Patent ID: 7054754
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G06F,G16C

Abstract:
1. A method for use in deriving chemical structural information, comprising the steps of: acquiring a chemical name; preprocessing the name to standardize its formatting; dividing the name into a series of meaningful text string fragments; associating each meaningful text string fragment with at least one data object known as a nomToken, thereby creating a list of one or more nomTokens, wherein each text string fragment comprises the name of the corresponding nomToken, and wherein each nomToken comprises: and wherein each nomToken is classified by Type and Subtype from a ranked list of Types and Subtypes; consolidating two or more nomTokens into a single replacement nomToken; and repeating the consolidating step until only one nomToken remains, wherein the connection table of the remaining nomToken corresponds to the structure of the chemical name.