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A narrower falsifiable claim could concern whether one specified, hazard-reviewed formulation and persistent marker meet predeclared localization, dormancy, adhesion, and barrier-recovery thresholds under a defined service condition better than matched controls; that would be a formulation-performance claim, not the proposed conceptual inversion.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The narrower formulation claim is falsified if uncracked active coupons release marker or cargo, damaged active coupons do not show localized rupture and solid repair product, active coupons do not recover barrier performance beyond cargo-free and capsule-free controls, the marker does not reliably distinguish activation from successful sealing, or capsule inclusion materially degrades intact adhesion or barrier performance.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered direct wording, historical autonomic-healing terminology, protective-coating research, commercial practice, fluorescent reporting, and combinations of capsules, catalysts, cracks, metal substrates, and corrosion tests. 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Active, cargo-free, capsule-free, manual-repair, and uncracked conditions can distinguish crack-contingent release and solidification from matrix relaxation, leakage, and measurement artifacts.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"A contained coupon study using pre-screened quantities under laboratory chemical-hygiene and waste procedures has no obvious categorical stop. The stated exclusions preserve human authority over qualification, inspection, field use, and safety acceptance. Chemistry-specific hazards, capsule leakage, cure heat, sensitization, and adhesion loss still require review before testing.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]}},"screen_survival":false,"world_novelty_boundary":"This coarse public-web screen finds that the central mechanism is established practice and therefore does not survive the specified screen. The bounded search does not establish world novelty, patentability or freedom to operate, market size, expert acceptance, service-life benefit, regulatory approval, or realized value; it also cannot exclude narrower unpublished, paywalled, non-English, patent, or formulation-specific distinctions."}