS content and strong substance search. The Cypris Chemical Intelligence Layer connects chemical, scientific, patent, commercial, and regulatory intelligence in one place, so a single prompt returns an answer your team can act on without switching tools or constructing complex queries.

120M+ compounds.
Over 1B connected references.

Cypris connects chemical data with 180M patents, 270M+ papers, 10M+ company profiles, and market and regulatory intelligence. A single compound question can return the surrounding IP, scientific, competitive, and commercial context, with additional coverage from PubChem and other authoritative databases.

Automated chemical
identity resolution

SciFinder often requires researchers to assemble synonyms, trade names, and registry identifiers before searching. Cypris automatically resolves hundreds of synonyms, CAS numbers, trade names, and supplier designations before the search begins.

Regulatory and commercial context in the same answer

SciFinder provides limited commercial and regulatory context, often requiring teams to search elsewhere. Cypris brings TSCA, REACH, EPA status, suppliers, commercial signals, patents, and scientific literature into one answer, making formulation risk and compliance exposure easier to assess.

A modern intelligence layer

SciFinder’s AI capabilities operate within the SciFinder environment. Cypris Q continuously integrates leading models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, then grounds them in a chemistry-specific ontology that activates automatically when a chemical question is detected.

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Feature by feature
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Where it matters most for
chemistry-driven R&D

Category
Cypris
CAS SciFinder
Database coverage
120M+ compounds connected to patents, papers, companies, and regulatory data. Broader coverage across technical and commercial sources, with PubChem and other databases helping close coverage gaps.
Deep, curated CAS chemistry content, including CAS Registry records and abstracted scientific literature.
Structure search
Draw a structure directly in the prompt and use it as the starting point for a broader landscape across compounds, patents, literature, companies, and markets.
Draw a structure to retrieve substance and reaction records within the CAS index.
Synonym resolution
Automatically resolves hundreds of synonyms, trade names, CAS numbers, and supplier identifiers before the search begins.
Researchers typically assemble synonyms and trade names manually and run separate searches across variants.
Literature & prior art
Connects structures and compounds to more than 1B patent and paper references, surfacing prior art and technical evidence together.
Strong curated chemistry literature and reaction coverage, with additional research often required to build the broader IP landscape.
Commercial &
regulatory data
Brings suppliers, commercial signals, and TSCA, REACH, and EPA status into the same answer.
Commercial and regulatory context is more limited and often sourced through separate tools.
Competitive intelligence
Shows where compounds appear across competitor patents and publications, helping teams understand who is active and where the market is moving.
Primarily focused on substance and reaction retrieval, with limited linked company, funding, or market context.
Monitoring & alerts
Tracks compounds, patents, publications, competitors, and regulatory changes through a single query, with alerts delivered on your cadence.
Saved searches and alerts remain focused on activity within the chemistry index.
MCP & system integration
Cypris MCP brings chemical, patent, and scientific intelligence into internal AI systems and agent workflows within CoPilot, Claude and ChatGPT
Primarily operates through the SciFinder interface, with fewer paths into internal AI workflows.
Forward deployed analysts
Analyst-supported research briefs combine Cypris intelligence with structured datasets and expert review for high-stakes formulation, FTO, and strategy decisions.
Primarily self-service, with expert support typically offered separately from the core workflow.
Intelligence layer
Cypris Q continuously integrates leading models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, grounded in a proprietary R&D ontology.
AI capabilities are built into the SciFinder environment and optimized around CAS chemistry content.
Cost
Consolidates multiple research and intelligence workflows into one platform.
Premium enterprise licensing, often used alongside additional commercial, regulatory, and market-data subscriptions.
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HOW IT WORKS
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One prompt.

The whole landscape.

Cypris Chemicals activates automatically when Q detects a chemistry-related question, then reasons across compounds, patents, literature, regulatory data, and commercial intelligence to return one connected answer.

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Recognize and activate

Q detects chemical context and activates the chemistry intelligence layer automatically. Draw a structure directly in the prompt when a name is not enough.

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Resolve the full identity

Cypris resolves the compound across CAS numbers, synonyms, trade names, supplier identifiers, and related variants before the search begins.

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Connect the technical evidence

The compound is matched across patents and scientific literature, surfacing relevant prior art, research, and technical evidence together.

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Add regulatory context

Cypris searches TSCA, REACH, EPA, and other regulatory sources to bring compliance status into the same analysis.

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Return one complete answer

Technical, competitive, regulatory, and commercial intelligence come together in one answer your team can act on.

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One question.
Two very different outputs.

Prompt: “Map the landscape of tert-butyl hydroperoxide, including the active players, regulatory details, and which companies are currently using it in their products.”

Cypris
Manual

200

+

RESOLVED
Synonyms and trade names resolved automatically before the search ran
Cypris
Manual

36

K+

MATCHED
Papers and patents matched to the resolved identity
Cypris
Manual

100

+

Commercial
Downstream commercial applications and product families mapped with regulatory context from TSCA, REACH & EPA
Cypris
Manual

200

+

ASSEMBLED
Synonyms and trade names compiled by hand, then re-run. Regulatory and commercial context sourced now available within the tool.
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Why Cypris
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What purpose-built R&D intelligenceactually unlocks.

Derisk new formulations

Evaluate a candidate compound before it enters a product, with scientific evidence and regulatory exposure surfaced up front, not after the formulation is locked.

Run competitive intelligence

See how compounds appear across competitor patents and publications. Map the chemistry, the active players, and where the market is moving in one query.

Find connected literature & prior art

Move from a structure or compound name to the relevant patents, papers, and prior art in one pass, without constructing complex queries or assembling synonym lists.

Check regulatory status

Bring TSCA, REACH, and EPA status into the same view as the technical and commercial landscape, so compliance is evaluated earlier in the R&D process.

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Our Data
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The Cypris Innovation Database

500M+ documents globally sourced and updated daily."The Bloomberg Terminal for innovation data." — R&D World Magazine

Chemical Compounds
120M+ indexed compounds with synonym,
trade name, vendor resolution and
structure drawing search
Global Patents
180M+ patent documents
from 150+ countries
Regulatory Bases
TSCA, REACH, and EPA standing
tracked alongside the record
Research Papers
270M+ searchable papers
from 20K+ journals
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By the numbers
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The impact of movingchemical research into Cypris.

65

%+

Average reduction in time spent on IP and stage-gate dependent research by consolidating fragmented tools into a single AI-powered workflow.

500

M+

Data points across patents, scientific literature, grants, and market intelligence, searchable from one platform.

$

500

K+

Estimated annual value returned in year 1, per enterprise team, through faster research cycles, reduced redundancy, and earlier competitive signals.
Turn any compound into a complete chemical intelligence landscape
Go beyond static compound data. Cypris Chemicals resolves identities, synonyms, trade names, patents, papers, commercial signals, and regulatory context into one AI-powered view, so your team can move from a single chemical question to a complete R&D, IP, and market landscape.