{"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"Cross-copy optical collation with the Hinman Collator","overlap":"Compares nominally identical copies page by page, detects small wording, punctuation, alignment, and stop-press variants, and uses accumulated copy-level observations to reconstruct printing history.","remaining_difference":"It uses alternating visible-light views rather than calibrated spectral, transmitted, and multi-angle measurements, and it does not apply a predeclared modal-text stability rule or leave-one-copy-out test.","source_ids":["SRC1"]},{"name":"Non-invasive technical comparison of five Astronomicum Caesareum copies","overlap":"Systematically examines corresponding pages across copies of one early printed production using normal and raking light, transmitted light, microscopy, and UV-visible-NIR reflectance; it identifies copy-specific materials, pasted and directly printed textual states, and production order.","remaining_difference":"Its endpoint is material and production-history characterization, not blinded classification of textual loci followed by a modal impression-level reading, robustness checks, and bounded critical-apparatus decisions.","source_ids":["SRC2"]},{"name":"Princeton spectral-imaging practice","overlap":"Uses sequential wavelength-dependent photography to reveal erased writing and explicitly proposes imaging the same page from two Gutenberg Bibles under identical lighting and camera conditions to compare ink, type, and paper.","remaining_difference":"The reported work does not implement the proposal's eight-copy sampling design, repeated-locus reliability assessment, equal-copy modal aggregation, or apparatus crosswalk.","source_ids":["SRC3"]}],"contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The remaining claim would be falsified if standardized visible-light collation performs as reproducibly as the added spectral, transmitted, and raking-light captures on predeclared controls and disputed loci, or if corroborated minority physical states never alter a predeclared textual or interpretive judgment while the modal reading remains stable.","contrastive_claim_remaining":"Beyond established cross-copy collation and non-invasive cross-copy material analysis, a predeclared, repeated, blinded comparison can preserve a robust impression-level modal text while using physically corroborated minority states to limit claims about particular copies and trigger only bounded copy-level apparatus notes.","experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp13_second_slot_policy60_20260806","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"rationale":"The bounded search covered the named intervention, spectral-imaging terminology, Hinman and stop-press terminology, library imaging and conservation practice, and combinations of same-page cross-copy analysis with raking, transmitted, and spectral methods. Four opened sources span four publishers and include primary research and official guidance.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"bounded_next_test":{"rationale":"An eight-copy, predeclared-locus pilot with duplicate captures, masked reviewers, agreement measures, and leave-one-copy-out calculations has explicit observations and stopping conditions. Prior work demonstrates feasible cross-copy optical comparison and non-invasive examination of corresponding pages, although institutional access and exposure budgets must be secured.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"distinct_testable_claim":{"rationale":"Prior art substantially covers the measurement components, but the narrower claim joining blinded physical-state classification to a robustness-tested modal base text and bounded copy-level apparatus remains operationally distinguishable and has stated empirical falsifiers.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"],"status":"PASS"},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"rationale":"Light exposure is cumulative and potentially irreversible, and IR can produce heat, but these are controllable authorization constraints rather than an absolute stop. Object-specific conservation approval, exposure recording, non-contact support, warming and strain stops, and institutional control are appropriate safeguards.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"supported_problem":{"rationale":"Cross-copy work documents stop-press and typographical differences among apparently matching copies, while technical analysis finds material, textual, paper, and production-state differences within one printed corpus. This supports the risk of treating an aggregate reading as copy identity, although the search did not quantify how often modern editors actually make that overextension.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"status":"PASS"}},"prior_art_disposition":"SUBSTANTIAL_COLLISION","problem_evidence":{"finding":"The physical non-identity of copies is directly visible: Folger comparisons found wording, punctuation, alignment, and stop-press variants, and the five-copy Astronomicum study found differing papers, materials, pasted versus directly printed additions, and other states affecting production interpretation. Evidence that current critical editions routinely erase all such consequential states was not established in this bounded search.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED"},"research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp13_light_screen_20260806","schema_version":1,"screen_id":"E13P013","screen_survival":false,"search_lanes":{"component_combination":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["\"multispectral\" \"copies\" \"same edition\" rare books","\"same page\" \"different copies\" multispectral imaging","\"The extraordinary universe of Peter Apian\" five copies non-invasive","site:mdpi.com \"Astronomicum Caesareum\" five copies spectroscopy"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3"]},"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"no_result_note":"No source located an exact named Multi-Angle Spectral Copy Comparator or the complete modal-text, leave-one-copy-out, and apparatus workflow; close implementations of its principal components were located.","queries":["multi spectral imaging compare multiple copies same edition impression textual variants","multispectral imaging rare books erased annotations raking transmitted light textual scholarship","\"multispectral imaging\" \"copy-specific\" books"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3"]},"products_practices_and_standards":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["library multispectral imaging rare books conservation guidelines illumination exposure","multispectral imaging Gutenberg Bible compare copies ink paper Princeton","site:folger.edu Hinman collator copies same edition variants stop press"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3","SRC4"]},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["copy specific variants same impression critical edition bibliography stop press corrections cancel leaves","bibliographical variants same impression copies Hinman collator official library","site:bl.uk printing variants copies same edition stop press correction bibliography"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]}},"sources":[{"claims_supported":["Copies from the same printed work can contain stop-press, wording, punctuation, alignment, and other typographical variants.","Alternating optical collation is an established method for detecting minute differences between copies and reconstructing printing history.","Bright illumination and physical alignment introduce conservation considerations when comparing fragile books."],"publisher":"Folger Shakespeare Library","source_id":"SRC1","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","title":"Hinman, Redux","url":"https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/hinman-redux/"},{"claims_supported":["Five copies of one 1540 printed book were systematically compared using non-invasive methods.","The protocol combined normal and raking light, transmitted light, microscopy, and UV-visible-NIR reflectance measurements on corresponding pages.","The comparison found copy-specific papers, materials, pasted and directly printed additions, production states, and evidence useful for ordering production."],"publisher":"Springer Nature","source_id":"SRC2","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","title":"The extraordinary universe of Peter Apian: technical investigation of five copies of a 16th-century astronomical book","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-024-01306-1"},{"claims_supported":["Sequential spectral photography can reveal writing and annotations invisible or poorly legible to the naked eye.","Princeton reported recovery of erased annotations in a printed copy of Paradise Lost.","The institution explicitly identified same-camera, same-light comparison of corresponding pages from two Gutenberg Bibles as an opportunity to compare inks, typefaces, and paper."],"publisher":"Princeton University Library","source_id":"SRC3","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","title":"Uncovering the secrets of PUL items through spectral imaging","url":"https://library.princeton.edu/about/library-news/2023/uncovering-secrets-pul-items-through-spectral-imaging"},{"claims_supported":["Light damage to library and archival materials is cumulative, irreversible, and dependent on the individual item's manufacture and history.","UV and IR radiation should generally be reduced; IR can generate heat and dimensional-change risks.","Item-specific evaluation, controlled exposure, and monitoring are necessary conservation constraints."],"publisher":"Library of Congress","source_id":"SRC4","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","title":"Limiting Light Damage - Collections Care","url":"https://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/light.html"}],"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found substantial prior-art overlap in cross-copy collation, same-page spectral comparison, and systematic non-invasive analysis of multiple copies from one printed production. It did not establish whether the exact statistical and editorial crosswalk has appeared elsewhere, and it cannot establish world novelty, patentability, market size, expert acceptance, or realized value."}