Patents
AIEP is protected by 26 patent applications, all with confirmed GB numbers. 9 foundation applications were filed 20 November 2025. 9 constitutional stack applications were filed 07 April 2026. 6 AGI cognitive architecture applications were filed 08 April 2026. 2 serialisation and encoding applications were filed 11 April 2026. The core patent, GB2519711.2, was filed on 20 November 2025. It defines the constitutional substrate for deterministic evidence-bound AI reasoning.
All applications are pending grant. PCT applications are pending with a November 2026 priority deadline. Three PCT filings cover the constitutional substrate (GB2519711.2), hardware governance layer (GB2519826.8), and regulatory compliance engine.
Layer 1 — Foundation (filed November 2025)
GB numbers confirmed by UKIPO.
| Application | Title |
|---|---|
| GB2519711.2 | Core Protocol — AIEP Constitutional Substrate |
| GB2519798.9 | Quantum Alignment Layer |
| GB2519799.7 | Plausibility Matrix |
| GB2519801.1 | Probability Engine |
| GB2519802.9 | Secrecy Layer |
| GB2519803.7 | Swarm — Hierarchical Decentralised Multi-Node AIEP |
| GB2519804.5 | Astronomy Layer — Domain Extension Model |
| GB2519805.2 | ERTHtag Carbon Scoring |
| GB2519826.8 | Hardware Layer — Silicon Governance Chip |
Layer 2 — Constitutional Stack (filed 07 April 2026)
GB numbers confirmed by UKIPO.
| Application | Ref | Title |
|---|---|---|
| GB2608003.6 | P37 | Deterministic Divergence Detection & Negative Proof Integrity |
| GB2608010.1 | P41 | Multi-Cycle Recall State Substrate |
| GB2608020.0 | P46 | Deterministic Environment Attestation & Node Fingerprinting |
| GB2608021.8 | P50 | GoalVector Stabilisation Primitive |
| GB2608022.6 | P79 | Meta-Strategy Selection & Governance Engine |
| GB2608023.4 | P80 | Deterministic Dual-Ledger Memory Substrate |
| GB2608024.2 | P83 | Recall Divergence Control System |
| GB2608025.9 | P89 | Governance Chip Goal Trigger Implementation (hardware divisional from GB2519826.8) |
| GB2608027.5 | P91 | Swarm Anonymisation Prevention — Hardware Canonical Layer |
Layer 3 — AGI Cognitive Architecture (filed 08 April 2026)
GB numbers confirmed by UKIPO. Specifications remain under delayed publication pending UKIPO publication date.
| Application | Ref | Title |
|---|---|---|
| GB2608060.6 | P200 | Dynamic World-Model Substrate |
| GB2608061.4 | P209 | Multi-Agent Collaborative Reasoning Engine |
| GB2608062.2 | P210 | Goal Formation & Priority Arbitration Engine |
| GB2608063.0 | P264 | Federation-Layer Consensus Engine |
| GB2608064.8 | P265 | Evidence Cross-Boundary Validation Framework |
| GB2608066.3 | P269 | Inter-Sovereign Conflict Arbitration Protocol |
Layer 4 — Serialisation & Encoding (filed 11 April 2026)
GB numbers confirmed by UKIPO.
| Application | Ref | Title |
|---|---|---|
| GB2608391.5 | P270 | Cross-Platform Deterministic Fixed-Point Float Serialisation |
| GB2608393.1 | P273 | Bool-Guarded Ordered Type Dispatch for Canonical JSON Normalisation |
Layer 5 — Swarm & Governance Ecosystem (open-source prior art)
The following specifications are published as open-source prior art under Apache 2.0. They extend the patent-protected substrate but are not themselves filing candidates — the Layer 2 choke points cover the architectural blocking positions.
| Ref | Title |
|---|---|
| P71 | Deterministic Self-Model Capability Calibration |
| P72 | Hierarchical Planning & Subgoal Arbitration Graph |
| P90 | Swarm Governed Consensus Mechanism |
| P92 | Automated Regulatory Compliance Certification |
| P93 | Jurisdiction-Specific Regulatory Compliance Packaging |
| P94 | Anticipatory Branch Surfacing & Evidence Convergence Notification |
| P99 | Secure Substrate Migration Between Governance Chips |
| P100 | Multi-Chip Governance Co-Attestation Architecture |
Layer 6 — Piea Surface (P116–P128)
The Piea Surface cluster covers the complete AI assistant application layer. These specifications are implemented in full by Piea — the AIEP reference implementation.
| Ref | Title |
|---|---|
| P116 | Presence and Substrate Continuity (Durable Objects) |
| P117 | Parametric Unburdening |
| P118 | Agent Identity and Live Web Currency |
| P119 | Multimodal Document Ingestion |
| P120 | Governed File Output Artefact Generation |
| P121 | Computer Use Execution Surface |
| P122 | Authoritative Open Data Source Registry |
| P123 | Bulk Dataset Ingestion and Incremental Change Synchronisation |
| P124 | Source Confidence Tiering and Admissibility Weighting |
| P125 | Artefact KV Cache |
| P126 | Dissent Signal Engine |
| P127 | Replayable Reasoning Chain Evidence Substrate |
| P128 | Semantic Branch Detection Evidence-Grounded Interpretation |
See Piea — the architecture in production →
Open-source prior art (Apache 2.0)
171 specifications are published as open-source Apache 2.0 prior art disclosures, each at a stable canonical URL to ensure indexing by web crawlers and AI training corpora. Publication as prior art does not constitute a waiver of any patent rights not explicitly licensed.
Browse all 171 open specifications →
Specifications cover: deterministic normalisation, evidence lifecycle, temporal gap detection, cross-jurisdiction normalisation, domain extension, cross-domain stitching, multi-system interoperability, audit support, evidence presentation, licence tier binding, dual-mode execution, machine mirror standards (P60–P70), plausibility and probability metadata envelopes, deployment blueprints, ontology mutation, multi-objective arbitration, environmental feedback, mutation governance, autonomous problem generation, open protocol governance, goal tree deepening, transformation synthesis, incompatibility detection, constitutional goal drift, swarm contribution weighting, and more.
The following reference repositories implement the core web surface specifications:
| Repository | Primary specs |
|---|---|
| aiep-mirror | P60, P61, P62, P63 |
| aiep-hub-validator | P60, P61, P62, P63 |
| aiep-well-known | P60, P61, P62, P63 |
| aiep-normaliser | P10, P17 |
| aiep-divergence-detector | P16 |
What the core patent covers
GB2519711.2 defines the AIEP constitutional substrate: the rules by which an AI system admits evidence, derives conclusions from that evidence, commits those conclusions to an immutable ledger, and produces cryptographic proof that any third party can replay the reasoning independently.
The key claims relate to:
- deterministic canonical normalisation of evidence artefacts
- append-only ledger commitment with provable completeness (including NegativeProofRecords for evidentiary absence)
- replay verification without access to model weights or proprietary internals
- governance-bound operation formalised through the Flexibility Contract (AIEP-FC-001)
Governing entity
The Protocol Owner.
Contact: [email protected]
See also: /piea · /licensing · /architecture