Acquisition
CRI-ONE is open to acquisition offers from U.S. companies, through Thanksgiving Day.
The package is the entire project — every patent and patent-pending application, every research database, every build stack, the brand, the domain, and the verified member list. The inventor keeps inventing. The new owner gets first-look on everything that comes after.
The entire project — IP, databases, build stacks, brand.
Everything made under CRI-ONE to date transfers at close. The list below is the material on the shelf today; anything added between now and Nov 26 is in too.
| Category | Approx. | What transfers |
|---|---|---|
| Patents & pending | AllU.S. filings | Every granted patent and U.S. patent-pending application referenced on product pages. Clean assignment at close; prosecution continues under the acquirer. |
| Research databases | 4+Loaded, cross-referenced | Alchemy Probability Database · CRI-ONE HydroPhi Database · New Path Heights 2,000-Compound Database Architecture · Christopher Gabriel Brown Research Sampler, plus anything added before close. |
| Complete build stacks | 5Sector-complete | Build Your Energy Grid · Transportation Fleet · Industrial Line · Environment · Sovereign Defense. Every blueprint, versioned, licensed under the acquisition. |
| Packaged systems | AllNamed systems | Personal Wireless Grid — Complete, and every packaged system on the shelf (host, blueprints, bill of materials). |
| Unreleased material | +Not yet on shelf | Draft blueprints, unreleased databases, process material, test runs, studio notes — everything under cri·one that exists today but hasn't shipped yet. |
| Brand & domain | 1Marks + web | CRI-ONE name and marks, cri-one.com, the Magento store, the Stripe-verified member list, operating accounts. |
| Standing first-look | ∞Post-close | The inventor continues making work. The acquirer gets a standing first-look on every new piece — before any shelf, any member, any gallery. |
U.S. companies only.
This acquisition is open to companies incorporated in the United States. Several designs are U.S. patent-pending and several sit within defense-adjacent categories, so the buyer is a U.S. entity. No exceptions this round.
Who can offer: C-corps, LLCs, partnerships and sole proprietorships incorporated in a U.S. state or territory. Operating subsidiaries of foreign parents do not qualify this round.
Why: Patent-pending prosecution continuity, defense-adjacent material, and clean ITAR/EAR posture at close.
Proof: Serious offers are asked for state of incorporation, EIN, and a brief statement of ownership before diligence opens.
Four steps between now and close.
No bankers, no bidding war. Offers come in direct, read by the inventor, answered the day after Thanksgiving.
Submit an offer
Number, company, state of incorporation, and anything you want Chris to know. By form or email.
NDA & diligence
Serious offers get an NDA, then full access: patent filings, revenue data, member list, inventory, source files.
Thursday, Nov 26
Offers close at 11:59 PM ET. Chris reads every one that night.
Friday, Nov 27
Decision sent to every offer. Winner moves to term sheet. Close targeted before year end.
Send a number, and a note.
No sticker price. The acquirer and the plan matter as much as the figure. Say who you are, what you'd do with it, and the timeline you'd expect to close on.
- Every patent, every pending application
- Every database, every build stack, every packaged system
- Brand, domain, member list, operating accounts
- Standing first-look on all future work
- Installments / earnout structures welcome
Submit an offer
The ground rules.
Structure
Either a company sale (LLC/entity transfer) or an asset sale. Chris's preference is clean asset transfer; final structure is in the offer.
IP posture
Every granted patent assigns at close. Every pending application transfers with its prosecution file. Chris stays available as inventor-of-record to shepherd anything through the USPTO.
Members & existing sales
Existing non-exclusive licenses to current members remain honored. The member list and payment infrastructure transfer intact.
Future work
Chris continues inventing. The acquirer gets a standing first-look on every new piece, in writing, forever. Right of first refusal on any 1-of-1 before it's offered elsewhere.
Timing
Offers close Thu, Nov 26, 11:59 PM ET. Decision Fri, Nov 27. Term sheet by Dec 5. Target close before year end.
No brokers
This is direct to the inventor. No finder's fees. No bankers on the sell side.
The short answers.
Why is CRI-ONE open to acquisition now?
A serious U.S. acquirer reached out this week. Rather than negotiate privately with one, Chris is opening the floor through Thanksgiving. Best offer and best plan wins.
Why U.S. companies only?
Patent-pending prosecution runs cleaner under a U.S. assignee, and some of the stacks (defense, sovereign) have ITAR/EAR implications. One round, one jurisdiction.
How is the winner picked?
Not a straight auction. Number matters; so does the acquirer — who they are, what they'd build with it, how they treat the pending patents, and whether Chris can keep inventing under their umbrella.
What does diligence include?
Under NDA: full patent filings and application numbers, revenue and member data, the complete database inventory, source files for every build stack, draft and unreleased material, and the Magento/Stripe backend.
Does Chris stay on?
He continues inventing — that's the point of the first-look clause. Whether he stays operational (title, board, salary, advisor) is negotiable in the offer.
What about the pending patents — risk?
Chris walks the acquirer's counsel through each application. He's available to the USPTO as inventor through grant. Specifics live under NDA.
Can I pay in installments or structure an earnout?
Yes. Say so in the offer. Simple structures move fastest.
What if no offer clears the bar?
The company isn't for sale by default. If nothing clears, CRI-ONE goes back to shipping blueprints on Dec 1 and the window closes.