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December 2016

Meticulous Verification

Meticulous Verification by knowledgeable independent parties helps companies evaluate their process safety programs from an independent perspective.

Patent Exhaustion: The Patent Owner's Dilema

Patent exhaustion occurs when the patent owner sells a unit covered by the claims of the patent, using up the patent rights to the unit. This column provides an example of a company that struggled against patent exhaustion when its customers resold refillable toner catridges to remanufacturers...

Smart Manufacturing

Smart manufacturing optimizes manufacturing through the use of systems that integrate operational technologies and information technologies (OT/IT). These systems allow information to be available when and where it is needed across the entire manufacturing value-chain, which increases efficiency...

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