Patent ID: 6892567
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: G01M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of determining the effect of a gas of interest on a product within a package comprising the steps of: a. obtaining data representing the package's total transmission of a test gas, said test gas being different than said gas of interest; b. determining the package's transmission of the gas of interest based upon its test gas transmission; c. obtaining storage condition data representing the amount of the gas of interest in the atmosphere surrounding the package during storage; and d. obtaining data representing the sensitivity of the product to the gas of interest and determining the shelf life of the packaged product based upon the package's gas-of-interest transmission, the storage condition data, and the product sensitivity data, or obtaining data representing the shelf life of the packaged product and determining the sensitivity of the product to the gas of interest based upon the package's gas-of-interest transmission, the storage condition data, and the shelf life data.