Patent ID: 7096084
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for formulating and producing a product for a specified functional use, comprising: (a) obtaining two possible formulas for the product, each formula having at least two chemical components; (b) for each component, separately environmentally classifying an environmental impact of the component for the functional use for a formula by the following process: (c) with respect to each component in the first formula multiplying its environmental class times a number representative of its relative weight presence in the first formula; (d) summing the result of the step (c) multiplications for the chemical components in the first formula to provide an environmental grade for the first formula; (e) with respect to each component in the second formula multiplying its environmental class times a number representative of its relative weight presence in the second formula; (f) summing the result of the step (e) multiplications for the chemical components in the second formula to provide an environmental grade for the second formula; and (g) comparing resulting environmental grades for the first and second formulas, and based at least in part on the comparison selecting a formulation for the product and producing a product based on that formulation; wherein the method is performed at least in part without the assistance of a computer.