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A provisional patent protects the UCIP measurement framework.
The filing covers the measurement architecture for detecting continuation structure in autonomous AI systems — including structural readouts, falsification methodology, and the observatory instrument design.
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@misc{altman2026observatory,
title = {Continuation Observatory: Structural Measurement for Continuation Signals},
author = {Altman, Christopher},
year = {2026},
url = {https://continuationobservatory.org},
note = {Open research observatory, updated continuously}
}