Further Reading on Markush Structures

Markush or Generic Structures. J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 1991 31(1) 1. A brief summary of the conceptual basis of generic chemical structures in patents and the terminology used in discussing it. Written as an introduction to a special issue of the journal devoted to the use of Markush structures in the patent literature and the databases that allow searching of Markush structures. 

Berks AH. Markush Structures in Patents. The Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry. Schleyer PVR, Allinger NL, Clark T, Gasteiger J, Kollman PA, Schaefer HF III, Schreiner PR, eds. Vol. 3. Chichester Wiley, 1998 1552-1559. 

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