Patent Application for Product Carbon Footprint Assessment System

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Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a patent application (US20260087501A1) for a system and method to assess product carbon footprints. The application details a system for collecting inventory data, determining real-time carbon footprint values, and updating them based on parameter changes.

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This document is a patent application (US20260087501A1) filed with the USPTO for a system and method designed to track and assess product carbon footprints (PCF). The proposed system collects inventory data from various sources, calculates a PCF value using emission factors, and updates this value in real-time as inventory parameters change, displaying the results via a user interface.

While this is a patent application and not a regulatory rule, it signals potential future technological developments in environmental reporting and supply chain management. Companies involved in manufacturing, retail, or import/export may eventually adopt similar systems to monitor and report their environmental impact. Compliance officers should be aware of emerging technologies in carbon footprint assessment as regulatory requirements around environmental disclosures continue to evolve.

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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINT (PCF) ASSESSMENT

Application US20260087501A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Inventors

Madhukar Gundappa, Naveen Kumar N, M Krishna, Ramesh Murugan Natarajan, Deanna Fradin-Haines, Sridhar Sankaranarayanan, Dhandapani Krishnasamy

Abstract

Various embodiments described herein relate to providing and/or employing a system and a method for tracking emissions in a facility. In this regard, inventory data associated with at least one of a product and a process is collected from a plurality of data sources. As a result, a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) value associated with the at least one of the product and the process is determined based on the inventory data and corresponding emission factors. Based on at least one change in parameters of the inventory data, the inventory data is updated in real-time. As a result, an updated PCF value is determined in real-time based on the updated inventory data. Accordingly, the updated PCF value is displayed via a user interface of a display device.