Sponsorship

Sponsor Someone. Own Our Patents. The most counterintuitive offer you’ll see today: Give us money to help OTHER people join… and we’ll give YOU ownership of our patents. Wait, What? Let me explain: What We Have 1,200+ documented innovations — 99% utility patents, not design 210 formal claims across 7 applications 8 definite with 9 more out of first 130 survived USPTO deep dive with no prior art $0 licensing revenue (for now) Potentially billions in licensing value (when this scales) What We Need Members. Lots of them. Not buyers. Owners. People who will operate the 16 initiatives A community that governs itself The Problem New members cost $5/year. That’s accessible — but some people can’t even afford $5. Others need onboarding help. Others need their first 100 Credits to get started. ...

A Capped, Rebalanced Patent Sponsorship Model for a Cooperative IP Platform Jonathan R. Jones Founder & General Manager, Liana Banyan Corporation February 17, 2026 Abstract We present a patent economics model for a cooperative platform in which (1) the platform and its workers retain majority control, (2) external sponsors can underwrite patent development, (3) capital returns are generous but capped and recyclable, and (4) patent performance is pooled into dynamically rebalanced “buckets” to maintain equitable per-stake outcomes over time. The model applies to an existing portfolio of over 1,200 documented innovations, and coexists with a three-tier IP control framework used by all creators for new IP. ...

Liana Banyan Patent Economics: Fair Upside, No Feudalism Liana Banyan treats its patent portfolio like an aircraft carrier: shared infrastructure that lets thousands of businesses take off, not a private moat for one owner. The economics are designed so the cooperative and its workers stay in control, external sponsors are rewarded well for real risk, and nobody can extract rent forever. Who Owns What For the patent portfolio we’ve already built (1,200+ documented innovations over 23 years): ...

Patent Buckets: Questions and Answers A plain-language guide to how patent funding works on Liana Banyan. Q1: What is a Patent Bucket? A Patent Bucket is a group of patents that share a single economic pool. When any patent in the bucket earns license revenue, 10% of that revenue flows into the bucket and is shared by everyone who funded that bucket (via Credits or Marks). You’re not betting on just one patent. You’re buying a share in a curated group. ...