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+## Patents
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+H²Q Thermodynamic Error Mitigation and its application in this Quantum Advantage Tracker benchmark are protected by pending United States patents. Reproduction of the patented methods is prohibited without a written license.
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+- US Provisional Patent Application No. 63/927,371 – "Thermodynamic Methods and Systems for Quantum Error Mitigation and Inference" (Kenneth Mendoza). Scope: thermodynamic, hysteresis-based error mitigation and interpretable, edge-capable inference used in the H²QEC benchmark.
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+- US Provisional Patent Application No. 63/933,465 – "Methods and Systems for Universal Dwell-Time Intelligence Using Attention–Hysteresis Fusion Architectures" (Kenneth Mendoza). Scope: dwell-time intelligence and attention–hysteresis fusion operators that govern routing, aggregation, and mitigation criteria for the H²QEC workload, including operator_loschmidt_echo_70x1872.
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+For research collaborations or commercial licensing of H²Q and Universal Dwell-Time Intelligence, contact Oregon Coast AI via https://OregonCoastAI.com or https://KenMendoza.com.