Method and system for providing analysis data on chemical compounds and for providing chemical compound availability information

A method for exchanging information between providers and users of chemical compound products, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a chemical compound data information server system, said server system being computer based and having data processing and storage capabilities and electronic communication connections that permit users to electronically connect their computer with said server system to exchange chemical compound information there between;
• permitting access to said server system to approved suppliers, and allowing said suppliers to upload to and remove from said server system chemical compound lot specification data and quantity data and corresponding chemical analysis data for each chemical compound lot;
• receiving a plurality of certificates of analysis from said suppliers and associating each of the certificates of analysis with a particular chemical compound lot specification received from said suppliers, said plurality of certificates of analysis being stored on the server system over a historical period of time that extends beyond the availability of the product for purchase from said suppliers;
• permitting access to said server system to approved users desiring data on chemical compound lots;
• receiving chemical compound specification requirements from said users;
• providing an electronic listing to said user's computer including said chemical compound lot specification data for chemical compound lots that satisfy said chemical compound requirements specification of said users;
• and
• electronically displaying at least one of the certificates of analysis upon receiving a request from the user's computer for the at least one certificate of analysis associated with a particular one of said chemical compound lots, and wherein the at least one certificate of analysis is in printable form.

Computing device for exchanging information between suppliers of chemical compound products and users desiring information on chemical compound products, said device comprising:

• a server computer having data processing and storage capabilities;
• electronic communication means connected to said server computer that enables said server computer to electronically communicate with computers operated by the users and exchange data therebetween;
• and wherein said server computer performs the following steps:
• permitting access to said server computer to approved suppliers having chemical compound lots, and allowing said suppliers to upload to and remove from said server system chemical compound lot specification data and quantity data and corresponding chemical analysis data for each of said chemical compound lots;
• receiving a plurality of certificates of analysis from said suppliers for each of said chemical compound lots and associating each of the certificates of analysis with a particular chemical compound lot specification received from said suppliers;
• permitting access to said server computer to the users desiring data on chemical compound lots;
• receiving chemical compound specification requirements from the users;
• providing an electronic listing to the user's computer including said chemical compound lot specification data for chemical compound lots that satisfy said chemical compound requirements specification of the users;
• and
• transmitting at least one of the certificates of analysis to the user's computer upon receiving a request from the user's computer for the at least one certificate of analysis associated with a particular one of said chemical compound lots.

A method comprising:

• providing a chemical compound data information server system accessible over a network, said server system having a database containing a plurality of certificates of analysis and related chemical compound lot specification data from a plurality of suppliers;
• from the database, retrieving a first certificate of analysis of a first supplier based on input received from a first user;
• displaying the first certificate of analysis to the first user in a printable form;
• from the database, retrieving a second certificate of analysis of a second supplier based on input received from a second user;
• and
• displaying the second certificate of analysis to the second user in a printable form.