Human Trace - Defensive Publication: System of Human Participation in Circular Economy - Incentive Mechanism with Discount and Revenue-Share - Turn your trace into value - April 2026 by Dumitru Anca
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Defensive Publication - HUMAN TRACE - Prior Art Disclosure under EPC Art. 54(2) Author: Dumitru Anca, Bucharest, Romania Intuition date: April 2026 Publication date: 9 November 2026 License: CC BY 4.0 1. SUBJECT - HUMAN TRACE This document is a defensive publication to establish prior art for the HUMAN TRACE system as of April 2026. It describes a voluntary, community-driven system that transforms human actions into measurable value within circular economy. 1. DEFINITIONS · HUMAN = omul, identitatea si contributia sa. The individual person, their identity and contribution to the system. · TRACE = urma lasata printr-un gest concret, de exemplu sticla goala predata la partener. The physical trace left by a concrete action, e.g. empty container returned. · VALUE = transformarea acelei urme in valoare economica, sociala si ecologica. Transformation of trace into economic, social and ecological value through reuse, recycling and circular economy incentives. 1. OBJECTIVE To build and sustain a community where each bottle returned represents a measurable contribution to sustainability and circular economy. The system aggregates individual actions (traces) to generate collective impact quantified and transparent. SLOGAN: "Turn your trace into value." 1. INCENTIVE MECHANISM - CORE OF INVENTION The system includes concrete incentive mechanism: When a participant returns an empty container (such as a perfume bottle) to a partner location (e.g. a perfumery), the participant receives an immediate discount on a subsequent purchase. The author holds a commercial agreement with the partner location providing a revenue-share arrangement on the discount or on the resulting sale for the author. Exact percentages are governed by private commercial contracts and are not disclosed herein. The core claimed element is the mechanism that combines: (i) the discount granted to participant upon return of empty container, and (ii) the revenue-share payable to author from partner location at time of discount or sale. 1. IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION - SCOPE & DISTINCTION In its current form, Human Trace is a system of human participation in the circular economy, NOT a system of human traceability in autonomous systems. The concept concerns voluntary human actions in recycling and reuse, community-driven contribution, and value creation by people. It does NOT relate to, nor constitute, autonomous or algorithmic tracking of humans, machine-based traceability of individuals, or any autonomous system monitoring. This distinction is fundamental to the concept and is provided to clarify scope and to protect intellectual property as a human-centric participation system. 1. LEGAL NOTICE Purpose: Defensive publication to establish prior art and public disclosure as of publication date, preventing future patenting of described concept by third parties. Field: Circular economy, sustainability, community-driven recycling participation, perfumery & retail partnership. License: CC BY 4.0 - This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Author: Dumitru Anca | Bucharest, Romania | April 2026 Intuition | Published 9 November 2026 | EPC Art. 54(2) Prior Art
Author: Dumitru, Anca
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225652958
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