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Compliance tracking method

US6839604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2001
Grant dateJan 4, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/32049
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is provided a method for automatically tracking compliance in a manufacturing process involving successive manufacturing operations comprising selecting an object; associating an identifier with said object, said identifier comprising a memory; performing a first manufacturing operation relating to the object; following the successful completion of said first manufacturing operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory; performing one or more further manufacturing operations relating to the object; and following the successful completion of each said further manufacturing operation or any package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory.

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