Whether your R&D teams are synthesizing a new molecule with commercial potential or seeking protection against infringement in a new chemical space, a chemical structure search helps you identify identical or similar molecular structures across patent and non-patent literature, revealing what has already been patented and where innovation is heading.
Unlike traditional keyword searches, a chemical structure search leverages the graphical or structural representation of compounds to deliver precise, structure-level intelligence. This enables you to detect existing patents or disclosures involving similar compounds, validate the novelty of your chemical entities before filing, uncover structurally related substances for benchmarking or development, and gather targeted prior art to support or challenge patent claims.
By assessing infringement risks and analyzing molecular innovation trends, you gain a competitive edge that guides your early-stage research, evaluates freedom-to-operate, and strengthens your competitive intelligence across the chemical and life sciences landscape. Ultimately, insights from chemical structure searches empower you to make faster, innovation-driven decisions, protect your inventions smarter, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.
Kick-start by deeply understanding the molecular or Markush structure you’re working with, focusing on the core moiety, key substructures, isomerism, and derivatives. For complex or large compounds, strategically break down the structure into meaningful sub-units to enable accurate, efficient chemical structure searching.
Conduct comprehensive structure searches across patent and non-patent literature using a curated mix of paid and free databases chosen for their relevance, reliability, and ability to retrieve technically and legally significant disclosures, ensuring accurate results aligned with the latest tools and technologies.
Conduct a two-level citation analysis (backward and forward) on relevant patents to comprehensively map the technological landscape and trace the evolution of innovations. This includes reviewing assignee, inventor, and author information from both patents and non-patent literature identified in Step 2 (A) to ensure thorough coverage of all related disclosures, both historically and in recent developments.
Conduct a thorough analysis of search results from Step 2A and Step 2B to identify the most relevant references, including key excerpts or claims in the final report, with distinct colors highlighting different moieties to accelerate and streamline document review.
Deliver the final report in your preferred format (Excel or Word), with embedded macros that support multi-text filtering and seamless Excel-to-Word conversion, streamlining the data review process. The results are presented according to the required depth of analysis, categorized into three levels: Quick Analysis, which provides a list of relevant references without structural or attribute mapping; Moderate Analysis, which defines R-groups and variables to clarify key chemical structures within the identified references; and Extensive Analysis, which maps actual structures to Markush structures found in pertinent sources, enabling precise identification of structures aligned with the target of interest.
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