{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_substrate_denial72_20260805","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_light_screen_20260805","cell_id":"objective_weighting_governance__accounting_auditing","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["coin validator mechanical diameter thickness weight electromagnetic dual gate adjustable weights instability sorting","coin validator diameter thickness weight conductivity first party product"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["coin acceptor slug rejector mechanical cradle diameter thickness weight historical","patent mechanical coin acceptor weight magnetism diameter thickness balance lever"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["site:eur-lex.europa.eu Regulation 1210/2010 authentication euro coins processing machines rejected objects unfit coins","European Technical Scientific Centre guidelines coin-processing machines detection test representative genuine coins worn","mechanical coin acceptor weight magnetism diameter thickness product manual"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"component_combination":{"queries":["coin sorter two thresholds disagreement reject cup sensitivity adjustable mechanical lever","coin validator multiple parameters hard dimensional limits weighted score ambiguous quarantine","dual coin validator settings classification disagreement"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":"No retained source disclosed the complete combination of non-compensable dimensional rails, two adjacent mechanically weighted classifiers applied to each object, and automatic routing of classification disagreements to a separate instability cup. This bounded miss is not evidence of novelty."}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation","publisher":"European Parliament and Council of the European Union","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32010R1210","source_type":"OFFICIAL_STANDARD","claims_supported":["Institutions recirculating euro coins must authenticate them using successfully tested coin-processing machines or trained personnel.","Detection tests address known counterfeit coins, genuine coins unfit for circulation, and other coin-like objects outside genuine-coin specifications.","Machines require regular adjustment to maintain detection capability, and suspected counterfeits or unfit coins must be submitted to designated authorities."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"The mechanical coin mechanism with tamper-proof coin counter and rejector","publisher":"Garlando Sport & Leisure","url":"https://www.garlando.com/coin-mechanism/the-mechanical-coin-mechanism-with-tamper-proof-coin-counter-and-rejector/","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["A marketed non-electronic mechanism evaluates weight and magnetism while also checking diameter and thickness.","The mechanism rejects false or faulty coins and incorporates a tamper-resistant counter.","This establishes an existing product-level combination of the proposal's principal physical attributes, though the performance description is manufacturer-supplied."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"US20100206690A1 — Mechanical Coin-Acceptor Unit","publisher":"Google Patents / United States patent publication","url":"https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100206690A1/en","source_type":"OTHER","claims_supported":["Mechanical coin acceptors were already known to check dimensions, weight, and metallic properties.","The disclosure uses rails or gaps for diameter and thickness, a pivoting scale connected to an ejector for underweight coins, a magnet for magnetic properties, and separate acceptance and return shafts.","It identifies distortion, adjustment, jamming, and measurement reliability as practical mechanical-instrument concerns."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"ETSC Guidelines concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation","publisher":"European Commission, European Technical and Scientific Centre","url":"https://www.bde.es/f/webbe/EFE/BilletesYMonedas/ficheros/etsc_guidelines_october_2019_public-ares2019-6661509.pdf","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Official detection testing uses a test pack containing representative counterfeit types and genuine coins.","A successful result is configuration- and time-bounded, does not guarantee future detection, and requires later adjustment or retesting as counterfeit types change.","The guidance distinguishes testing from certification or guarantees and assigns authentication and follow-up roles to designated authorities."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED","finding":"The physical problem is visible: official rules and test guidance explicitly address counterfeit coins, genuine-but-unfit coins, and other coin-like objects entering processing, while existing mechanical products test several attributes and reject false or faulty pieces. The retained evidence does not quantify prevalence in coin-heavy accounting batches or directly establish the asserted ledger overstatement, shortage, and custody-dispute consequences.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"Garlando mechanical coin mechanism","source_ids":["SRC2"],"overlap":"A commercial non-electronic mechanism already combines diameter, thickness, weight, and magnetism checks and physically rejects false or faulty coins.","remaining_difference":"The source does not disclose a compensatory torque formed by visible attribute weights, two neighboring weight configurations applied to each coin, configuration witness seals, or a third path dedicated to weight-sensitive disagreement."},{"name":"US20100206690A1 mechanical coin-acceptor unit","source_ids":["SRC3"],"overlap":"It provides gravity-driven mechanical passage, dimensional rails and gaps, a pivoting weight scale, a magnet, an ejector, and separate accept and return shafts.","remaining_difference":"Its disclosed tests are sequential property checks rather than an inspectable weighted sum, and it does not compare two settings or mechanically quarantine classification instability."},{"name":"EU/ETSC coin-processing-machine authentication practice","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC4"],"overlap":"Established practice tests machines using genuine and representative counterfeit coins, requires continuing adjustment, and separates suspect or unfit pieces for authority handling.","remaining_difference":"It specifies testing and authority procedures rather than the proposed dual-cartridge, computation-independent sensitivity mechanism."}],"prior_art_disposition":"ADJACENT_PRIOR_ART","contrastive_claim_remaining":"Against existing single-configuration mechanical acceptors that independently check diameter, thickness, weight, and magnetism, a paired mechanical gate can keep diameter and thickness non-compensable while making the mass/material tradeoff directly inspectable and routing every reference object whose classification changes under one predeclared adjacent weight cartridge into a distinct instability cup. The retained art establishes the component tests and ordinary accept/reject routing, but not this physical sensitivity-analysis pathway.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The claim fails if an earlier apparatus is found that applies two neighboring physical attribute-weight configurations to the same coin and automatically isolates their disagreements, or if repeated blinded bench trials show that cartridge-changing classifications are not repeatably captured in the instability cup, that dimensional failures vary with cartridge choice, or that the weighted stage adds no classification information beyond independent hard tolerances.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered direct mechanism terms, older coin-acceptor and slug-rejector terminology, official requirements and test practices, first-party products, patents, and combinations of dimensional, weight, magnetic, dual-setting, and disagreement-routing components. Exactly four opened sources span four named publishers and include official and first-party evidence. This remains a coarse screen rather than an exhaustive patent or non-English search.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Official sources confirm that counterfeit, unfit, and other coin-like objects must be detected during coin processing, and product evidence confirms practical multi-attribute mechanical rejection. Support is partial because setting-specific accounting prevalence and consequences were not demonstrated.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The broad non-electronic multi-attribute coin gate is established, but the narrower contrast—immutable dimensional gates followed by visibly weighted dual configurations and automatic isolation of their disagreements—is distinct in the retained sources and yields observable object-level outcomes.","source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"A supervised, non-circulating test pack of identified genuine pieces and inert surrogates can measure repeated-pass consistency, hard-gate independence, cartridge disagreement capture, false segregation, damage, and jams. Official guidance supports representative test packs and explicitly limits what a successful test proves.","source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"No obvious stop applies to the proposed benchtop evidence trial if custody is preserved, testing halts on damage or inconsistent results, and outputs are not used for ledger adjustment, circulation, disposal, or legal-authenticity findings. Live euro authentication and handling of suspected counterfeits remain subject to designated-authority requirements.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC4"]}},"screen_survival":true,"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found substantial component-level and product-level adjacency but no retained disclosure of the complete dual-cartridge mechanical disagreement-quarantine arrangement. It cannot establish world novelty, patentability, freedom to operate, market size, expert acceptance, realized value, or the absence of unlocated patents, non-English disclosures, obsolete mechanisms, or proprietary systems."}