Eleven USPTO provisional patents pending, covering the full workflow-gated execution stack from production order through FSMA 204 traceability. The foundational nine filings (January–April 2026) cover mechanisms validated in two-plus years of production use across ten Anu Sushi sites; the two most recent filings (May 2026) extend the estate into the next-generation shift and order-scoping layer currently in development.
Eleven USPTO provisional patents pending, covering the full workflow-gated execution stack from production order through FSMA 204 traceability. The foundational nine filings (January–April 2026) cover mechanisms validated in two-plus years of production use across ten Anu Sushi sites; the two most recent filings (May 2026) extend the estate into the next-generation shift and order-scoping layer currently in development.
Shrink Manager's architecture is built on three protected mechanisms. Each one is a specific operational pattern, not a generic feature claim. Each is validated by the way the foundational platform runs in production today.
The patent portfolio was assembled deliberately. The first wave established the foundational execution-control claims. The second wave extended coverage across adjacent workflows and operational patterns. The third wave anchors execution control to the highest-frequency operational events on the production floor.
The complete filing record is published below.
Every application below is searchable in USPTO Patent Center. Filing numbers are public; the underlying provisional specifications are not. Diligence-stage partners receive the full specifications under NDA.
Most software in the FSMA 204 market competes on feature lists. Shrink Manager's portfolio is structured differently. Each filing covers a specific operational mechanism — a way the production floor actually has to behave — and the claims attach to those mechanisms, not to generic capabilities.
The practical implication is that the architecture is hard to design around. A competitor who wants to produce workflow-gated, temporally authentic, dual-source-verified execution records has to navigate around mechanism claims rather than feature claims. The defensibility is structural.
Shrink Manager has been running in live production for more than two years at Anu Sushi LLC across 10 institutional food production sites, processing more than one million verified execution events per year. Compliance output reaches 200+ institutional accounts through partner distribution channels including Aramark, Sodexo, and Compass Group. The foundational architecture protected by the first nine filings already works at scale; the May 2026 filings extend that proven pattern forward.
The provisional filings establish priority dates and protect the operational mechanisms. The 2027 statutory window is when those filings convert into utility applications.
If you're evaluating Shrink Manager — as an operator, a channel partner, an acquirer, or an investor — the technology and patent portfolio is the part of the story most worth understanding directly.
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