Craig A Niermann

US Patent:

20050197789, Sep 8, 2005

Filed:

Oct 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/959924

Inventors:

Craig Andrew Niermann - Johnson City TN, US
Paul Jayaraj Rajiah - Kingsport TN, US
Steven Ankabrandt - Kingsport TN, US
Bryan Swenson - Big Lake MN, US
Abraham Cox - Kingsport TN, US
D. Hickman - Kingsport TN, US

International Classification:

G01N031/00

US Classification:

702023000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for deriving chemical compositions that are present in a chemical product to be manufactured and for determining whether the chemical product complies with government regulations. A method can comprise obtaining a bill of material comprising components to manufacture the chemical product; ascertaining whether any of the components comprises subcomponents; replacing any components comprising subcomponents with the subcomponents in a revised bill of material; and deriving from the revised bill of material the chemical compositions present in the manufactured chemical product. In some embodiments, the derived chemical compositions can be compared to a stored set of government regulatory standards relating to the chemical compositions to determine compliance.