Patent Document ID: 9548001
Application ID: 14079268
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for modeling a structure of a molecule, the system comprising: a plurality of atom-modeling components, wherein the atom-modeling components include bond-connector attachment features arranged in a bond-connector attachment plane of a body of the atom-modeling components and connecting features for forming connections between atom-modeling components in a direction extending out of the bond-connector attachment plane to represent a single atom; and a plurality of bond-connector components for connecting the bond-connector attachment features of the atom-modeling components in various configurations, wherein the bond-connector attachment features are disposed at a first set of directions within the bond-connector attachment plane for a first type of the atom-modeling components used to attach first ones of the bond-connector components providing sigma-bond representations, and wherein the bond-connector attachment features are disposed at a second set of directions within the bond-connector attachment plane for a second type of the atom-modeling components used to attach second ones of the bond-connector components providing pi-bond representations, wherein the first set of directions differ from the second set of directions to provide a mechanical exclusion feature that prevents simultaneous connection of two of the bond-connector components between a first pair of the atom-modeling components connected via the connecting features of the first pair of the atom-modeling components to represent a first atom and a second pair of the atom-modeling components connected via the connecting features of the second pair of the atom-modeling components to represent a second atom, while permitting simultaneous connection of two of the bond-connector components between the first pair of the atom-modeling components and a third pair of the atom-modeling components connected via the connecting features of the third pair of the atom-modeling components to represent a third atom.