Process and apparatus for comparing chemical products
AssigneeMallinckrodt Inc.
InventorMatthew D. Sorenson
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for comparing chemical products includes a plurality of multi-code groups. Each of the multi-code groups includes a substance code indicating a chemical substance code identifying the product, a specification number code indicating a number of specifications characterizing the chemical substance, and a specification type code indicating the types of specifications, if any, characterizing the chemical substance and/or the attributes, if any, of the chemical substance. The multi-code groups for different products are compared so as to identify similarities and differences between different products based on similarities and differences between corresponding substance codes, specification number codes and specification type codes of the different products.
Claims21
A process for comparing a plurality of chemical products, comprising:
- A) providing a plurality of multi-code groups, each multi-code group corresponding to a separate product, each said multi-code group comprising:
- a substance code indicating a chemical substance identification of said product,
- a specification number code indicating a number of specifications characterizing said chemical substance, and
- if the number of specifications of a particular product is greater than zero, a specification type code indicating at least one type of specification characterizing said chemical substance, or at least one attribute of said chemical substance, or a combination thereof;
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- B) comparing said multi-code groups for different products so as to identify similarities and differences between different products based on similarities and differences between corresponding substance codes, specification number codes and specification type codes of said different products.
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