Patent Estate¶
TraceLock™ operates as the physical-layer sensor and detection system within the broader SDOS (Security Decision Operating System) governance architecture. Both systems are covered by five U.S. provisional patent applications filed between April and May 2026.
This page summarizes patent provenance at a capability level. Implementation detail is held until non-provisional publication. The non-provisional consolidating all five filings is targeted for April 4, 2027 (Prov #1 expiry — strict-conservative posture preserves all five priority dates).
Filed U.S. Provisional Patent Applications¶
Provisional 1 — April 4, 2026¶
- Scope relevant to
TraceLock™: Multi-domain RF sensing as a governance input — radio-frequency situational awareness fused with behavioral and network signals to feed runtime policy decisions. Risk-tiered classification (R1 / R2 / R3) governs how sensor signal evidence is acted upon at dispatch.
Provisional 2 — April 25, 2026¶
- Scope relevant to
TraceLock™: Sensor-actuated AI dispatch — architecture for routing decisions based on sensor evidence at the moment of action, rather than post-hoc audit. Modular governance architecture supporting hot-swappable detection modules with integrity verification.
Provisional 3 — May 16, 2026¶
- Scope relevant to
TraceLock™: Structural isolation properties between sensing layer and decision layer — the sensor cannot modify the policy under which its evidence is evaluated. Formal enforcement invariance and adversarial-hardening properties extend to the sensor-evidence pathway.
Provisional 4 — May 19, 2026¶
- Scope relevant to
TraceLock™: Governance identity continuity that applies to systems integrating sensor evidence into AI agent runtimes — including deployments whereTraceLock™evidence feeds AI decision pipelines across sessions.
Provisional 5 — May 28, 2026¶
- Scope relevant to
TraceLock™: Topology-adaptive governed runtime — enforcement that holds across differing deployment topologies, including edge-deployed sensing where the governance runtime and the sensor share a host. Combined-signal detection and pre-action memory checks extend the sensor-evidence pathway.
Combined Scope¶
- Five U.S. provisional patent applications
- 45 patent families
- 334 total claims (47 independent + 287 dependent)
- Non-provisional filing target: April 4, 2027
What This Means for Research Partners¶
TraceLock™ is research-grade, patent-filed, and positioned for SBIR / STTR engagement. Partners evaluating the technology for transition, pilot deployment, or co-development can be confident that the underlying architecture is protected at the priority-date level and is on a clear path to non-provisional conversion.
For the runtime governance umbrella that consumes TraceLock™ sensor evidence and produces governed action decisions, refer to the SDOS reference documentation maintained at AAM Cyber.
Verification¶
Five U.S. provisional applications were filed between April 4 and May 28, 2026, covering 45 patent families and 334 total claims.
U.S. provisional applications are not published by the USPTO. They remain unpublished until a non-provisional claiming their priority publishes — here, no earlier than 2028. That means application numbers cannot be looked up in a public patent database today, and a search would return nothing. This is how provisional filing works, not a gap in the record.
Filing receipts, application numbers, and confirmation numbers are provided to research partners, prime contractors, and diligence counsel on request, under the NDA framework below.
Disclosure Posture¶
Material on this page is published at Tier 2 disclosure — capability and scope only. Implementation detail, claim text, and architectural specifics are held until non-provisional publication.
For collaboration discussions that require deeper technical detail, an NDA framework is available through research partnerships.
Last updated: 2026-10-05 Source of truth: AAM Cyber patent docket; USPTO filing receipts held on file.