IP & Licensing
AIEP’s intellectual property is a combination of registered patents, a large open-source specification and software corpus, and a tiered licensing framework for commercial deployment.
Patent portfolio
AIEP’s registered patent portfolio covers the core protocol architecture:
| Number | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GB2519711.2 | AIEP Core Protocol | Registered |
| GB2519798.9 | Quantum Alignment Layer | Registered |
| GB2519799.7 | Plausibility Matrix | Registered |
| GB2519801.1 | Probability Certification Engine | Registered |
| GB2519802.9 | Secrecy Layer | Registered |
| GB2519803.7 | Swarm | Registered |
| GB2519804.5 | Astronomy Layer | Registered |
| GB2519805.2 | ERTHtag Carbon Scoring | Registered |
| GB2519826.8 | Hardware Layer | Registered |
P10–P103 specifications are organised in the patent filing schedule: AIEP_Master_IP_Schedule_v3.md. Full specification files are available to licensees and institutional partners.
This site does not publish confidential patent specification content. Download links on the Downloads page cover open-source and open-specification artefacts only.
Licensing tiers
| Tier | Access | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| Open | Apache 2.0 — no agreement required | Open-source repos: swarm, normaliser, divergence, recall, validator |
| Tier 1 | Licence agreement (terms on application) | GENOME SDK evaluation, non-production deployment |
| Tier 2 | Licence agreement | GENOME SDK, production deployment, certification eligibility |
| Tier 3 | Licence agreement + NDA | Hardware anonymisation layer (P91), GENOME SDK full commercial |
| Tier 4 | NDA + evaluated partner agreement | Hardware chip specification (P89, P99–P100), silicon design |
Enquiries: [email protected]
Open-source component
The following protocol layers are published under Apache 2.0 with no additional agreement required:
| Repository | What it covers |
|---|---|
| aiep-normaliser | Evidence normalisation + deterministic hash (P10, P17) |
| aiep-divergence-detector | Temporal gap detection (P16) |
| aiep-divergence-proof | Divergence proof schema (P37) |
| aiep-recall-substrate | Recall state machine (P22, P41, P42) |
| aiep-swarm-consensus | Multi-node consensus (P90) |
| aiep-swarm-extended | Hardware anonymisation + contribution weighting (P91, P97-P98) |
| aiep-branch-surfacing | Anticipatory branch surfacing (P94) |
| aiep-cognitive-pattern | Cross-session cognitive pattern (P95) |
| aiep-retrieval-protocol | AI retrieval surface (P60-P62) |
| aiep-training-governance | Training data governance (P63) |
| aiep-validator | Output validator (P64) |
All artefacts: Downloads →
Joint Venture — Twelve Licences
For organisations that qualify — silicon manufacturers, hyperscalers, frontier AI laboratories, global financial and healthcare infrastructure operators, and sovereign governments — a Joint Venture structure is available.
The JV instrument is a perpetual conditional licence: permanent, royalty-free access to the full AIEP specification stack and GENOME SDK across all products, services, and jurisdictions, without volume limit, in exchange for deployment commitment, distribution commitment, capital contribution, and full acceptance of the JV governance conditions.
The JV licence is not a transfer of intellectual property. All patent rights remain with the Protocol Owner.
| Category | Qualifying profile |
|---|---|
| Silicon / Hardware A & B | SoC manufacturers — different primary architectures |
| Cloud Infrastructure | Hyperscaler >$20B annual AI infrastructure revenue |
| Enterprise Software Platform | Platform >50,000 enterprise customers |
| Financial Services Infrastructure | Global financial infrastructure operator |
| Healthcare Infrastructure | Global health data or device infrastructure operator |
| Telecommunications | Global carrier >500M subscribers |
| AI Laboratory | Frontier model developer >$1B annual revenue |
| Sovereign A & B | National government or supranational body |
Ten commercial licences. Two sovereign licences. Twelve in total.
Full JV terms, bid process, sliding scale, insolvency reversion, and Phase 2 →
JV interest registration: [email protected] — Subject: JV INTEREST — [ORGANISATION NAME] — [CATEGORY]
Flexibility Contract (AIEP-FC-001)
The GENOME SDK’s Flexibility Contract (AIEP-FC-001) defines the binding architectural constraint governing what operators may configure at each layer.
Licensed operators receive:
- AIEP-FC-001 full text
- Operator Policy Template
- Capability Selection Guide
- Constitutional Parameter Reference
The Flexibility Contract is not published on this site. It is included in all Tier 1 and above licence packages.
AIEP Certified claim
The claim “AIEP Certified” is a controlled designation. It may only be made by entities that:
- Hold a valid Tier 2+ licence in good standing
- Have completed the certification process and are listed on the AIEP Certification Registry
- Hold a current, unexpired
CertificateHashissued by the registry
The claim may not be self-asserted. Use of the “AIEP Certified” claim without a valid registry entry constitutes a misrepresentation and a breach of licence terms. The Protocol Owner reserves the right to require removal of false certification claims and to pursue remedies accordingly.
Related
- Patents → — full patent portfolio listing
- Licensing → — full licence terms
- Certification & Registry → — certification process and registry
- Compliance → — regulatory compliance framework
- Downloads → — open-source repositories and specification files