{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_substrate_denial72_20260805","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_light_screen_20260805","cell_id":"agentic_control_loop_design__accounting_auditing","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["inventory audit mechanical ratio comparator loaded tote tare reference sample lever balance","auditing inventory quantities weight sample unit mass tare mechanical balance"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"no_result_note":null},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["inventory test counting by weight audit tare average piece weight","counting scales inventory audit piece weight sample","mechanical counting balance ratio pan commodity receiver"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["PCAOB inventory observation physical counts quantity audit standard","OIML mechanical counting instrument unit-weight receptor tare device","Mettler Toledo mechanical counting balance inventory reference quantity"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"component_combination":{"queries":["compound lever balance tare arm ratio sample comparator mass quantity","mechanical counting scale fixed ratio sample pan pointer","non-automatic weighing instrument subtractive tare overload beam lock"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"AS 2510: Auditing Inventories","publisher":"Public Company Accounting Oversight Board","url":"https://pcaobus.org/oversight/standards/auditing-standards/details/AS2510","source_type":"OFFICIAL_STANDARD","claims_supported":["Auditors ordinarily must observe and test physical inventory counts when quantities are determined by physical count.","Accounting-record tests alone are insufficient when the auditor has not otherwise obtained satisfaction about inventory quantities.","Inventory methods and sampling must be evaluated for reliability relative to physical counting."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"US1880443A — Counting scale","publisher":"United States Patent Office, reproduced by Google Patents","url":"https://patents.google.com/patent/US1880443A/en","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["By 1932, a bench counting scale used a commodity receiver opposed by specimen pans through fixed-ratio lever mechanisms.","The scale used fixed ratios such as 9:1 and 99:1 and an indicator brought to a predetermined point when the commodity load balanced the specimens.","The disclosed purpose included counting like industrial parts for packaging and issuing stock."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"OIML R 76-1:2006 — Non-automatic weighing instruments, Part 1","publisher":"International Organization of Legal Metrology","url":"https://www.oiml.org/en/files/pdf_r/r076-1-e06.pdf","source_type":"OFFICIAL_STANDARD","claims_supported":["The recommendation expressly recognizes mechanical counting instruments with unit-weight receptors and requires visible counting-ratio identification and indication around zero.","It specifies mechanical counting ratios, ratio platforms, tare devices, maximum-capacity protection or indication, and manual beam locking.","It defines non-automatic weighing as allowing an operator to observe the indication and intervene when a result is unacceptable."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"Operating Instructions, Applications, Technical Data and Accessories: AM/PM/SM Balances","publisher":"Mettler-Toledo","url":"https://www.mt.com/mt_ext_files/Editorial/Generic/0/AM_PM_SM_TechData_Zubehr_0x00001008400695764001180a_files/AM-PM-SM-TData-e-704701.pdf","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["Piece-counting practice derives unit weight from a reference quantity and combines it with net weight to determine total count.","The manual explicitly identifies mechanical counting balances as an existing method and describes inventory as a counting application.","Available practice includes tare-container subtraction, selectable reference quantities, reference optimization, and separate reference balances."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED","finding":"The broader audit problem is visible: auditors need physical evidence about inventory quantities, and ledger tests alone may be insufficient. However, the narrower assertion that a static weight reading leaves quantity, tare, reference-unit mass, and comparison uncoupled is not generally established; longstanding counting balances already couple a commodity load to known reference pieces, while commercial counting procedures incorporate tare and alternative reference quantities.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"US1880443A fixed-ratio mechanical counting scale","source_ids":["SRC2"],"overlap":"Very high mechanism overlap: a bench apparatus mechanically opposes a commodity receiver with known specimens through fixed-ratio levers and exposes balance through a direct indicator.","remaining_difference":"It is presented as an industrial counting scale rather than an audit-hypothesis comparator and does not clearly disclose the proposal's simultaneous matched-empty-tote arm, keyed interchangeable claim plates, or prescribed repeated substitutions."},{"name":"OIML mechanical counting-instrument architecture","source_ids":["SRC3"],"overlap":"Recognizes mechanical unit-weight counting receptors, explicit counting ratios, zero-relative indication, operator intervention, tare functions, capacity protection, ratio platforms, and beam locking.","remaining_difference":"The standard specifies instrument classes and safeguards rather than the audit-specific combination of a loaded tote, separately loaded matched tare, interchangeable claim ratios, and blinded reconciliation protocol."},{"name":"Mettler-Toledo reference-weight piece-counting practice","source_ids":["SRC4"],"overlap":"Uses a counted reference quantity, net load after container tare, selectable or optimized reference quantities, and immediate count results, including for inventory work.","remaining_difference":"The described products principally calculate and display counts electronically rather than embodying the recorded claim in a wholly mechanical torque comparison."}],"prior_art_disposition":"SUBSTANTIAL_COLLISION","contrastive_claim_remaining":"Relative to established mechanical counting scales, the remaining testable claim is narrowly the integrated audit configuration: a loaded-tote receiver, simultaneously loaded matched-empty-tote tare arm, interchangeable fixed-ratio plates representing a recorded quantity, and repeated sample/tare/ratio substitutions provide more direct localization of tare-versus-unit-mass-versus-quantity sensitivity than an ordinary scale-plus-calculation baseline. Novelty, accuracy superiority, audit sufficiency, and broader assurance do not remain supported claims.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The claim is falsified if an earlier opened technical source or existing instrument is shown to combine the same simultaneous container-tare, known-sample fixed-ratio, pointer comparison, and operator substitution functions, or if blinded mock-tote trials show that the rig cannot distinguish count changes from plausible tare and unit-mass variation within its repeatability band, or provides no prespecified localization advantage over scale-plus-calculation.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered direct wording, historical counting-scale terminology, auditing and metrology standards, first-party products, and component combinations. Four opened sources span four publishers and include official standards, a primary patent record, and first-party documentation.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The need for physical evidence about inventory quantity is supported, although the proposed lack of a coupled measurement method is only partly supported because mechanical and commercial counting systems already address much of it.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"After excluding the established fixed-ratio counting mechanism, a narrow comparison remains concerning simultaneous matched-container taring and controlled physical substitutions for localizing alternative assumptions.","source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"A low-load blinded mock-tote trial with concealed counts, repeated configurations, reversal checks, prespecified repeatability limits, and an ordinary-scale baseline is bounded, reversible, and capable of falsifying the remaining claim.","source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Mock inert loads, rated fixtures, capacity indication or prevention, beam arrest, unloading criteria, and withholding all ledger or audit-opinion changes avoid an obvious stop. Any later evidentiary use would require metrology and audit-methodology approval.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3"]}},"screen_survival":false,"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found substantial collision with longstanding mechanical counting-scale art. It cannot establish world novelty, patentability, market size, expert acceptance, or realized value."}