# Igor Melnyk — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Igor Melnyk has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Computer Model Designs Proteins by Matching Structure to Sequence](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12412637/embedding-based-generative-model-for-protein-design) — granted 2025
  IBM's 2025 patent describes a computer system that designs new protein sequences by first understanding a target 3D protein shape and then generating a sequence that would fold into that shape.

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