Methane

Methane

SCHEMBL1650698

C.CCCCC1(O)COC1

nearest known ligand 0.35

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Predicted protein targets (top 5)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
OPRM1 P35372 1/20 0.34
OPRD1 P41143 1/20 0.34
OPRK1 P41145 1/20 0.34
OPRL1 P41146 1/20 0.34
EPHX1 P07099 1/20 0.32

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Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules

Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
SCHEMBL5866464 0.98
Ethane SCHEMBL1650765 0.95 OPRM1 (0.34) OPRM1OPRD1OPRK1OPRL1EPHX1
SCHEMBL5866459 0.91 OPRM1 (0.36) OPRM1OPRD1OPRK1OPRL1
Methane SCHEMBL1010580 0.85
SCHEMBL5866508 0.82
Ethane SCHEMBL1011517 0.80 EPHX1 (0.35) EPHX1
SCHEMBL22269278 0.74 OPRM1 (0.40) OPRM1OPRD1OPRK1OPRL1
SCHEMBL7648702 0.74 OPRM1 (0.36) OPRM1OPRD1OPRK1OPRL1
Methane SCHEMBL1011418 0.74
SCHEMBL5169885 0.74

Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.

Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them

Claimed or disclosed in 387 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
US-20260092132-A1 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, WATER-BLOCKING MATERIAL, AND CABLE SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (JP) 2026-04-02 US disclosed
EP-4700069-A1 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR WATER-ABSORBING RESIN PARTICLES, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JP) 2026-02-25 EP disclosed
US-12533658-B2 Water-absorbent resin particles SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (JP) 2026-01-27 US disclosed
US-12515191-B2 Particulate water-absorbent resin composition SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (JP) 2026-01-06 US disclosed
EP-4667517-A1 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN PARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, ABSORBENT BODY, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JP) 2025-12-24 EP disclosed
EP-4644489-A1 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN COMPOSITION, WATER-STOPPING MATERIAL, AND CABLE Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JP) 2025-11-05 EP disclosed
US-12427503-B2 Method for producing water absorbent resin particles and aqueous monomer solution SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (JP) 2025-09-30 US disclosed
EP-4592362-A1 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN COMPOSITION, WATER-STOPPING MATERIAL, AND CABLE Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JP) 2025-07-30 EP disclosed
EP-4592361-A1 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, WATER STOP MATERIAL, AND CABLE Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JP) 2025-07-30 EP disclosed
US-20250235848-A1 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN PARTICLES SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (JP) 2025-07-24 US disclosed
CN-1761699-A Process for production of water-absorbing resin particles SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS (JP) 2006-04-19 CN disclosed
CN-1246046-C Water absorbing agent and method for producing same NIPPON CATALYTIC CHEM IND (JP) 2006-03-22 CN disclosed
CN-1747751-A Water-absorbent resin composition and its production process NIPPON CATALYTIC CHEM IND (JP) 2006-03-15 CN disclosed
EP-1609810-A1 PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER-ABSORBING RESIN PARTICLES SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (JP) 2005-12-28 EP disclosed
CN-1709980-A Water absorbent resin composition and production method thereof NIPPON CATALYSTS CO LTD (JP) 2005-12-21 CN disclosed
CN-1616525-A Water-absorbent resin having treated surface and process for producing the same NIPPON CATALYTIC CHEM IND (JP) 2005-05-18 CN disclosed
US-6809158-B2 AN OXETANE COMPOUND AND/OR AN IMIDAZOLIDINONE FOR CROSSLINKING A WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN; BALANCE BETWEEN THE ABSORPTION CAPACITY WITHOUT AND WITH A LOAD; FLUIDITY UNDER A HYGROSCOPIC ATMOSPHERE; EXCELLENT SAFETY; DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (JP) 2004-10-26 US disclosed
US-20020072471-A1 Water-absorbing agent and process for producing the same NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (JP) 2002-06-13 US disclosed
CN-1349830-A Water absorbing agent and method for producing same NIPPON CATALYTIC CHEM IND (JP) 2002-05-22 CN disclosed
EP-1199327-A2 Water-absorbing agent and process for producing the same Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (JP) 2002-04-24 EP disclosed

Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?

For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (2 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.

PatentTitleText reads most aboutPredicted target · text-rank
US-20260092132-A1 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, WATER-BLOCKING MATERIAL, AND CABLE SLC40A1, TERB1, ECPAS OPRM1 3652/4885OPRD1 3160/4885OPRK1 3010/4885
US-12533658-B2 Water-absorbent resin particles CD14, MYADM, EPCAM OPRM1 1158/4885OPRD1 1595/4885OPRK1 2912/4885

“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.