This document defines the trademark usage, ownership history, and architectural identity associated with the TechDex ™ name and related marks. It serves as formal proof-of-use documentation and as a public clarification of the meaning attached to the TechDex brand in commercial, technical, and architectural contexts.
TechDex ™ is a trademark representing the commercial, technical, and professional identity of Dexter R. P. Nelson. Rights originate from continuous use beginning in 1998 and commercial use beginning May 29, 2004.
This establishes early trade and industry use and common-law ownership.
The TechDex ™ name has been used in offering software development, IT services, consulting, and digital solutions.
The TechDex AI Framework ™ is a proprietary, model-agnostic, multi-layer cognitive architecture developed and maintained by Dexter R. P. Nelson. It is not a single artificial intelligence model, prompt, or autonomous agent, but a structured system in which intelligence, governance, and execution are deliberately separated into defined layers with enforced authority boundaries.
The framework is distinguished by the following core principles:
Conceptual layers of the TechDex AI Framework ™ include, but are not limited to:
Use of the TechDex AI Framework ™ name or related marks implies adherence to this layered architectural model. Systems that rely solely on model-embedded instructions, prompt-based constraints, or self-governing agents do not constitute use of the TechDex AI Framework ™.
The TechDex AI Framework ™ is a governing cognitive architecture and is not interchangeable with any individual artificial intelligence model.
Within the TechDex AI Framework ™, the framework itself defines authority, routing, interpretation, governance, and execution boundaries. Artificial intelligence models function solely as subordinate sources and do not determine system behavior, permissions, or final output.
Traditional AI systems frequently conflate the model with the system itself. The TechDex AI Framework ™ explicitly separates these concerns by treating models as inputs within a broader intelligence architecture rather than as the intelligence.
The TechDex AI Framework ™ enforces a strict authority hierarchy among its architectural layers. Each layer has a defined scope of responsibility and may not override the authority of higher-order layers.
This hierarchy ensures that intent classification precedes reasoning, governance precedes execution, interpretation precedes generation, and system authority precedes model output.
Artificial intelligence models do not possess final authority over routing decisions, content interpretation, safety determinations, execution permissions, or response validity. All such decisions are enforced by system-level layers external to the model.
The TechDex AI Framework ™ treats economic cost as a first-class architectural constraint rather than an operational afterthought.
Resource usage is governed externally to any artificial intelligence model. Execution permissions may be denied, deferred, or limited based on system-defined cost boundaries. Models are not permitted to autonomously determine spending, retries, or continuation of work.
Denial of execution is treated as a valid and intelligent outcome when economic or operational constraints are reached.
The TechDex AI Framework ™ employs a model of directed autonomy, in which intelligent behavior is encouraged within clearly defined and enforced boundaries.
Autonomy within the framework is context-aware, intent-governed, permission-based, and subject to continuous oversight by governance layers. Access to tools, external resources, network services, or execution pathways occurs only when explicitly authorized by the framework.
The following practices do not constitute use of the TechDex AI Framework ™ and may not be represented as such:
These examples are illustrative and non-exhaustive. Use of the TechDex AI Framework ™ name implies adherence to the layered, governed, and authority-enforced architecture defined in this document.
The TechDex ™ trademark has been in continuous use from 1998 through the present without interruption or abandonment.
At no point has TechDex ™ been abandoned. Its scope and commercial application have expanded continuously over time.
This document serves as proof-of-use and chronological trademark evidence supporting any future registration.