Thermo Fisher Scientific New Lot-Numbering System Owner's manual

User Bulletin No. 6

Peptide Synthesizer

November 1985 (updated 07/2002)

SUBJECT: New Lot-Numbering System For Applied Biosystems Chemical

Products And Supplies

Applied Biosystems has adopted a new lot-numbering system for all chemical

products and supplies. Effective November 1985, the following six digit code will be

used. Understanding this code will help you determine the manufacturing dates of

purchased chemical products.

The remaining three numerical digits are the lot of manufacture and are sequential for each

product.

Example: A5K002

* A fourth numerical digit will be used when lot number 1000 is reached.

First Digit: Manufacturing Location

Second Digit: Year (within the decade)

0-9

Third Digit: Month (as an alpha character)

A = January G = July

B = February H = August

C = March J = September

D = April K = October

E = May L = November

F = June M = December

A = Manufacturing Location

5 = 1985

K = October

002 = Lot Number Sequence*, second lot produced

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

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