Built for R&D Teams
Protect Every Experiment, Prototype, and Breakthrough as You Build
Your team generates valuable IP every week. Experiments, prototypes, test results, and design iterations all deserve protection. immut makes it effortless to timestamp your work as you go, building a verifiable innovation trail without slowing down development.
The Challenge
What Keeps R&D Teams Up at Night
IP protection challenges that r&d teams face every day.
Innovation Happens Faster Than Documentation
R&D teams move quickly. Formal documentation lags behind actual innovation by weeks or months, leaving a gap where valuable IP has no evidence of its creation date.
Multiple Contributors Blur Authorship
When five engineers contribute to a prototype, establishing who created which elements requires careful record-keeping that rarely happens in practice.
Failed Experiments Have IP Value Too
Negative results and dead ends are valuable prior art. But teams rarely document experiments that did not work, losing potential defensive IP.
Outsourced R&D Creates Ownership Gaps
Working with contractors, consultants, and offshore teams introduces IP ownership complexity. Without timestamped records, proving what was developed internally versus externally becomes difficult.
The Solution
How immut Fits Your Workflow
Blockchain-verified IP protection designed for how r&d teams actually work.
Timestamp as You Work
Upload files at the end of each sprint, experiment, or milestone. The 60-second process fits naturally into existing workflows without adding meetings or paperwork.
Track Team Contributions
Each team member's uploads are individually attributed. Build clear records of who created what, resolving future ownership questions with evidence.
Protect Negative Results
Timestamp failed experiments and dead ends. These records become valuable defensive prior art if competitors later try to patent approaches you already explored.
Secure Handoffs With External Partners
Timestamp your work before sharing with contractors or outsourced teams. Create a clear record of what existed internally before any external collaboration began.
Real-World Scenario
A Day in the Life: R&D Team Protecting a Product Development Cycle
A hardware R&D team is developing a new sensor design. They are 6 months into a 12-month development cycle with three engineers, two external consultants, and a manufacturing partner.
Every Friday, each team member uploads their week's work to immut — CAD files, test results, simulation data, and design documents. It takes about 5 minutes per person.
Before sending design files to the manufacturing partner for prototyping, the lead engineer timestamps the complete design package. This establishes exactly what was created internally.
A consultant who worked on the project starts a competing company six months later. The timestamped records clearly show which innovations pre-date the consultant's involvement versus their contributions.
The company uses the blockchain-verified timeline to secure a design patent on the final product, with timestamped evidence supporting the application's priority claims.
A complete, attributable innovation timeline that protected the company through a consultant dispute and strengthened their patent application.
Benefits
Why R&D Teams Choose immut
No Workflow Disruption
Upload files in 60 seconds. No forms, no approval chains, no waiting. Protection that fits into how your team already works.
Complete Innovation History
Every experiment, iteration, and milestone is recorded with a verifiable date. Build a comprehensive timeline of your team's entire output.
Defensive IP Portfolio
Turn every piece of R&D output into potential prior art. If a competitor patents something you built first, you have the evidence to challenge it.
Clear Attribution
Know exactly who created what and when. Essential for performance reviews, IP assignments, and ownership discussions.
Budget-Friendly
Protect your entire team's output for a fraction of what a single patent consultation costs. Scale protection with your team size.
Secure and Private
Only cryptographic hashes are stored on the blockchain. Your proprietary R&D data never leaves your infrastructure.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How do we get our team to actually use this?
The 60-second upload process requires no training. Most teams integrate it into their existing sprint or milestone rituals. Some teams add it to their Definition of Done. The key is making it routine rather than an extra task.
Can we timestamp large datasets and CAD files?
Yes. immut timestamps files of any size. The hash is calculated locally on your machine, so even multi-gigabyte files can be timestamped quickly. Only the small hash is sent to the blockchain, not the file itself.
How does this help if a team member leaves for a competitor?
Your timestamped records prove exactly what IP existed before the employee's departure. This makes it straightforward to identify and enforce against any misappropriation of trade secrets or violation of IP assignment agreements.
Can we export reports for management?
Yes. You can export your team's complete timestamping activity with dates, file names, and team member attribution. This is useful for IP audits, management reporting, and due diligence processes.
Is this just for tech companies?
No. R&D teams in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, materials science, and any innovation-driven field benefit from systematic timestamping. If your team creates proprietary knowledge, immut can protect it.
Ready to Protect Your IP?
Book a call to see how immut gives r&d teams instant, blockchain-verified proof of their innovations. Get protected on the call.