Antoni Nuñez Romeu
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International Prior Art Search
Project: FarmaFinder
This document summarizes the international prior-art position for the technical concept described in the FarmaFinder patent materials.
Technical scope
The invention concerns a computer-implemented system and method for identifying a therapeutic need from the scan of an individual health card or equivalent patient-related identifier, associating that result with an authenticated user, comparing the inferred need with geolocated pharmacy inventory, and generating supply-related actions when the required product is not available.
Main categories of prior art identified
The following classes of prior-art documents are relevant to the search:
- Medicine search platforms that allow users to locate medicines by name or active ingredient.
- Pharmacy locator systems that display nearby pharmacies and, in some cases, opening hours, distance, or approximate availability.
- Inventory management systems used by pharmacies, distributors, or health-related retail networks.
- Digital health applications that store user profiles, location data, reminders, or treatment-related information.
- Reservation, referral, or notification workflows that allow a user or a pharmacy to react when a product is out of stock.
Distinguishing technical features
Based on the current project documentation, the present invention is distinguished by the combination of the following technical features in a single workflow:
- secure capture of a health-card identifier or equivalent patient-related credential;
- verification of the captured data and association with an authenticated user profile;
- automatic derivation of a medicine reference or therapeutic need;
- real-time comparison against pharmacy stock data from geolocated pharmacies;
- ranking of pharmacies according to availability, distance, and opening status;
- automatic generation of reserve, notification, order, or referral actions when stock is insufficient;
- technical traceability of the event across the processing chain.
Assessment
The reviewed prior-art categories appear to disclose individual parts of the technical problem, but not the complete integrated architecture described above in a single system. In particular, the combination of:
- patient-context capture through a health identifier,
- automated therapeutic inference,
- geolocated stock comparison, and
- machine-generated supply actions
does not appear to be disclosed as a unified technical chain in the documents reviewed at the project level.
Suggested search focus for the European search phase
For the European Patent Office search phase, the search should focus on documents relating to:
- patient identifier scanning;
- health-card reading or optical capture of patient credentials;
- medicine search and pharmacy availability systems;
- pharmacy reservation and referral workflows;
- location-based ranking of pharmacies;
- automated inventory-driven notification or order generation;
- health-related digital assistants that combine user context with stock availability.
Working conclusion
On the basis of the current project documentation, the invention is presented as a computer-implemented technical solution that integrates identification, verification, geolocation, inventory contrast, and automated supply actions in one workflow. No single reference has been identified at the project level that clearly discloses the full combination of these features.
Date
13 August 2026