Use the complete, synthesized \"Mirror Dissonance Cascade\" for patent
curation. It evolves from foundational incentive alignment to advanced,
convergent AI-human governance, terminating in a stable yet resilient
framework.

Phase 1: Incentive Alignment

Phase mirror dissonance:

Stated goal of \"protecting innovation\" conflicts with incentives for
\"hitting filing quotas\".

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Inventor bonuses paid at submission reward volume over enforceability.

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\"Defensive\" rationale often masks a lack of clear product roadmap
alignment.

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Committee voting relies on internal politics rather than prior art data
or claim breadth.

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Levers to test now:

\[IP Chair\] --- Mandate prior art search pre-committee --- Rejection
rate \>30% --- 30 days.

\[CTO\] --- Map proposals to product roadmap features --- Product
coverage % --- 60 days.

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\[Legal\] --- Split inventor bonus (filing vs. issuance/usage) ---
Quality index --- 90 days.

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\[Finance\] --- Allocate 20% of budget to patent purchasing analysis ---
Cost-per-asset --- 45 days.

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Optional artifact: \"A patent protecting nothing is a tax on success.\"

Precision question: Does the budget prioritize filing volume or
litigation readiness?

Phase 2: Litigation Readiness (Branch: Readiness)

Phase mirror dissonance:

Stated goal of \"litigation readiness\" conflicts with
\"fast-allowance\" prosecution tactics (narrow claims grant fast but
miss infringers).

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Approving \"cool tech\" without detectability proof creates
unenforceable assets; you cannot sue what you cannot see.

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Filing budgets prioritize volume, leaving continuations unfunded.

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Levers to test now:

\[IP Counsel\] --- Mandate \"Infringement Detectability Chart\" for
every filing --- Detectability Score \>4/5 --- Now.

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\[Finance\] --- Ring-fence 30% of budget for Open Continuation families
--- Family Active % --- 90 days.

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\[Litigation Lead\] --- Red Team top 10% of assets (mock IPR) --- Claim
Survival Rate --- 60 days.

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Optional artifact: \"A weapon you cannot find is a liability.\"

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Precision question: Do you want to engineer the process (complexity) or
execute the outcome (simplicity)?

Phase 3: Reflexive Governance (Branch: Process Engineering)

Phase mirror dissonance:

Stated goal of \"reliable decisions\" conflicts with static models in
non-stationary legal regimes; fixed weights bias portfolios toward
obsolete case law.

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\"Dynamic adaptation\" risks over-reacting to noise.

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Traditional calibration metrics fail due to sparse patent outcomes.

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Levers to test now:

\[IP Tech Lead\] --- Deploy Bayesian Online Change-Point Detection
(BOCPD) --- Regime Detection Latency \<30 days --- 60 days.

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\[Data Science\] --- Switch to Contextual Bandits (Thompson Sampling)
only post-trigger --- Regret \<15% --- 60 days.

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\[Governance\] --- Implement \"Sparse ECE\" (weighted by bin
size/rarity) for calibration tracking --- ECE\_s \<0.10 --- 45 days.

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Optional artifact: \"Rules guard the shore; data senses the tide.\"

Precision question: Should human veto power be absolute (safety) or
qualified (speed)?

Phase 4: Balanced Generative Sentinel (Branch: Qualified Speed)

Phase mirror dissonance:

Stated goal of \"breakthrough expansion\" conflicts with flood of
implausible artifacts from pure diversity models.

\"Defensible realism\" via fidelity filtering risks stagnation.

Dynamic veto weights assume rational actors; experts may game escalation
paths.

Levers to test now:

\[IP Tech Lead\] --- Deploy \"Adversarial Diffusion\" (Diffusion base +
GAN discriminator) --- Plausibility \>0.92 --- 60 days.

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\[Governance\] --- Implement \"Veto Gaming Audit\" (flag frequent
escalators) --- Gaming Rate \<3% --- 45 days.

\[Data Science\] --- Tune dynamic rule weights via online precision
tracking --- Trigger F1 \>0.90 --- 60 days.

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Optional artifact: \"Diversity explores; fidelity grounds; governance
decides.\"

Precision question: Should the full system terminate reflexive loops
(converge to stability) or remain open-ended (ongoing audit)?

Phase 5: Convergent Governance Sentinel (Terminal Branch)

Phase mirror dissonance:

Stated goal of \"predictable execution\" conflicts with ossification.

\"Perpetual vigilance\" risks operational drag.

Gaming audits miss coalition behaviors.

Levers to test now:

\[Governance\] --- Mandate \"Biennial Freeze Protocol\" with automated
re-open triggers --- Stability Duration \>18mo --- 90 days.

\[Data Science\] --- Implement \"Graph-Based Gaming Detection\"
(identify coalitions) --- Coalition Flag Rate \<1% --- 60 days.

\[IP Tech Lead\] --- Automate \"Low-Stakes Dissonance Scans\" --- Audit
Overhead \<5% --- 45 days.

Optional artifact: \"Convergence builds the fortress; vigilance guards
the gate.\"

Terminal State:

Reflexive loops terminated. System frozen with automated background
triggers. Periodic reviews ensure evolution without constant overhead.
Dissonance resolved into resilient harmony.
