http://www.chemspider.com/blog/name-to-structure-conversion-and-what-one-little-patent-might-do.html Building Community for Chemists Fri, 24 May 2013 06:45:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/name-to-structure-conversion-and-what-one-little-patent-might-do.html/comment-page-1#comment-141296 ChemSpider Blog » Blog Archive » Foreign Language Translation of Chemical Nomenclature by Computer Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:32:07 +0000 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/?p=210#comment-141296 [...] Computer software for the generation of systematic names from structures and the conversion of chemical names to structures has been the subject of numerous discussions on this blog as we have discussed Chemmantis and the need for high qualityy conversion of chemical names to structures. There are a number of software programs available for the generation of names from structures and vice versa. The ones I have most knowledge of are those of ACD/Labs, Cambridgesoft and OpenEye. I have worked with all of them and they all have their strengths and weaknesses but all three companies are working to improve their products. What is interesting is Cambridegsoft’s position in regards to Name to Structure conversion…they seem to have it patented. [...]

]]> http://www.chemspider.com/blog/name-to-structure-conversion-and-what-one-little-patent-might-do.html/comment-page-1#comment-3605 Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Cambridge - petermr’s blog » Blog Archive » Oh Dear … Patent on Name2Structure conversion Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:49:50 +0000 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/?p=210#comment-3605 [...] structures. (BTW I am genuinely grateful for this post, as for several of the others). He writes: Name to Structure Conversion – and What One Little Patent Might Do… Those of you watching this blog will likely have seen multiple conversations by myself regarding [...]

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