What does "Sourced from process " mean in transistor datasheet?
I have a "National Semiconductor Discrete Databook" from 1978, listing the semiconductor process used to make each of their transistors (including JFETs) at the time (e.g. BC547, which was Process 04 and package 77).

Then there follows several pages for each process, showing the mask pattern for each process as well as all its electrical characteristics, including bandwidth and noise at different collector currents.

That way, all the transistors using Process 04 can be described in the same few pages of data, rather than repeating the same information for every transistor.

Fairchild may publish a similar "Discrete Databook" with the same information.

My NS databook doesn't feature a Process 61. (60,62,63 yes) I don't know if there's a correspondence between Process numbers across different manufacturers but there might be, so that they were genuinely compatible second sources for each other. 

If you can find the equivalent BC547 datasheet you might check if it's process 04 or not, that might give us a clue about that.(EDIT : it doesn't name the process)

In the NS book, process numbers seem to be grouped by device type as follows:


Process 0x to 4x : NPN 
Process 5x : N channel JFET
Process 6x to 7x : PNP
Process 83,84,86 : dual N channel JFET
Process 88,89 : P channel JFET
Process 9x : N channel JFETs, some (93-95) dual  


And a separate range labelled 2C up to 5K for power transistors. Even numbers NPN, odd numbers PNP.

I wonder if there was some gentleman's agreement or de-facto standard or register of process numbers?

EDIT: a little more digging - namely google "Process 60" PNP transistor 
shows the first hit is the same databook in an utterly useless form - OCR'ed text only - no tables, drawings or graphs!

Also a NS MPS8550 datasheet has the same comment "sourced from process 60" (which has apparently been uprated from 500mA collector current to 800mA since 1978!) but I can only see Nat Semi transistors when searching for Process 60.

The same search on Process 61 brings up only Fairchild devices as far as I can see.

EDIT : (last one, I promise!) First evidence of process number sharing between Fairchild and Nat Semi.

Process 58 according to NatSemi (above) is a N-channel JFET (and an impressively low noise one, under 2nV/rtHz at 10mA drain current, if anyone needs a source follower for a capacitor microphone! It's designed for switching, but the desire for relatively low on resistance gives it the large area required for low noise) Sold as the 2N5432 or J108,J109,J110.

Fairchild sell the same part under the same names (J108 to J110) and the datasheet says "Sourced from Process 58".