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US 2001/0034674 A1Published application
Sample shipping and storing apparatus and method
OwnerRoger P. Hoffmaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system for storing, delivering and tracking samples.
Claims14
A system for storing samples from multiple manufacturing locations comprising;
- a warehouse or facility for storing samples of goods;
- said facility storing perishable samples and providing appropriate environmental conditions necessary to keep said samples viable;
- a database for storing information concerning the characteristics of said sample.
A computer system for samples comprising;
- a database which comprises information of each sample;
- said database containing information regarding the number of samples from a particular supplier of a particular type.
A method for storing samples comprising;
- providing identification numbers to each sample;
- storing information about said samples;
- sending said sample to said customer along with information about said sample tracking delivery of said sample from a facility where said sample is stored to a final destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.