{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_substrate_denial72_20260805","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_light_screen_20260805","cell_id":"progressive_disclosure__chemistry_materials","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["passive solvent vapor exposure badge multiple zones sequential color change diffusion barrier","colorimetric vapor dosimeter plural indicators cumulative exposure patent"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["colorimetric gas dosimeter sequential porous sheets diffusion barriers","\"Direct-read colorimetric exposimeter\""],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["ChromAir chemical exposure monitoring badge six windows color change sequential exposure dose","OSHA passive dosimeter badges organic vapor limitations colorimetric"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null},"component_combination":{"queries":["concentric rings chemical exposure indicator sequential diffusion color","patent \"autogenic exposimeter\" six cells diffusive resistances"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"ChromAir System Operating Instructions","publisher":"Morphix Technologies","url":"https://morphtec.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/All-Operating-Instructions.pdf","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["Commercial ChromAir badges use five or six cells coupled to a colorimetric indicator layer and different diffusive resistances.","Gas or vapor diffuses passively through the resistances, and the highest cell reaching its threshold color indicates an exposure-dose range.","The product family covers several workplace gases and specifies temperature, humidity, sampling-time, storage, and interference limitations."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"Kevin L. Lockerby Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications","publisher":"Justia","url":"https://patents.justia.com/inventor/kevin-l-lockerby","source_type":"OTHER","claims_supported":["US Patent 5,364,593, filed in 1993 and granted in 1994, describes a direct-read colorimetric exposimeter providing graded visual measurements for different exposure-dose ranges.","The disclosed device combines a color-forming member with a gas-diffusion control member having separate diffusion zones aligned with atmospheric openings."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"OSHA Technical Manual, Section II, Chapter 1: Personal Sampling for Air Contaminants","publisher":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","url":"https://www.osha.gov/otm/section-2-health-hazards/chapter-1","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Passive or diffusive samplers collect gases and vapors without a pump and begin sampling immediately when opened.","OSHA identifies accuracy, detection-limit, validation, temperature, pressure, handling, and method-selection limitations for passive samplers.","Passive-sampler results require context and method-specific handling rather than serving as an independent declaration that conditions are safe."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"US4478792A: Colorimetric Gas Dosimeter","publisher":"Google Patents","url":"https://patents.google.com/patent/US4478792A/en","source_type":"OTHER","claims_supported":["The 1984 patent discloses reagent-impregnated porous layers that serve as diffusion barriers and change color sequentially as cumulative gas exposure penetrates the stack.","Successively sized visible discs or circular segments allow exposure to be read by counting changed layers or observing the changed proportion of a circle.","Sensitivity and range can be tuned through sheet material, thickness, or reagent amount and composition."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED","finding":"The functional problem is visible: the market distinguishes simple presence-warning badges from multilevel direct-read badges, while older dosimeter art identifies readability problems with continuous color comparison and provides sequential discrete states. OSHA also documents important limitations that make a permanent caution against treating an unchanged badge as proof of safety appropriate. The retained sources do not directly demonstrate the proposal's specific claims about visual-search errors, delayed escalation, or superiority of concentric progressive disclosure.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3","SRC4"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"Morphix ChromAir direct-read passive exposure badges / US Patent 5,364,593","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"overlap":"A commercially offered passive badge already uses multiple reagent cells, different diffusive resistances, threshold color changes, an ordinal highest-developed-cell reading, printed dose levels, and no powered or computational readout. This substantially matches the proposed material-gated increase in visible exposure depth.","remaining_difference":"The retained disclosure uses a row or matrix of cells rather than a center-first concentric-ring hierarchy and does not establish the proposal's permanently visible limitation legend or specially differentiated terminal warning ring."},{"name":"US4478792A colorimetric gas dosimeter","source_ids":["SRC4"],"overlap":"The patent discloses passive diffusion through sequential color-forming barrier layers, counting changed layers as cumulative dosage, tuning thresholds through layer properties, and circular visible geometries in which progressively changed portions communicate exposure.","remaining_difference":"Its preferred construction uses superposed sheets, discs, or circular segments rather than independently barrier-tuned annular cells organized as a center-first summary-and-detail display with a distinct terminal warning."}],"prior_art_disposition":"ESTABLISHED_PRACTICE","contrastive_claim_remaining":"The passive diffusion-gated multilevel exposure mechanism does not remain distinct. A narrower falsifiable claim remains: relative to an otherwise calibrated ChromAir-style linear or matrix layout, a center-first concentric layout with fixed numbering, a permanently visible limitations legend, and a visually exceptional terminal ring yields faster or more accurate detection-versus-severity classification without increasing missed terminal states or false reassurance.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The residual claim is falsified if blinded representative observers perform no better, or perform worse, on preregistered classification time, early-state accuracy, terminal-state detection, ordering comprehension, or unchanged-badge interpretation when comparing matched concentric and conventional multilevel badges.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered direct wording, historical dosimeter terminology, current products and official practice, patents, and component combinations. Four opened sources span Morphix, OSHA, Justia, and Google Patents.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Commercial differentiation between presence-only and graded badges, historical concern about color-comparison readability, and OSHA's documented passive-sampler limitations partly support the problem, although the proposed human-error mechanism lacks direct empirical evidence.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3","SRC4"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Although the core passive multilevel diffusion mechanism collides with established products and patents, the narrower concentric-layout and terminal-warning usability comparison remains distinct in the retained sources and has measurable outcomes.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Sealed-chamber testing of un-worn coupons against reference instrumentation is bounded and can test ordering, separation, blanks, humidity effects, and terminal activation. A matched blinded observer comparison should be added to test the only remaining contrastive claim.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The proposed first step excludes human exposure and workplace deployment, uses containment and independent reference measurements, and preserves industrial-hygiene authority. Testing still requires chemical-specific laboratory controls, validated vapor generation, and compliant disposal.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3"]}},"screen_survival":false,"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found an established commercial and patented practice closely matching the core mechanism. It does not establish world novelty, patentability, freedom to operate, market size, expert acceptance, or realized safety or usability value."}