Patent & Technical Architecture

SeedBid Patent Claims & Technical Scope

A public technical overview of the intellectual-property architecture associated with SeedBid, the agricultural implementation of the broader Provenance-Backed Securities framework.

U.S. Patent Application No. 64/048,095 Blockchain-Anchored Genetic Asset Exchange Seed Genetic Intellectual Property
Public Patent Record

What does this page describe?

This page describes the patent-facing technical architecture identified in the PBS/MPS project materials.

Its purpose is to distinguish the SeedBid intellectual-property implementation from the broader economic, mathematical, regulatory, and policy claims of the Meritocratic Provenance System.

Important distinction: the technical themes presented below summarize the subject matter associated with the patent application in the available project materials. They are not represented as the verbatim numbered patent claims filed with, amended before, allowed by, or issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Application Reference

Blockchain-Anchored Genetic Asset Exchange

Project materials identify the patent application as covering SeedBid's implementation of a three-layer architecture for seed genetic intellectual property.

That implementation combines a blockchain-anchored Provenance Ledger, an IoT-integrated Performance Oracle, and an automated valuation exchange.

The described exchange layer supports multiple transaction modalities involving genetic intellectual property and performance-linked economic interests.

Application U.S. Patent Application No. 64/048,095
Filing Date April 24, 2026
Title Blockchain-Anchored Genetic Asset Exchange
Inventor Joseph Richard Harmon
Assignee ScarabCloud Inc., Mill Creek, Washington
Implementation SeedBid
Technical Architecture

Three integrated technology areas

The available intellectual-property description identifies three integrated subsystems in the SeedBid implementation.

Layer 01

Blockchain-Anchored Provenance Ledger

Records genetic lineage and related asset information in a cryptographically anchored provenance structure.

Layer 02

IoT-Integrated Performance Oracle

Associates genetic assets with agricultural performance information such as germination, yield, disease resistance, pest tolerance, drought tolerance, and grain quality.

Layer 03

Automated Valuation Exchange

Supports valuation and multiple transaction modalities involving registered genetic assets and related economic interests.

Public Technical Outline

Patent claim themes

Based on the project materials, the patent-facing technology can be organized publicly into the following technical themes.

Technical Theme 01
Genetic-asset registration

Registration of seed genetic assets within a structured digital system capable of assigning a unique asset identity and maintaining associated descriptive information.

Technical Theme 02
Blockchain-anchored genetic provenance

Preservation of genetic lineage and asset history through cryptographically anchored provenance records linking an asset with its relevant predecessor records and supporting evidence.

Technical Theme 03
Structured genetic lineage documentation

Association of genetic assets with structured metadata including crop species, variety identifiers, parent lines, crossing records, selection history, trait information, intellectual-property references, and trial-data references.

Technical Theme 04
Performance-linked agricultural measurement

Association of registered genetic assets with measurable agricultural performance information, including germination, yield, disease resistance, pest tolerance, drought tolerance, and grain-quality information.

Technical Theme 05
Provenance and performance valuation

Use of provenance and performance information as inputs to an asset-valuation process connecting documented genetic history with observable agronomic performance.

Technical Theme 06
Genetic-asset exchange

An exchange architecture supporting economic transactions involving registered genetic assets and their associated provenance and performance records.

Technical Theme 07
Multiple transaction modalities

The SeedBid implementation is described as supporting outright genetic-IP sale, term and perpetual licensing, fractional ownership of genetic-asset portfolios, and royalty-stream economic interests.

Technical Theme 08
End-to-end evidentiary linkage

Maintenance of a traceable relationship among genetic identity, provenance documentation, field-performance information, valuation, and resulting economic transactions.

Domain Extension

Seed genetic metadata

The project's technical appendix describes a domain-specific metadata structure for agricultural genetic assets.

Crop species Standardized species identification.
Variety name Registered variety name or an internal breeding designation.
Parent lines References to parent genetic-asset provenance records.
Cross record Structured information describing crossing procedures and associated evidence.
Selection history Ordered records of selection decisions across breeding generations.
Plant Variety Protection Reference to an applicable PVP certificate.
Utility patent Reference to an applicable U.S. utility patent.
Trait profile Structured agronomic trait information such as yield, resistance, tolerance, and quality characteristics.
Trial-data references References connecting the registered asset with relevant performance information.
Relationship to PBS/MPS

Domain implementation versus general framework

SeedBid is described in the project materials as a domain-specific agricultural implementation of the broader PBS architecture.

The SeedBid patent-facing implementation centers on genetic provenance, agricultural performance measurement, valuation, and exchange.

The broader PBS/MPS research architecture extends the provenance concept beyond seed genetics and separately develops contribution decomposition, persistence, interaction effects, and royalty allocation.

These materials therefore overlap technically, but the broader PBS/MPS research framework should not automatically be treated as identical to the scope of the SeedBid patent application.

Technical Pathways

Continue through the architecture

Provenance Ledger Examine the proposed evidentiary and provenance-record layer. Performance Oracle Examine the proposed empirical performance-measurement layer. Contribution Decomposition Examine the broader contribution-attribution and royalty-flow research. Research & Primary Sources Review the wider PBS/MPS research and technical record.
Patent Status Notice

Application reference is not a grant

This page is a public technical and research overview. Reference to a patent application should not be interpreted as a representation that a patent has been granted, that any particular claim has been allowed, or that the public technical themes on this page define the legal scope of any patent right.

The legal scope of patent protection, if any, depends on the operative application, its actual claims, amendments, prosecution history, and any claims ultimately allowed or issued by the relevant patent authority.

Nothing on this page constitutes patent, intellectual-property, securities, investment, tax, valuation, or financial advice. Publication does not establish regulatory approval or agency endorsement.