IPR Details
Zenith Intelligence Technologies Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-kadjo-zi2cert

Update this IPR disclosure
Submitted: April 22, 2026 under the rules in RFC 8179.

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

Holder legal name Zenith Intelligence Technologies Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Joseph-Israel Kadjo
Holder contact email dev@zi2.app
Holder contact info

Zenith Intelligence Technologies Inc., Hagerstown, MD 21740, United States

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

Name Joseph-Israel Kadjo
Email dev@zi2.app
Other info

Founder & CEO, Zenith Intelligence Technologies Inc.

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-kadjo-zi2cert ("ZI2 Certified Email Server Attestation Protocol")
Revisions:
00
Sections:
All Sections

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: US64046041
Inventor: Joseph-Israel Kadjo
Title: System and Method for Server-Level Cryptographic Email Origin Attestation with Multi-Tenant Spoofing Detection and AI-Integrated Trust Verification
Date: 2026-04-21
Notes: Provisional patent application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 16 claims (4 independent, 12 dependent).

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: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 Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers with Possible Royalty/Fee
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

Zenith Intelligence Technologies Inc. is prepared to grant licenses under the disclosed patent claims on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions to applicants desiring to obtain such licenses. Interested parties should contact dev@zi2.app for licensing inquiries.

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 Joseph-Israel Kadjo
Submitter email dev@zi2.app

VIII. Other Notes

Additional notes

This disclosure covers provisional patent application ZI2-PAT-2026-002 filed April 21, 2026, with the USPTO. The patent covers server-level cryptographic email origin attestation as described in draft-kadjo-zi2cert-00, including the signing protocol, verification protocol, trust hierarchy, and AI integration architecture. The provisional application priority date is April 21, 2026.

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