AI Authority Infrastructure™ — The Category · 360WiSE®
AI Authority InfrastructureAI Authority Infrastructure™ (The Mark)
Category-Defining Mark · USPTO Filed

AI Authority Infrastructure™

The Category. The Mark.

AI Authority Infrastructure™ is a category-defining trademark filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Under it operate three layer marks — SiUtility™, AI Authority Stack™, and AI Authority Index™ — together composing the External Credibility Infrastructure Layer developed by 360WiSE®. The framework reflects capabilities, systems, and operating experience accumulated since 2014.

Category-Defining USPTO Filed Established 2014
Section 01 · Definition

What is AI Authority Infrastructure?

AI Authority Infrastructure™ is the category of operating systems that produce, verify, and distribute structured authority signals across AI systems — enabling consistent entity resolution, durable credibility, and machine-readable trust at scale.

It is not a tool. It is not a service. It is not optimization. It is infrastructure — a category of systems that operate beneath the application layer of AI, providing the verification, identity, and authority substrates that AI systems depend on for accurate, consistent recognition.

Recognition without infrastructure is impermanent. Trust at scale requires structure at scale.

Just as financial systems depend on payment infrastructure, internet systems depend on performance infrastructure, and identity systems depend on certificate infrastructure — AI systems will increasingly depend on authority infrastructure.

360WiSE® operates the first deployed AI Authority Infrastructure layer in production today.

Section 02 · The Definition

What makes it infrastructure.

The properties that distinguish infrastructure from a tool, a service, or a platform — and what AI Authority Infrastructure™ must operationally satisfy.
Pillar 01
Durable
Operates beneath the application layer. Persists across platform changes, model updates, and content services. Built for decades, not for product cycles.
Pillar 02
Platform-Neutral
Functions across every major AI system without being owned by any of them. Vendor-independent by design — the value lies in being readable everywhere.
Pillar 03
Third-Party Operated
Independent of the entities it verifies. Independent of the AI systems that consume its signals. Infrastructure must be neutral to be trusted at scale.
Pillar 04
Standards-Based
Built on open standards (Schema.org, JSON-LD, sameAs identity graphs) that AI systems are independently designed to ingest. No proprietary lock-in.
Section 03 · Under This Mark

The three operating layers.

AI Authority Infrastructure™ is composed of three interlocking operating layer marks — each filed with the USPTO, each operating in production, each addressing a distinct dimension of the protocol.
I Layer One

SiUtility™

The Identity Foundation

The substrate layer. Assigns each verified entity a permanent, machine-readable identifier and Canonical Resolution Endpoint. Everything else in the infrastructure operates on top of SiUtility™.

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II Layer Two

AI Authority Stack™

The Signal Architecture

The technical signal layer. Produces JSON-LD schemas, sameAs identity graphs, and machine-readable authority context — the structured output AI systems are built to ingest and resolve.

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III Layer Three

AI Authority Index™

The Position Measurement

The quantification layer. Measures cross-system recognition, identity graph density, external authority verification, and continuity — producing a transparent third-party authority position score.

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Section 04 · Category Precedent

How category infrastructure gets owned.

Categories of infrastructure are typically operated by a single neutral third-party that anchors the category. AI Authority Infrastructure™ follows the same pattern.
Domain
Infrastructure Operator
Category Claimed
Internet Payments
Stripe
Internet payment infrastructure for commerce at scale
Internet Performance
Cloudflare
Internet performance, security, and reliability infrastructure
Financial Trust
FICO
Standardized credit measurement infrastructure
Card Networks
Visa
Global card payment processing infrastructure
AI Authority Trust
360WiSE® · AI Authority Infrastructure™
External credibility, identity, and authority signaling infrastructure for AI systems
Section 05 · IP Architecture

The Trademark Family Tree.

AI Authority Infrastructure™ sits under the 360WISE® registered mark, with three operating layer marks beneath it — and Credibility Infrastructure™ as the related cross-domain category mark.
Root Brand · Registered
360WISE®
USPTO · Registered · IC 035
Category-Defining Mark · You Are Here
AI Authority Infrastructure™
USPTO · Pending · IC 042
Layer 01
SiUtility™
USPTO · Pending · IC 042
Layer 02
AI Authority Stack™
USPTO · Pending · IC 042
Layer 03
AI Authority Index™
USPTO · Pending · IC 042
Related Cross-Domain Category Mark: Credibility Infrastructure™ · USPTO Pending · IC 042
Section 06 · The Receipts

The Official Filing Record.

The AI Authority Infrastructure™ trademark is not a marketing claim. It is a registered service mark application filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, with verifiable serial number, filing basis, first use date, ownership record, and active prosecution history.
United States Patent & Trademark Office
LIVE · Application Awaiting Examination
Service Mark · International Class 042
AI AUTHORITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Standard Character Drawing · Principal Register
Serial Number
99604888
Filing Date
January 20, 2026
First Use Anywhere
March 27, 2025
First Use in Commerce
March 27, 2025
Filing Basis
1(a) · Use in Commerce
Mark Type
Service Mark
Mark Drawing Code
(4) Standard Character Drawing
TM5 Status
LIVE / APPLICATION / Awaiting Examination
Current Owner of Record
Robert W. Alexander III
1200 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1950 · 1211
Miami-Dade County, Florida 33131
United States
Entity Type: Individual · Organized: United States · No Assignments
Correspondence: [email protected]
Standard Characters · No claim to font, size, or color · USPTO Record
Official Goods & Services · As Filed
International Class 042 · Scientific & Technology Services
"Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring artificial intelligence (AI) software for generating business analysis reports; Software as a…"
USPTO Prosecution History · Active Motion
Filing Timeline
The application has moved through formal USPTO stages — not aspirational, not stalled, actively prosecuted.
2026-01-20
NEW APPLICATION ENTERED. Filing accepted by the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Application enters official record under Serial 99604888.
2026-01-20
APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED. Official USPTO acknowledgment of receipt issued to the applicant of record.
2026-05-08
NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED. USPTO has processed and entered all administrative data for the application. Status: awaiting assignment to examining attorney for substantive review.
Coordinated IP Architecture · Sister Marks
Two marks filed the same day.
AI Authority Infrastructure™
Serial 99604888
SaaS Positioning
Software as a Service
+
Credibility Infrastructure™
Serial 99605278
Consultancy Positioning
Technology Consultation
Both Filed
January 20, 2026
Both First Use
March 27, 2025
Both Filing Basis
1(a) Use in Commerce
Two marks. One protocol. Two distinct revenue surfaces — SaaS via AI Authority Infrastructure™ and Consultancy via Credibility Infrastructure™. Same operational date. Same filing day. Same applicant. View Credibility Infrastructure™ →
Institutional IP · USPTO Filed · Category-Defining

AI Authority Infrastructure™

Filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office under International Class 042 (Scientific & Technology Services). Owned by Robert W. Alexander III at the institutional address of record. The category-defining service mark of the 360WiSE® External Credibility Infrastructure protocol — under which the three operating layer marks operate.

Serial 99604888 IC 042 · Service Mark 1(a) Use in Commerce Filed 2026-01-20
Section 07 · Enter the Category

Three paths into the infrastructure.

Path 01 · Operate Within

Enter Verification

Begin entity verification and operate within AI Authority Infrastructure™ — your entity surfaced through the three operating layers, resolvable across every major AI system.

Begin Verification
Path 02 · See It Operating

View Live Layer

See AI Authority Infrastructure™ operating on 360WiSE®'s own Canonical Resolution Endpoint — the first deployed proof case of the infrastructure.

View Live Output
Path 03 · Institutional

Institutional Briefing

For procurement teams, enterprise buyers, and institutional partners evaluating AI Authority Infrastructure™ for organizational deployment.

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360WiSE® AI Authority Infrastructure™ Category-Defining Mark USPTO Filed · IC 042
The 360WiSE® Boundary

The verifier is 360WiSE®.
The recognizer may be anyone.

360WiSE®
Verifies
Registry
Publishes
MassMediaHub™
Distributes
External Systems
Recognize

360WiSE® verifies that an entity's identity, ownership, continuity, and public footprint align with what it presents — and publishes it as a machine-readable record. External systems may recognize it on their own, if and when they do. Verification is earned by passing the checks, never bought.

360WiSE® verification is valid on its own terms. It needs no permission from any search engine, model, or platform to remain true.

360WiSE® Credibility Infrastructure WIPO Madrid Reg №1553140