Identify patent white-space opportunities

Purpose

Start from low-density or structurally unusual signals in a patent map.

Determine whether a signal may correspond to an important problem.

Explain why the sparse area may persist.

Diagnose the route break and primary contradiction.

Generate principle-level resolution directions grounded in that diagnosis.

Treat every white-space result as a hypothesis until validated.

Required references

Read references/evaluation-framework.md when ranking candidates or assessing problem value.