{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_substrate_denial72_20260805","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_light_screen_20260805","cell_id":"incentive_compatible_rule_design__accounting_auditing","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["mechanical inventory dispenser token retained audit trail parts bin twin tag","site:gov warehouse inventory audit issue slips missing","site:gov inventory audit storeroom withdrawal records missing"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"no_result_note":null},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["tool crib inventory issue tags duplicate tag system","tool check brass tags tool crib","two part claim check tag inventory issue control storeroom pre numbered"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["industrial vending machine mechanical parts dispenser inventory control no electronics","inventory issue source documents completeness physical controls storeroom audit standard","industrial vending machine audit counter token dispenser transaction record historical"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"component_combination":{"queries":["patent tag removal releases article dispenser tear off record","patent inventory rack removable ticket releases item retained ticket","patent article dispensing detachable tag retained inventory record","patent mechanical dispenser retained token each item dispensed audit"],"source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":"No opened source disclosed the complete combination of a uniquely matched twin tab, one-stroke one-item release, automatic retention of the counterpart, and breach-evident off-port access."}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"Inventory Control Manual, Appendix II: Storeroom Techniques","publisher":"Maryland Department of General Services","url":"https://dgs.maryland.gov/Documents/inventory/InventoryControlManual.pdf","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Identifies withdrawals without proper paperwork, unauthorized withdrawals, delayed or lost requisitions, and misappropriation as causes of inaccurate storeroom records.","Recommends triplicate withdrawal requisitions, serially numbered inventory documents, restricted access, segregation of duties, and frequent test counts for theft-prone items.","Shows that conventional controls leave record creation procedurally separate from physical withdrawal."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"ASA 501 Audit Evidence—Specific Considerations for Inventory and Other Matters","publisher":"Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of Australia","url":"https://standards.auasb.gov.au/asa-501-mar-2020","source_type":"OFFICIAL_STANDARD","claims_supported":["Requires attention to inventory movements and whether changes between count and reporting dates are properly recorded.","States that tracing physical items to count records supplies evidence about record completeness and accuracy.","Notes that physical-to-record differences can indicate ineffective controls over inventory changes, while count evidence does not itself identify the cause of a discrepancy."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"Class Definition for Class 221—Article Dispensing","publisher":"United States Patent and Trademark Office","url":"https://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspc221/defs221.htm","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Documents a mature article-dispensing field containing latches, gravity or assisted discharge, replenishment openings, one-operation segregation, and other mechanical release structures.","Subclass 26 expressly covers dispensers in which removing an article requires severing or deforming it, including tearing a removable portion from a retained portion.","The classification does not itself disclose unique matched witness halves, controlled witness collection, or use as storeroom issue evidence."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"Industrial Vending Machines—RS VendStock","publisher":"RS Group","url":"https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/services/inventory-solutions/rs-vendstock","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["Offers coil and locker machines for controlled point-of-use dispensing of parts, tools, PPE, consumables, and higher-value assets.","Claims tracking and tracing of stock distribution and movement, tighter security, operator-consumption visibility, and reduced paperwork.","Its described traceability is digitally enabled through touchscreens, integrated systems, and automated replenishment rather than a purely mechanical retained witness."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"SUPPORTED","finding":"The problem is visible. Maryland guidance specifically identifies storeroom withdrawals without completed paperwork, unauthorized withdrawals, lost or delayed requisitions, deliberate quantity discrepancies, and misappropriation as sources of inaccurate records. ASA 501 independently establishes why controls over inventory movement and physical-to-record reconciliation matter, while also supporting the proposal's point that a later discrepancy does not by itself explain the underlying movement.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"Mechanically torn or deformed article-dispensing arrangements in USPTO Class 221/26","source_ids":["SRC3"],"overlap":"Physical removal can be made conditional on tearing or deforming material, including separating a removable portion from a retained portion; the surrounding classification also covers established mechanical dispensing and release structures.","remaining_difference":"The class definition does not establish one unique twin-tab identity per stored part, simultaneous one-item release and locked counterpart capture, a matching half remaining on the issued part, or breach evidence around all alternative access paths."},{"name":"RS VendStock industrial vending machines","source_ids":["SRC4"],"overlap":"Secures and dispenses industrial parts and higher-value assets at point of use while tracking their distribution and consumption, using coil or locker mechanisms.","remaining_difference":"The product is expressly digitally enabled and does not describe a software-independent, frangible matched-pair witness automatically retained by the machine."},{"name":"Serially numbered triplicate withdrawal requisitions and secured-storeroom controls","source_ids":["SRC1"],"overlap":"Creates controlled, traceable issue-document populations and combines them with restricted access, reconciliation, and accountability for unrecorded withdrawals.","remaining_difference":"The paperwork remains a separately performed human action; the guidance does not physically make document creation inseparable from ordinary release of one item."}],"prior_art_disposition":"ADJACENT_PRIOR_ART","contrastive_claim_remaining":"For a bounded class of parts, a purely mechanical single-exit rack can make the same user stroke both release exactly one part and irreversibly place one uniquely matching tab half in a locked cassette while leaving the other half on the part, so a normal nondestructive withdrawal without that witness is infeasible. The retained sources separately show mechanical tear-coupled dispensing, controlled industrial vending, and serial issue records, but not this complete physical combination.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The claim is falsified by an opened prior source or existing product that discloses the same complete combination, or experimentally if a user can obtain a replica part through the intended port without exactly one correct retained half, produce a credible retained half without the matched release, swap identities without visible discontinuity, obtain multiple parts per stroke, or bypass the enclosure without the predefined trace.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered the proposal directly, tool-crib and historical tag terminology, official inventory-control and auditing materials, current industrial vending products, patent terminology, and combinations of tearing, retention, release, and audit-record components. Four opened sources span four publishers and include official guidance, an auditing standard, and a first-party product source.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Official storeroom guidance directly recognizes undocumented and unauthorized withdrawals, delayed or missing paperwork, and resulting record inaccuracies; the auditing standard confirms the evidentiary importance and limitations of movement controls and physical reconciliation.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The remaining claim is narrower than the adjacent art: one purely mechanical stroke must produce exactly one released part and one uniquely matched retained physical witness, with off-path access leaving a defined trace. Each condition is directly observable and falsifiable.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3","SRC4"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"An inert benchtop comparison can script normal withdrawals, omission attempts, double pulls, false-tab creation, swapping, jams, and side-access attacks. A blinded reconciler can score one-to-one matching, witness-without-release errors, release-without-witness errors, double releases, and detectable breaches without changing operational records.","source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"No obvious stop prevents an authorized, nonproduction test using inert replica parts. The fixture should be halted for jams, double releases, sharp fragments, excessive force, pinch hazards, damaged contents, or unmarked bypasses; accounting balances, audit conclusions, personnel evaluation, live hazardous inventory, and access rights remain outside the trial.","source_ids":[]}},"screen_survival":true,"world_novelty_boundary":"This coarse, bounded public-web search supports only an adjacent-prior-art disposition and a testable residual contrast. It cannot establish world novelty, patentability or freedom to operate, market size, expert acceptance, implementation value, or that unindexed products, patents, historical practices, or nonpublic storeroom systems lack the same combination."}