Citing the patent filings

The Reality Kernel patent family is published here as fixed PDFs, content-addressed on IPFS so any citation resolves to the exact bytes. Each document below carries its IPFS CID (CIDv0, where assigned) and SHA-256 - verify either before relying on a copy. The PDFs in pdfs/ are authoritative as filed; this page is a citation aid, not the filing.

The filings (description + drawings)

Parent - WO 2025/046153 A2 · Methods and Apparatus for Projector-Camera Systems

Cathal Ryan Hynes. PCT application PCT/EP2024/080780; international publication WO 2025/046153 A2, published 2025-03-06.

Gateways (document CID): ipfs.io · dweb.link · gateway.pinata.cloud. The SHA-256 above is the primary integrity anchor; a gateway only locates the bytes.

Filing 1 - Physical Markov-Channel Apparatus for Verification, Perception, and Controllable Rendering

Cathal Ryan Hynes · P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd · Irish patent application (IPOI), filed 2026-04-08 · patent pending · v0.38.

Gateways (Description CID): ipfs.io · dweb.link · gateway.pinata.cloud. The SHA-256 above is the primary integrity anchor; a gateway only locates the bytes.

Filing 2 - Evidence-Bound Runtime Governance Systems with Versioned Policy Objects, Operational State Gates, and Portable Peer-Review Records

Cathal Ryan Hynes · P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd · Irish patent application (IPOI), filed 2026-04-08 · patent pending · v42.

Gateways (Description CID): ipfs.io · dweb.link · gateway.pinata.cloud. The SHA-256 above is the primary integrity anchor; a gateway only locates the bytes.

Each PDF above is individually pinned; cite any document by its own CID.

Filing 3 - Tamper-Evident Longitudinal Measurement Using a Physically-Unclonable Self-Witnessing Specimen ("Theseus's Certificate")

Cathal Ryan Hynes · P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd · Irish patent application (IPOI, Full-Term Patent), filed 3 July 2026 · Office provisional application no. PTIE20260000000433 (definitive application number to follow) · patent pending · claims held · v0.2.

Gateways (Description CID): ipfs.io · dweb.link · gateway.pinata.cloud. The SHA-256 above is the primary integrity anchor; a gateway only locates the bytes.

Status: Filing 3 is published here as fixed PDFs; its SHA-256 and IPFS CID are the integrity anchors (CIDs in the table above). Its claims are held (not yet filed). The mechanism it describes is enabled in the filing; the application is patent pending, and its physical envelope is still being characterised. Plain-language summary: self-witnessing.md.

Resolving & verifying

The SHA-256 is the primary integrity anchor. A gateway can serve any bytes; the hash is what certifies you have the exact filed document. Fetch from any gateway (or IPFS directly), then confirm the SHA-256 before relying on a copy - the CID locates the bytes, the SHA-256 certifies them.

• IPFS: ipfs://<CID>, or any public gateway. Three that resolve these CIDs: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/<CID>, https://dweb.link/ipfs/<CID>, https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/<CID>.
• Reproduce the CID: ipfs add --only-hash -Q <file> returns the listed CIDv0.
• Reproduce the hash: sha256sum <file> returns the listed SHA-256 (the primary anchor).

How to cite

Plain (Filing 1, e.g.):

Hynes, C. R. Physical Markov-Channel Apparatus for Verification, Perception, and Controllable Rendering. P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd, Irish patent application, filed 8 Apr 2026 (patent pending). IPFS QmNwUZiiFMcVhrDcMsZ7U5WTKtgTmnF8FiE4hfGZUKQTbb.

BibTeX:

@patent{hynes2025wo,
  author = {Hynes, Cathal Ryan},
  title  = {Methods and Apparatus for Projector-Camera Systems},
  number = {WO 2025/046153 A2},
  year   = {2025}, month = mar,
  note   = {PCT/EP2024/080780, published 2025-03-06.
            IPFS QmbguWqss4tC6CP3cBsaFrDp6DifgqkEpHg65cPfxSV3XB}}

@patent{hynes2026pigmie1,
  author = {Hynes, Cathal Ryan},
  title  = {Physical Markov-Channel Apparatus for Verification, Perception, and Controllable Rendering},
  year   = {2026}, month = apr,
  note   = {P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd. Irish patent application, filed 2026-04-08; patent pending.
            IPFS (description) QmNwUZiiFMcVhrDcMsZ7U5WTKtgTmnF8FiE4hfGZUKQTbb;
            (drawings) QmbDv3YRaLdMNcCJaX81MoaSxBh5ukFxHypBQFCNXQszvp}}

@patent{hynes2026pigmie2,
  author = {Hynes, Cathal Ryan},
  title  = {Evidence-Bound Runtime Governance Systems with Versioned Policy Objects, Operational State Gates, and Portable Peer-Review Records},
  year   = {2026}, month = apr,
  note   = {P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd. Irish patent application, filed 2026-04-08; patent pending.
            IPFS (description) QmZuLRUTCBXEDb2SPr91Hi5qCay6EpeXCS13CmLHmUS6h6;
            (drawings) QmPS8bWrRRpDMHbVPbScRcihA6ixRtNyYqqHKtgDMqq89e}}

@patent{hynes2026pigmie3,
  author = {Hynes, Cathal Ryan},
  title  = {Tamper-Evident Longitudinal Measurement Using a Physically-Unclonable Self-Witnessing Specimen},
  year   = {2026}, month = jul,
  note   = {P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd. Irish patent application (IPOI), filed 2026-07-03;
            Office provisional application no. PTIE20260000000433 (definitive number to follow); patent pending; claims held.
            SHA-256 (description) e16998306614ecf4779eae14f86286a4ad64eeec0de1e0cddcb0e3485a1909e9;
            (drawings) 1a4d2a7ebf72532001087a3c20d22fafe2cef6160190e39af63e7f61d0143493;
            (abstract) addbbfea32a06891ab58828f234a1d7113980bb6f874a219bd5fff43225dc909}}

Patent pending; all rights reserved (see the repository LICENSE). Citation grants no licence.

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