Patents by Inventor Michael A. Sherman

Michael A. Sherman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030055620
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for validating a computer modeling of a molecular system. The method has the steps of selecting a model parameter of the molecular system; selecting a validation measure of the molecular system; simulating the molecular system by the computer modeling with the selected model parameter; then determining a value of the validation measure of said molecular system from the simulating step; and testing whether the value of the validation measure is in a predetermined range to validate the computer modeling. The method can be performed iteratively by varying the model parameter continuously, such as varying a temperature model parameter, or discretely, such as substituting for different residues in a protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Protein Mechanics
    Inventors: Michael G. Hollars, Michael A. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20020198695
    Abstract: For the computer modeling of molecules, a model with reduced coordinates is used with sufficiently stable implicit integration methods integrating the model's equations of motion. The timesteps in the integration method can vary in a range over 100 to greatly increase the computer's efficiency and to hasten the computational results. Both static analysis and molecular dynamics simulations are some ready applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Protein Mechanics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Sherman, Dan E. Rosenthal