IPR Details
NirvanAI LLC's Statement about IPR related to draft-nirvanai-nbtp-behavioral-trust

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Submitted: April 4, 2026 under the rules in RFC 8179.

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I. Patent Holder/Applicant ("Patent Holder")

Holder legal name NirvanAI LLC

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Edward Pelto
Holder contact email nirvanaiorg@gmail.com
Holder contact info

III. Contact Information for the IETF Participant Whose Personal Belief Triggered this Disclosure

Name Edward Pelto
Email nirvanaiorg@gmail.com
Other info

IV. IETF Document or Other Contribution to Which this IPR Disclosure Relates

Internet-Draft:
draft-nirvanai-nbtp-behavioral-trust ("NirvanAI Behavioral Trust Protocol (NBTP)")
Revisions:
00
Sections:
Sections 4 (Attestation Format), 6 (Decay Model), 7 (Cross-Context Correlation)

V. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 8179

A. For granted patents or published pending patent applications, please provide the following information:

Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File number(s)

Number: US63/985171
Inventor: Edward Pelto
Title: Lingua Franca Media Protocol - Behavioral Pattern Analysis for Diagnostic and Trust Applications
Date: 2026-02-17
Notes: Provisional patent application. Covers behavioral pattern measurement methodology. The core NBTP protocol wire format, state machine, and attestation signing are not covered by this patent.

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending Yes

VI. Licensing Declaration

The Patent Holder states that its position with respect to licensing any patent claims contained in the patent(s) or patent application(s) disclosed above that would necessarily be infringed by implementation of the technology required by the relevant IETF specification ("Necessary Patent Claims"), for the purpose of implementing such specification, is as follows(select one licensing declaration option only):

Licensing Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

NirvanAI commits to royalty-free licensing of necessary patent claims for the core NBTP protocol (attestation format, decay model, state machine, co-silence detection, Creole CHALLENGE/RESPONSE). Implementation-specific measurement heuristics (Ed Scanner algorithm, LFMP clinical application) are not required by the specification and are not included in this declaration.

Note: The individual submitting this template represents and warrants that he or she is authorized by the Patent Holder to agree to the above-selected licensing declaration.

VII. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name Edward Pelto
Submitter email nirvanaiorg@gmail.com

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