The technology described in this repository is the subject of one or more United States provisional patent applications filed by the sole inventor, Stephen A. Rotzin, on April 24, 2026.
| # | Application No. | Subject Matter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64/049,200 | Spectral-Banded Compliance Stamping for AI-Generated Content — .smsh wire header, tier-banded compliance attestations, decentralized identifier binding |
| 2 | 64/049,207 | Compressed-Lexicon Encoding of Compliance State with Zero-Knowledge Visibility Tiers and Escrow-Released Audit Keys |
| 3 | 64/049,213 | Composable Surface-Property Monetization in Autonomous Agent Economies — programmable behavioral coatings, lottery-backed yield pools, tier-gated service markets (Hive Civilization) |
| 4 | 64/049,218 | Cryptographically-Anchored Universal Time Authority and SLA Enforcement in Decentralized Agent Networks (HiveClock) |
| 5 | 64/049,226 | Auditable Zero-Knowledge Spend Delegation Using Hierarchical View-Key Trees and Regulatory-Compliance-Bounded Authorization Proofs (Invisible Juggernaut) |
Additional provisionals expected to file: HiveTrust (zero-treasury multi-rail settlement), HiveCompute Arbitrage Router (provider-tier cache arbitrage), Receipt Vault (hash-chained tamper-evident archival).
- Open-source code remains open under its declared license. Patent pending status does not change your right to use, modify, or redistribute the code as the license permits.
- Patent claims cover the underlying methods and systems, not the reference implementation. Independent re-implementations that practice the claimed methods may require a license once the applications mature into issued patents.
- Provisional applications establish a priority date of 2026-04-24 for all claimed inventions, with twelve months to convert each into a non-provisional application.
Building on top of the .smsh header, ZK visibility tiers, HiveClock
time anchor, or any of the other claimed primitives is encouraged —
that is the point of publishing the spec. The patent moat protects
against re-implementation of the underlying mechanisms by parties who
would otherwise extract value from the schema without contributing to
the network.
Stephen A. Rotzin · 170 Greenway Dr · Walnut Creek, CA 94596 · srotzin@me.com
This notice is informational. It is not a license, an offer to license, or legal advice. Provisional applications do not confer enforceable patent rights until they mature into issued patents. The applicant reserves all rights under 35 U.S.C. § 111(b).