IP strategy
Patent what's observable. Trade-secret the rest.
A patent eventually publishes. A trade secret can last forever. Coca-Cola has kept its formula private since 1886. AIGIS files patents only on the behavior a competitor can observe from the outside; everything else stays in the vault.
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Invention disclosures
3
Provisional patents pending
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Trade secrets
Pending filings
Three categories of defensible behavior.
We don't publish the specific mechanisms or claims of pending applications. We share categories so customers and partners know the surface area being protected.
Data governance methods
Permission enforcement methods that operate on AI prompt construction across heterogeneous enterprise systems.
Write-path safety
Mechanisms that ensure AI-generated mutations remain governed at confirmation time, closing a class of vulnerabilities present in current AI writing systems.
Multi-system orchestration
Methods for routing user intent across multiple enterprise systems while preserving each system's native security posture and producing unified, auditable results.
Why this matters: Public technical disclosure of a pending patent before grant can give a determined competitor enough specificity to design around the eventual claims. Until applications progress through the USPTO, AIGIS shares the categorical scope of protection rather than the specific methods. Design partners under NDA receive the full disclosure.
Trade secrets
The vault. 16 protections.
Internal architecture a customer never sees. Each is contractually protected through engagement NDAs and never published. We share categories only.
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Permission infrastructure
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AI orchestration internals
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Cross-system protocols
Strategy precedent: Coca-Cola has protected its formula as a trade secret since 1886. WD-40 has kept its formula private since 1953. PageRank took the opposite path: Stanford patented it, showing why AIGIS patents only observable behavior and protects internal architecture as a trade secret.
Design partners under engagement NDA receive the full technical disclosure as part of their deployment. Investors in active conversations receive a sealed technical briefing on request.