16 Partial or excessive actions
If 100 percent of an object is hard to achieve using a given solution method then, by using 'slightly less' or 'slightly more' of the same method, the problem may be considerably easier to solve.
• Over spray when painting, then remove excess. (Or, use a stencil--this is an application of Principle 3, Local Quality and Principle 9, Preliminary anti-action).
• Fill, then *top off* when filling the gas tank of your car.
• Over spray when painting, then remove excess. (Or, use a stencil--this is an application of Principle 3, Local Quality and Principle 9, Preliminary anti-action).
• Fill, then *top off* when filling the gas tank of your car.
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is moderately used with 99 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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3/35 3/38 5/17 5/33 6/24 6/32 6/33 6/34 6/35 7/22 7/29 7/38 8/25 8/27 9/37 10/20 11/4 11/32 12/27 12/36 13/10 13/18 13/34 14/28 15/10 15/29 15/31 16/2 16/21 16/23 16/25 16/39 17/18 17/34 17/36 17/38 18/3 18/22 18/34 18/39 19/10 19/26 19/35 20/37 21/16 21/18 21/19 21/37 22/9 23/16 23/28 24/6 25/5 25/8 25/16 25/26 26/19 26/25 27/5 27/12 28/3 28/4 28/23 31/3 31/16 32/1 32/6 32/16 32/24 32/33 33/5 33/6 33/7 33/16 33/35 34/6 34/19 34/27 34/30 34/35 35/2 35/4 35/6 35/11 35/16 35/33 35/34 36/5 36/8 36/10 37/3 37/6 37/7 37/9 37/17 37/20 37/21 38/7 39/16
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This ranking reflects the frequency of occurrence of the principle in the analysed patents for this type of contradiction.
When a principle appears in first position, it means that it is statistically the most used in the patents studied for this type of problem.