Synergistic UV Light Generation Systems with AI, IoT, and Blockchain

Publication ID: 24-11857689_0008_PTD

Published: October 28, 2025

Category:Synergistic Combinations

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Synergistic UV Light Generation Systems with AI, IoT, and Blockchain,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857689_0008_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857689_0008_PTD

This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,689.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

A novel approach integrating UV light generation sheets with AI, IoT, and blockchain technologies to create more efficient, adaptive, and secure systems for disinfecting fluids, materials, and surfaces.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent addressed the limitations of traditional UV light generation systems, but the new inventive concept tackles the challenge of integrating these systems with advanced technologies to create a more powerful, intelligent, and connected solution.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The new inventive concept comprises a flexible UV light generation sheet integrated with AI-powered sensors, IoT-enabled sensors, and blockchain-based tracking systems. The AI-powered sensors monitor UV light intensity and adjust emission accordingly, while the IoT-enabled sensors detect surface contamination. The blockchain-based tracking system records and verifies UV light treatment history, ensuring authenticity and optimizing logistics. The system can be trained using machine learning algorithms to predict and prevent contamination, and the novel material-based surface coating enhances UV light absorption and scattering.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new claims introduce the novel combination of UV light generation sheets with AI, IoT, and blockchain technologies, which provides a synergistic effect that is not obvious from the original patent. The integration of these technologies enables real-time monitoring, adaptive emission control, and secure tracking, which are not possible with the original patent's UV light generation systems.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments could include integrating the UV light generation sheet with other AI-driven machine learning algorithms, using different types of sensors or surface coatings, or incorporating additional technologies such as robotics or augmented reality. Variations could include adapting the system for specific industries, such as healthcare or food processing.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The inventive concept has significant commercial potential in various industries, including healthcare, food processing, water treatment, and surface disinfection. The system's ability to provide real-time monitoring, adaptive emission control, and secure tracking makes it an attractive solution for industries requiring high levels of precision and security.

CPC Classifications

Section	Class	Group
A	A61	A61L2/10
A	A61	A61L2/088
H	H01	H01L25/0753
H	H01	H01L33/005
H	H01	H01L33/60

Section 103 Obviousness Analysis (PHOSITA)

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Field of Art

Photonic and optoelectronic systems, specifically UV light generation technologies with a focus on flexible circuit design, LED integration, and surface treatment applications in medical, disinfection, and materials processing domains

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

An engineer with expertise in photonics, electrical engineering, and materials science, possessing advanced knowledge of LED technologies, flexible circuit design, surface coating techniques, and sensor integration, with typical educational background of MS/PhD in engineering disciplines

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that integrating AI, IoT, and blockchain technologies with UV light generation systems represents a predictable extension of existing flexible UV light sheet technologies. The core UV light generation mechanism remains fundamentally consistent with the source patent, while the added technological layers provide enhanced monitoring and tracking capabilities. These technological integrations represent standard engineering approaches to incrementally improving existing systems through known computational and sensing techniques.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element

Flexible circuit with multiple UV-LEDs and UV diffuse reflective layer

PTD Variation

Adding AI-powered sensor for real-time UV light intensity monitoring and adaptive emission control

Obviousness Reasoning

Integrating intelligent sensor systems with existing LED technologies is a known technique for improving performance, representing a predictable application of machine learning to existing photonic systems

Source Patent Element

UV transparent overlayer with potential surface coating

PTD Variation

Novel material-based surface coating enhanced for UV light absorption and scattering with IoT-enabled contamination detection

Obviousness Reasoning

Surface modification and sensor integration are standard design approaches in materials engineering, representing an obvious combination of known techniques to improve functional performance

Source Patent Element

UV light generation system for treating fluids and materials

PTD Variation

Blockchain-based tracking system for recording UV treatment history and verifying authenticity

Obviousness Reasoning

Implementing digital verification and tracking systems is a standard engineering approach for enhancing traceability, representing a predictable technological extension with finite, well-understood implementation strategies

Source Patent Element

Flexible UV light generation sheet with multiple UV-LEDs

PTD Variation

Integration with machine learning algorithms to predict and prevent contamination

Obviousness Reasoning

Applying predictive analytics to existing sensing and treatment technologies represents a standard approach to system optimization, utilizing well-established computational techniques

Source Patent Element

UV light generation system with flexible circuit design

PTD Variation

Incorporating IoT-enabled sensors for environmental monitoring and adaptive system response

Obviousness Reasoning

Sensor integration and adaptive system design are predictable engineering approaches for enhancing technological functionality, representing an obvious combination of known techniques

35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11857689 and the disclosed technological variations, a person having ordinary skill in the art would find the proposed UV light generation system with AI, IoT, and blockchain integration to be an obvious combination of prior art elements, lacking any non-obvious inventive step beyond standard engineering practices of sensor integration, computational enhancement, and system optimization.

Original Patent Information

Patent Number	US 11,857,689
Title	Methods for producing flexible ultraviolet light generation sheets and systems
Assignee(s)	W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.