IPR Details
Douglas Cameron Borthwick's Statement about IPR related to draft-borthwick-wallet-state-attestation and draft-borthwick-msebenzi-environment-state

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Submitted: May 13, 2026 under the rules in RFC 8179.

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

Holder legal name Douglas Cameron Borthwick

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Douglas Cameron Borthwick
Holder contact email douglas@insumermodel.com
Holder contact info

18 Locust Ave., #115
New Canaan, CT 06840

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

Name Douglas Cameron Borthwick
Email douglas@insumermodel.com
Other info

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-borthwick-wallet-state-attestation ("Wallet State Attestation: Signed Booleans about On-Chain State")
Revisions:
00 and later
Sections:
The entire document defines the wallet-state attestation primitive that is the subject of the patent application.
Internet-Draft:
draft-borthwick-msebenzi-environment-state ("Verifiable Intent -- environment.* Constraint Family")
Revisions:
00 and later
Sections:
The patent reads on the wallet-state attestation primitive referenced by the environment.wallet_state constraint type defined in the Internet-Draft. The patent does not read on the broader environment.* constraint family, family-wide vocabulary (attestation_url, max_attestation_age), composition rules, IANA registry mechanics, or other constraint types within the family (including environment.market_state).

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: US19/573671
Inventor: Douglas Cameron Borthwick
Title: Privacy-Preserving Verification of On-Chain State Using Cryptographically Signed Attestations for Commerce, Identity, and Machine-to-Machine Interactions
Date: 2026-03-20

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending Yes

VI. Licensing Declaration

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VII. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name Douglas Cameron Borthwick
Submitter email douglas@insumermodel.com

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