IPR Details
Certisyn, Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-hillier-scitt-arp

• Disclosure
• History

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

Holder legal name	Certisyn, Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

Holder contact name	Joel Hillier
Holder contact email	jhillier@certisyn.com
Holder contact info	Certisyn, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Licence enquiries by email to the address above.

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

Name	Joel Hillier
Email	jhillier@certisyn.com
Other info

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

Internet-Draft: draft-hillier-scitt-arp ("Attestation Reconciliation Protocol") Revisions: 04 Sections: Section 5.23.2, Witness Set and Witness Quorum, and its subsections 5.23.2.1 through 5.23.2.6, by the section numbering of revision 04. In particular Section 5.23.2.3, Witness Linkage Segments, and Section 5.23.2.4, the quorum rule.

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: US64/150100 Inventor: Joel David Hillier Title: WITNESS-ATTESTED LINKAGE SEGMENTS FOR VERIFIABLE HEAD CONSISTENCY Date: 2026-09-08 Notes: United States provisional application under 35 U.S.C. 111(b), filed by Certisyn, Inc. The date given is the USPTO receipt date, which establishes the filing date of the application. The application is pending and unpublished. Disclosure is made under RFC 8179 Section 6.4.

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending	No

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	Licensing Declaration to be Provided Later (implies a willingness to commit to the provisions of a), b), or c) above)
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information	(No information submitted)

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	Joel Hillier
Submitter email	jhillier@certisyn.com

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