Patent ID: 6862533

Claim:
A method for the automated production and iterative automated optimization of a substance library having at least two substances or at least one reaction parameter relating to a performance characteristic of the substance library, the method comprising the steps of: (a) defining at least one production parameter and at least one test parameter; (b) automated preparation of the substance library by producing at least two substances on the basis of the at least one production parameter; (c) automated testing of the at least two substances of the substance library with respect to at least one performance characteristic on the basis of the at least one test parameter; (d) evaluating the test using electronic data analysis; and (e) varying the at least one production parameter and/or the at least one test parameter for optimizing the performance characteristics, to perform single or repeated iterations of steps b) to e) or c) to e), wherein the steps b) to e) are carried out as an integrated automated process.