# Patent Drafting Project

Working title:

**Systems and Methods for Executing Memory-Image-Defined Computation on a Cellular Automaton Computing Substrate**

This project contains a working patent-application draft for a reconfigurable cellular automaton computing substrate based on a protected local evolution function `F`.

## Files

- `drafts/patent_application.md` - Main working patent application draft.
- `drafts/claims.md` - Preliminary claim set for focused iteration.
- `drafts/abstract.md` - Draft abstract.
- `drafts/figures.md` - Suggested figure list and figure descriptions.
- `notes/invention_disclosure.md` - Technical summary, invention boundaries, and open drafting questions.
- `notes/glossary.md` - Working terminology.

## Drafting Notes

This is a technical drafting aid, not legal advice. A patent attorney or agent should review the final application, especially the claim strategy, prior art positioning, inventorship, enablement, and jurisdiction-specific formatting.