Chemical Patenting and Nomenclature Conversion

New synthetic structures are constantly being developed, making it increasingly important to adopt a definitive systematic nomenclature approach and ensure the accuracy of the resulting chemical name. With the advances of modern organic chemistry, this is not always an easy process. Not uncommonly, it can take up to half a day to turn one complex name into a chemical structure with confidence.

Scientists in chemical or pharmaceutical research frequently need to review the patentability of novel compounds and submit patent applications. Easy, reliable means for converting names to structures and structures to names significantly simplifies patent and literature searches. In patent submissions, proper chemical naming can make the difference between a valid and a contended patent.

Simplify Your Naming Tasks

Numerous individual users within chemical and pharmaceutical companies around the world - including a number of Fortune 500 companies - are taking advantage of ACD/Labs quality systematic name generation software - ACD/Name. This software offers:

• A variety of appropriate nomenclature standards and variations-IUPAC, IUBMB, and Index (CAS) - all in one interface
• Name-to-structure and structure-to-name conversions
• Common, trivial, and trade names and registry numbers, conveniently assembled in one structure-searchable package that contains over 120,000 names, to complement the systematic naming
• A detailed protocol of nomenclature generation for IUPAC names, with links to the corresponding text of the IUPAC recommendations, making manual examination and explanation easy and efficient

However, what if your naming tasks are rare, and your chemical structures are fairly simple? You can take advantage of our free online naming service that is provided for public use on IUPAC's website, as well as our own ACD/Labs Online service.

Are you having trouble naming a complex structure? Need to name a complex structure but don't have the time? Let ACD/Labs Chemical Naming Service do it for you. Our experts will name your compound, and certify that it is correct!

Whether you need to name one or 100,000 structures, we supply the tools. Throughout the world, chemical and pharmaceutical companies rely on our systematic naming products due to their superior quality and compliance with both IUPAC and CAS Index nomenclature rules.

Patent Your Novel Research

Among the most critical factors in patenting chemical compounds are the quality and the comprehensive coverage of the patent. Review our recent analysis of nomenclature errors found in chemical patents, and ways of eliminating such errors, in our application note "An Examination of Quality in Patents".

Since structures are often named ambiguously in patent literature, having both name-to-structure and structure-to-name conversions, and an ability to choose the appropriate nomenclature standard, is critical for comprehensive prior art reviews. To find out how naming software is used by patent attorneys and agents to help conduct comprehensive prior art searches and accurately name novel chemical compounds for patents, read more about the application of ACD/Name for patenting.