1. Royalty-Free Covenant
GLACIS Technologies, Inc. irrevocably commits not to assert patent claims against any implementation that conforms to the ATLAS standard, regardless of which registered Protocol Profile the implementation uses, whether the implementation is commercial or non-commercial, and whether the implementation combines the attestation capabilities defined in the standard into a unified pipeline or implements them separately.
This covenant is irrevocable, runs with the patent, and is binding on GLACIS Technologies and its successors and assigns.
This covenant covers the compositions described in the patent filings below, including any subset embodiment, to the extent practiced in conformance with a version of the ATLAS standard published by GLACIS Technologies or a successor registry maintainer.
2. Patent Disclosures
GLACIS Technologies holds the following patent filings related to methods described in the ATLAS standard. All filings are U.S. provisional patent applications.
| Application | Filed | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| 63/917,202 | Nov 13, 2025 | Integrated non-egress attestation: co-epoch configuration binding, cryptographically gated sampling control, statistical safety signal computation (S3P), and insurance risk pricing signal derivation |
| 64/010,819 | Mar 19, 2026 | Governance framework: causal drift attribution across attestation DAGs, governance evaluation with stable feature interface, structural spawn authorization, baseline intent declaration as proposition graph, and graph complexity governance |
| 64/010,830 | Mar 19, 2026 | Technical architecture: cross-boundary attestation chains, signal verifiability classification, optimistic enforcement budgeting, session-scoped attestation with consent binding, evaluator compatibility framework, and IAP portability escrow |
3. Scope of Patent Claims
What is not claimed
The individual cryptographic primitives referenced in ATLAS (SHA-256, Ed25519, BLS12-381, HMAC-SHA256, CBOR, Merkle trees, etc.) are open standards. No GLACIS patent claim covers these primitives individually.
What is claimed
The patent claims cover compositions of methods — specific architectures that combine configuration binding, sampling control, statistical signal computation, drift attribution, spawn authorization, and related techniques into integrated attestation systems. The claims are written around these compositions, including functionally equivalent algorithms and alternative constructions achieving the same operational effect, and are not limited to the specific cryptographic primitives or parameter choices described in any single Protocol Profile.
What this means for implementers
Any implementation that conforms to a published version of the ATLAS standard is covered by the royalty-free covenant in Section 1 above, regardless of which architectural approach or cryptographic constructions it uses. The patent claims exist to prevent unlicensed use of the described compositions outside the ATLAS standard, not to restrict conformant implementations.
4. Guidance for Alternative Implementations
The normative requirements of the ATLAS standard — including the attestation envelope structure, conformance levels, auditor verification procedures, and agentic governance controls — define functional properties and interoperability requirements. They do not mandate the use of any specific patented method. Conformance can be achieved through multiple architectural approaches.
Organizations developing alternative Protocol Profiles or independent implementations that do not conform to a published version of the ATLAS standard are advised to conduct their own freedom-to-operate analysis. The presence of a registered Protocol Profile in the ATLAS registry does not constitute a representation that the profile is free of third-party intellectual property encumbrances.
5. Contributor Disclosure
Contributors to the ATLAS standard who are aware of potentially essential patent claims — whether held by GLACIS Technologies or by third parties — are expected to disclose them. Disclosure should be directed to [email protected].
No single commercial entity has unilateral control over protocol profile registration, conformance criteria, or certification governance. The Protocol Profile Registration Process is governed by the criteria in Section 22.6 of the ATLAS standard.
6. Registry and Governance
Multiple Protocol Profiles are permitted under ATLAS. Conformance requires exactly one registered profile per deployment. Self-declared profiles are barred from Level 3 and Level 4 conformance claims (see ATLAS Section 22.6.3).
The Protocol Profile registry, conformance criteria, and certification governance are designed to prevent single-entity control. Registry governance procedures, including timelines, self-declaration fallback, and mandatory conformance test suites, are specified in the standard.
Contact
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