AI for Chemistry and Biotech Patents: What to Check
What a drafting tool has to handle before it is useful in chemistry and biotech: Markush structures, sequences, drawings and experimental data.
Key takeaways
- The starting point is the compounds named in the invention disclosure: their IUPAC names are converted into structures that the practitioner checks and corrects before anything else is generated.
- A Markush formula can be proposed from all the compounds or from a chosen subset, for example to claim intermediates separately from final products.
- Coverage is checked compound by compound against the formula: changing a single substituent shows at once which compounds fall outside it.
- Broadening and narrowing follow the usual layered approach, from the broadest generic formula down to fallback positions with restricted substituents. Suggested alternatives for R1, R2 or the scaffold are kept or rejected by the practitioner.
- Experimental data: a conversion-versus-time graph is turned into a figure description and a table for the specification, for the drafter to check and adjust.
- Sequence listings are imported and summarized with their feature keys and qualifiers, and consensus sequences can be generated under IMGT or Kabat numbering.
Speakers
Thomas Chazot, Head of Growth, DeepIP (host)
Romain Vidal, DeepIP (at the time of the session)
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