A Patent-Pending
Governance Architecture.
A patent-pending stack of 56 filed U.S. patent applications — 48 priority provisional applications filed in January 2026 and 8 pending U.S. nonprovisional utility applications. The nonprovisional applications begin with a parent architecture (U.S. App. No. 19/529,283, filed February 4, 2026) and extend through applications filed in July 2026 (App. Nos. 19/731,050, 19/731,090, 19/731,110, 19/731,118, 19/732,539, 19/732,564, and 19/732,615). Together they are directed to proof-first authorization, pre-execution governance, tamper-evident proof of execution events, AI compute infrastructure governance, verification of AI-generated actions, proof-gated financial execution control, AI safety and privacy-preserving data governance, ownership-bound stewardship control, and insurance and risk-adaptive governance.
A patent-pending governance architecture built on one doctrine: if it cannot be verified, it cannot execute.
Policy-Gated Execution With Proof-First Authorization and Tamper-Evident Evidence Artifacts for AI, Automated, and Human-Authorized Systems
19/529,283
February 4, 2026
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a))
Small Entity
Policy-gated interception and authorization of AI, automated, and human-assisted decisions at runtime, with automatic generation of cryptographically verifiable, audit-ready evidence receipts capturing policy state, authorization chains, jurisdictional context, and outcomes.
The portfolio has been extended through additional applications filed in July 2026, broadening the architecture into AI compute infrastructure governance, governance and verification of AI-generated actions, tamper-evident proof of execution events, proof-gated financial execution control, AI safety and privacy-preserving data governance, ownership-bound stewardship control, and insurance and risk-adaptive governance.
System and Method for Inheritance-Bound Governance of AI Compute Infrastructure
Continuation-in-Part (35 U.S.C. §120) · July 4, 2026
Inheritance-bound governance of AI compute infrastructure — extending proof-first authorization to power, grid, cooling, water, and thermal-discharge constraints, environmental thresholds, and regulatory headroom, requiring inheritance-bound verification before infrastructure action.
System and Method for Governance and Verification of AI-Generated Actions
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a)) · July 5, 2026
Governance and verification of AI-generated actions — multi-party authorization with M-of-N approval, self-approval blocking, and hierarchical, multi-tier governance structures for high-consequence decisions.
System and Method for Tamper-Evident Proof of Execution Events
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a)) · July 5, 2026
The evidence and proof layer — generation of tamper-evident proof of execution events, capturing authorization outcome, policy state, evidence, and context in cryptographically verifiable records that establish what was allowed, denied, or held, and why.
System and Method for Proof-Gated Authorization and Verification of Financial Execution Events
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a)) · July 5, 2026
Financial execution control — proof-gated authorization and verification of financial execution events, requiring authority, evidence, constraints, and admissible state to be verified before money-movement and treasury actions are permitted to execute.
Systems and Methods for AI Safety Monitoring, Consent-Based Access Control, and Privacy-Preserving Data Governance in Autonomous Computing Environments
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a)) · July 6, 2026
AI safety, consent, and privacy — safety monitoring, consent-based access control, and privacy-preserving data governance for autonomous computing environments, verifying consent and privacy constraints before data and model actions are permitted to execute.
Systems and Methods for Ownership-Bound Execution Control, Stewardship Verification, and Field-Interlock Access Management in AI and Autonomous Computing Environments
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a)) · July 7, 2026
Ownership and stewardship — ownership-bound execution control, stewardship verification, and field-interlock access management, binding execution authority to verified ownership and stewardship before actions in AI and autonomous computing environments are allowed.
Systems and Methods for Risk-Adaptive Governance, Coverage-Bound Execution Control, and Verifiable Claims Processing
Utility — Non-Provisional (35 U.S.C. §111(a)) · July 7, 2026
Insurance and risk-adaptive governance — risk-adaptive governance, coverage-bound execution control, and verifiable claims processing, binding execution authorization to insurance, risk, and liability posture so that coverage state, risk thresholds, and adaptive risk conditions are verified before AI and autonomous actions are permitted to execute.
48 Provisionals Across Six Rails
Each rail represents a distinct governance domain. Click to explore the layer structure and capabilities covered by each filing cluster.
Portfolio at a Glance
Core Rail 20
Stewardship Rail
Digital Asset & Treasury
Enterprise Action Rail
Insurance Rail
Commercial Governance Gate
Why File These Applications?
“We didn't file to impress anyone. We filed because the doctrine demands it. Every rail, every gate, every proof mechanism — each one addresses a real governance failure that costs organizations millions. The IP isn't the point. The architecture is. The applications are how we document and protect the work.”
Derek Hone
Founder & CEO, Remnant Fieldworks Inc.
Patent pending refers to filed U.S. patent applications. Nothing on this site should be read as a representation that any patent has issued, that any claim has been allowed, or that any third-party system infringes. Application numbers are shown only where filing has been confirmed.