Patent Document ID: 9144829
Application ID: 13910770
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of organizing pathology assets, the method comprising: receiving a group of pathology assets, each pathology asset including (i) a sample portion which stores a pathology sample and (ii) an asset identification portion which identifies that pathology asset among other pathology assets; performing an iterative sorting operation to sort the group of pathology assets into smaller subgroups; and based on results of the iterative sorting operation, storing the smaller subgroups in respective container files; wherein the iterative sorting operation includes: distributing the pathology assets of the group of pathology assets among a set of first dividers based on application of a first sorting criteria to the asset identification portions of the pathology assets to separate the group of pathology assets into subgroups, and distributing a subgroup of pathology assets from one of the first dividers among a set of second dividers based on application of a second sorting criteria to the asset identification portions of the pathology assets to separate the subgroup of pathology assets into the smaller subgroups.