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Patent Issued for the MolySym Corporation’s Hyper Molecular Modeling System

The MolySym Corporation, a provider of advanced technology solutions for research, training and education, was issued Patent No. 7,558,707, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Integrating a Physical Molecular Model with a Computer-Based Visualization and Simulation Model”, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 7, 2009 – MolySym (www.molysym.com) today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,558,707 for its Hyper Molecular Modeling System. The Hyper Molecular Modeling System is a novel multimodal molecular modeling kit that creates a seamless interface between a hand held physical ball-and-stick molecular model and a computer generated virtual molecular model. Hyper Molecular Models or “hypermodels” blend multiple modalities (tactile, force, audio, and visual), thereby improving a student’s understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that occur on the molecular level.

The patent, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Integrating a Physical Molecular Model with a Computer-Based Visualization and Simulation Model”, is a significant validation of the Company’s business strategy to obtain broad, worldwide protection of its advanced technologies and intellectual property.  Woody Sherman, founder and President of MolySym commented, “We are very pleased with the progress being made toward the commercial offering of Hypermodels. Gaining protection on our intellectual property is an important step in the process.  Hypermodeling will play a critical role in advancing the level of science education in secondary and post secondary schools, making learning fundamental physical chemistry principles easy to understand and accessible to all students.  This lays the foundation for growing industries such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials science, green chemistry, and other chemistry-related areas. Hypermodeling will change the way students learn chemistry and improve the general level of chemistry education.”

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program in the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education, provides funding for the research and development behind the Hyper Molecular Modeling System.  Keith Donaldson, the CEO of the MolySym Corporation, said, “If we wish to invest our students with grounding in science and an understanding of the way the world works in the hope that it will make them better citizens of the 21st century, grounding in chemistry and its impact on our lives are a critical part of that understanding.  For the United States to maintain its scientific and technological leadership, the chemical sciences must attract the very best minds, which means recruiting more women and minorities and revising undergraduate and high school curriculums to make chemistry more appealing to students with a variety of interests and learning styles.”

MolySym’s flagship product, the Hyper Molecular Modeling System, improves students’ understanding of physical, chemical, and biological changes that occur on the molecular level by coupling a tactile representation of a molecule to the underlying digital information contained in a computer-generated virtual molecule. By enabling students to get their hands on the subject matter and to work in multiple modalities, MolySym’s technology promotes a deeper understanding of the dynamic nature of molecular systems. Integrating Hypermodeling into the standard science curriculum will allow educators to capture students’ interest and provide a rich appreciation and understanding of fundamental scientific principles, thereby nurturing the scientists and entrepreneurs of the future.

For additional information on MolySym and Hyper Molecular Modeling, contact Keith Donaldson or visit www.molysym.com.

ABOUT MOLYSYM CORPORATION:

MolySym is provider of advanced technology solutions for molecular-level research, training, and education. The company, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, emerged from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a cross-section of talent from the Department of Chemistry, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the Computational Systems Biology Initiative, and the Media Laboratory. MolySym is dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies to improve Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.

CONTACT:

Keith Donaldson, Principal Investigator & CEO
MolySym Corporation

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