Patent ID: 8620596

Claim:
A method for sorting chromatographic data comprising: (a) providing chromatographic data related to a first sample lot and chromatographic data related to a second sample lot to a processor; (b) using the processor to identify one or more chromatographic peaks associated with the first sample lot; (c) using the processor to identify parameters corresponding to each of the one or more chromatographic peaks of the first sample lot; (d) using the processor to identify one or more chromatographic peaks associated with the second sample lot; (e) using the processor to determine whether the one or more chromatographic peaks associated with the second sample lot correspond to one or more of the parameters corresponding to the chromatographic peaks of the first sample lot; (f) using the processor to establish one or more additional parameters corresponding to each chromatographic peak of the second sample lot that does not correspond to the parameters corresponding to the chromatographic peaks of the first sample lot; (g) using the processor to provide the additional parameters to an output device; and (h) using the processor to establish a composite parameter structure as a function of the parameters corresponding to the chromatographic peaks of the first sample lot and only one chromatographic peak corresponding to each of the additional parameters.