Patents by Inventor Paul Whitford

Paul Whitford 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: 20100138205
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of dynamically simulating molecular interactions between a target molecule and a plurality of ligand molecules. The ligand molecules may be presented in the model as a homogeneous set of identical ligands or as a heterogeneous set of different ligands, such as, for example, a set of structural variants of a ligand molecule. Typically, the ligand molecule will be a small organic compound, such as a drug or other small molecule, and the ligand will be a protein or a protein domain, a nucleic acid (i.e., DNA, RNA), or a biomolecular complex of proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules. Unlike all known molecular dynamics simulation methods, the invention provides ligand molecules to the simulation's interaction environment(s) in excess relative to the target molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Y. Sanbonmatsu, Paul Whitford, Jose Onuchic