Global Patent Index - EP 1287321 A1

EP 1287321 A1 20030305 - METHOD FOR SELECTING TIME-TEMPERATURE INDICATORS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR SELECTING TIME-TEMPERATURE INDICATORS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR AUSWAHL VON ZEIT-TEMPERATUR-INDIKATOREN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE SELECTION D'INDICATEURS DE TEMPS/TEMPERATURE

Publication

EP 1287321 A1 20030305 (EN)

Application

EP 01930772 A 20010425

Priority

  • US 0113376 W 20010425
  • US 58552000 A 20000601

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0192840A1] A method for a distributor to market time-temperature indicators or integrators (TTIs) to customers. The distributor maintains an Internet web site having performance characteristic specifications for each TTI of its product line. The performance characteristic specifications can be visual graphs of the time/temperature relationships of the TTIs at a range of time-outs and temperatures. The customer, knowing at least one time/temperature point for a particular product, can review the TTI performance specifications on the web site and select one or more TTIs having performance specifications which match the known time/temperature point. The customer can then request samples of the selected TTIs. Products with the sample TTIs can be subjected to shelf-life degradation tests to evaluate the suitability of the TTIs.

IPC 1-7

G01K 3/04; G06F 17/30

IPC 8 full level

G01K 11/12 (2006.01); G01K 3/04 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01K 3/04 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0192840A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0192840 A1 20011206; AU 5727701 A 20011211; CA 2408511 A1 20011206; EP 1287321 A1 20030305; JP 2003535411 A 20031125

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0113376 W 20010425; AU 5727701 A 20010425; CA 2408511 A 20010425; EP 01930772 A 20010425; JP 2002501001 A 20010425