Destination-Specific Product Labels for Local Application Conditions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current crop protection product labels are universal and static, failing to account for the unique conditions of different target areas, leading to suboptimal use and potential risks.

Innovation Solution

A destination-specific product label generation system that considers specific target area information to tailor application instructions, ensuring safety and efficacy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a universal product label is used for all target areas, then the label applies to every location regardless of conditions, but the label cannot be adapted to specific local conditions and potential is not fully exploited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to local conditionsVSAvoidlabel complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the universal product label into multiple destination-specific labels, each tailored to specific target area conditions. The system divides the broad application into smaller, location-specific segments that can be individually optimized for local environmental factors, soil types, and regulatory requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the static universal label into a dynamic system that adapts to different target areas. The label generation system dynamically creates customized labels based on input parameters such as destination location, environmental conditions, and product specifications, allowing the label content to change according to specific application contexts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If a static product label is used, then the label cannot be changed without new assessment and approval, but this prevents optimization for different conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility to changeVSAvoidregulatory compliance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing multiple destination-specific labels during the product approval process, each tailored to specific target area conditions. This allows the system to have ready-to-use customized labels for various locations without requiring new assessments when conditions change, as the labels were pre-approved for their specific destinations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by varying label content based on different destination parameters such as location, environmental conditions, and regulatory requirements. The system generates different label versions by changing specific parameters while maintaining core product information, allowing adaptation to local conditions within the framework of approved product specifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If the product label is designed to minimize risk under adverse conditions, then safety is maximized, but the potential of the product is not fully exploited

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoidproduct effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by tailoring each destination-specific label to the particular conditions of its target area. Instead of using a single conservative label designed for adverse conditions, the system creates labels with locally optimized parameters such as application rates, timing, and methods that match specific environmental conditions, soil types, and crop requirements of each destination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes to optimize product effectiveness for different destinations while maintaining safety. The system varies key parameters such as application rate, timing, and methodology in each destination-specific label based on local conditions, allowing the product potential to be fully exploited in favorable conditions while still providing safety guidance for less optimal conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4607426A1Destination-specific product label
Publication Date: 2025.08.27 BAYER AG
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AI summary

This disclosure deals with the use of products which are subject to regulatory approval, such as crop protection products, plant strengtheners, plant growth regulators, biostimulants, and/or soil auxiliary substances. Systems, methods, computer programs, and kits disclosed herein relate to the generation of destination-specific product labels for the application of such products to target areas.