METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DRUG DISCOVERY USING WEIGHTED GRAND CANONICAL METROPOLIS MONTE CARLO SAMPLING - Patent 1644860

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EP 1 644 860 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.04.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	12.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/15

(21)	Application number: 04776948.4

(22)	Date of filing: 25.06.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06G 7/48^(1968.09)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/020059

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/001645 (06.01.2005 Gazette 2005/01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

27.06.2003 US 482774 P
08.10.2003 US 509272 P
09.10.2003 US 509543 P
23.12.2003 US 531687 P
31.12.2003 US 748708
08.03.2004 US 794181

(71)	Applicants:
	Locus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Blue Bell, PA 19422 (US) Sarnoff Corporation Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BRUNNER, Stephan CH-1028 Preverenges (CH) KARNEY, Charles Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)

(74)	Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co., 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DRUG DISCOVERY USING WEIGHTED GRAND CANONICAL METROPOLIS MONTE CARLO SAMPLING