Inventions & Intellectual Property
Engineered hardware devices, algorithmic audit frameworks, and federally registered cultural copyrights defending life, health parity, and Indigenous heritage.
Autonomous Life Support Device
AI Health Insurance Auditor
17 U.S.C. Potlatch GRUW
Inventions Released (EWH)
Securing Indigenous Potlatch Performances Under Federal Copyright Law
Holds formal copyright registrations for hundreds of original Indigenous works and cultural expressions under the Group Registration of Unpublished Works (GRUW) provision of the United States Copyright Office (certified under 17 U.S.C., Registration No. SRu 1-638-615).
This copyright umbrella protects authentic audio recordings and musical arrangements performed during traditional potlatches, the ceremonial feasts of Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples where host leaders share abundance through song, dance, and valuable gift distributions.
Native House Music: Deconstructing Stereotypes Through Rhythm & 100% Master Sovereignty
Intellectual Property & Master Sovereignty: In his spare time, Shawn SN produces and publishes music as a creative hobby and personal pastime. Categorized under the firm’s intellectual property umbrella, the project is anchored by a non-negotiable structural principle: retaining 100% of master recording ownership (17 U.S.C. SRu 1-638-615). In an industry with a predatory history of stripping cultural capital from Indigenous musicians, owning 100% of the masters guarantees absolute creative, financial, and sovereign freedom.
Deconstructing Cultural Stereotypes: The goal is not to be groundbreaking, but simply to fill what commercial electronic music has historically neglected. Mainstream culture routinely stereotypes Native music into somber museum exhibits or mournful cinematic tropes. Native House Music overturns this prejudice by blending authentic Pacific Northwest tribal chants, native vocalizations, and traditional wood instruments with safe-for-all-audiences, upbeat, and positive house music. House music was deliberately selected to be inclusive of all audiences worldwide—creating a modern, joyful celebration where all listeners are welcomed on equal footing.
Carnegie Hall Pedagogy & Music Theory: The arrangements infuse high-level music theory, drawing directly from the CEO’s classical training as a former Carnegie Hall Young Musician, where he gained early conservatory instruction in multi-instrumental counterpoint, modal harmony, and rhythmics.
The Philosophy of “Shawn Outis”: The music is produced by The Native Claim Firm and released under the moniker “Shawn Outis”. In Ancient Greek, Outis (Οὖτις) translates directly to “Nobody”—the legendary epithet chosen by Odysseus. The point is deliberate: this work is never about who is writing, personal credit, ego, or acclaim. It is entirely about what the art represents—the people and the preservation of lost and endangered art. Calling the artist “Nobody” means that the creator could be anyone, even the reader. Retaining 100% master rights ensures that 100% of streaming royalties and guest allocations are dedicated directly to pediatric hospital patient programs.
“Shawnonymous”: Annual Native Mythology Chronicle & 100% Authorship Freedom
Intellectual Property & Sovereign Authorship: Authored by Shawn SN under the pen name “Shawnonymous”, this annual Native mythology literary series is protected as independent literary intellectual property. It is governed by a bedrock standard: 100% ownership of book royalties and complete authorship freedom. Traditional commercial publishers routinely sanitize, censor, or force Indigenous authors into patronizing archetypes. Retaining 100% ownership guarantees complete freedom to produce raw, historically accurate sagas with zero publisher dilution, censorship, or commercial interference.
Show, Not Tell — Filling Historically Neglected Gaps: Anchored by a strict narrative discipline: show, not tell how storytelling addresses an overlooked human gap. The goal is not to be groundbreaking—it is simply to fill what commercial literature and publishing have historically neglected. Walk through any bookstore and scan the thriller or action section: living Native experiences are virtually non-existent. Shawnonymous fills this void by taking authentic, real-life events from Shawn’s own year—from contentious courtroom hearings and federal corridors to nocturnal family caregiving crucibles—and transfiguring them into suspenseful, action-packed mythical sagas rooted in genuine Indigenous lore.
Visceral Yet Formal Literary Craft: Meticulously engineered to balance the razor-thin line between kinetic, page-leaping suspense and formal, disciplined literary elegance. The prose captures the visceral physical consequences of every scene without lecturing or moralizing.
Annual Cadence & Personal Reflection: Released exactly once per year following a dedicated period of personal reflection where the author (CEO) reflects upon the lived experiences, institutional trials, and human breakthroughs encountered over the previous twelve months. Retaining 100% of royalties and complete authorship freedom enables direct pro bono book shipments to tribal youth schools and community libraries.
Autonomous Medical Device System for Critical Caregiver Governance
Context & Implementation: Serving as full-time Attorney-in-Fact and primary caregiver on nocturnal shifts for a parent with permanent disability and terminal illness across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Governed life support protocols, emergency surgeries, 100+ weekly prescriptions, and legal insurance appeals.
Invention Architecture: Designed, built, and deployed an autonomous medical device system (U.S. 63/946,505) that successfully averted expected mortality under acute physiological distress.
Regulatory & Sovereign Clearance: Leveraged 21 CFR § 812.2(c) for strict FDA investigational device compliance and secured cross-border diplomatic visas for worldwide device transport and clearance. Testified on statutory caregiving gaps before the Virginia Courts of Justice and Maryland General Assembly.
Patent Portfolio AI Indigenous Health Insurance Auditor
Architecture & Scope: Invented a USPTO-compliant patent portfolio AI auditor engineered specifically to detect and remediate systemic reimbursement disparities and institutional non-compliance across Indigenous and rural healthcare delivery networks.
Federal Regulatory Impact: The algorithmic auditing outcomes and empirical evidence were formally incorporated and cited in the Federal Register Vol. 91 on the final ruling of a 6-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) bill mandating elevated Rural Health Clinic standards nationwide.
Medical Device Repairs & Open-Source IP Release (10+ Inventions)
As Chairman of the Maryland Chapter of Engineering World Health (EWH), led the team to be awarded Best EWH Chapter Worldwide through hospital medical device repairs across 5 U.S. states, international wheelchair distribution partnerships with Ugandan NGOs, and formally releasing intellectual property rights for 10+ humanitarian medical inventions into public domain.