Self-purging paper records filing system
First Claim
1. ) A method of automatic purging of obsolete paper records in a filing system comprising of:
- a) categorizing documents based on their inherent longevity and the number of valid concurrent instances that may exist for each category of documents, and b) providing a finite series of pre-classified file folders corresponding to the said categories into which documents are inserted, and c) reusing said file folders by replacing obsolete documents within the file folders as current documents are generated with current documents.
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Abstract
A paper records filing system comprised of a multiplicity of pre-numbered and pre-categorized hanging file folders organized into three categories of documents: 1) documents for which a plurality of valid instances may exist at any given time, and for which each valid instance has an indeterminate useful life, 2) documents for which a single instance may exist at any given time, and for which each valid instance has an indeterminate useful life, and 3) documents for which a plurality of valid instances may exist at any given time, and for which each valid instance has a limited useful life. File folders are reused as new instances of documents are placed in pre-categorized hanging file folders replacing obsolete documents previously filed in the reused hanging file folder. Obsolete documents may become obsolete either because of the passage of time makes them obsolete or the generation of a new instance makes them obsolete. Hanging file folders are numbered and categorized depending on which in these events caused the documents contained therein to become obsolete.
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1. ) A method of automatic purging of obsolete paper records in a filing system comprising of:
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a) categorizing documents based on their inherent longevity and the number of valid concurrent instances that may exist for each category of documents, and b) providing a finite series of pre-classified file folders corresponding to the said categories into which documents are inserted, and c) reusing said file folders by replacing obsolete documents within the file folders as current documents are generated with current documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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