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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Bunji Mizuno, Ikoma, JP;
Toru Fukumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Shinichi Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Junichi Onoue, Nara, JP;
Bunji Mizuno, Ikoma, JP;
Toru Fukumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Shinichi Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Junichi Onoue, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The commodity recycling method of the present invention includes the steps of: selling or renting a commodity to a first user (step S); collecting the commodity from the first user (step S); estimating a remaining life of the commodity based on information indicating a usage history of the commodity recorded in a recording section provided in the commodity (step S); determining sale terms or lease terms based on the estimated remaining life of the commodity (step S); selling or renting the commodity to a second user in accordance with the sale terms or the lease terms (step S). The recording section records the information indicating the usage history of the commodity in a manner in which it is substantially impossible for a user of the commodity to alter the usage history information.