ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,902, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Peptilogics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Artificial intelligence engine architecture for generating candidate drugs" was invented by Francis Lee (Cambridge, Mass.), Jonathan D. Steckbeck (Cranberry Township, Pa.) and Hannes Holste (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for using an artificial intelligence engine to generate candidate drug compounds, wherein the method comprises: generating candidate drug compounds comprising sequences via a creator module of the artificial intelligence engine. The method includes generating, via a descriptor module, a respective description for ...