🧩1. Clarify the Problem

– TRIZ contradiction analysis to define true innovation challenges – AI-supported patent + literature scan to surface prior art – Eligibility map cross-checked against CRA criteria

✅ “We’re finally solving the right uncertainty.” 

✅ Avoid redundant R&D and claim ineligible work

✔ Technological uncertainty clearly justified as non-obvious and unsolved

🔬2. Design the System

– Hypotheses structured for falsification, not confirmation – AI/statistics support for DOE, sample sizing, and bias mitigation

✅ 20–30% faster iteration cycles 

✅ Higher experiment success rate

✔ Systematic investigation begins with structured, testable hypotheses

🕒3 –Capture in Real Time

– Lightweight Live Engineering Log™ with hypothesis/method/result fields – Built-in bias flagging and log completeness checks

✅ Audit-ready evidence captured as work happens 

✅ No more last-minute write-ups

✔ Contemporaneous documentation for CRA & audit defence

📄4. Translate to Eligibility

– Draft T661 narratives auto-aligned to uncertainty, hypothesis, results – CRA risk-score preview via Audit-Signal Simulator

✅ Faster submission prep 

✅ Lower audit risk 

✅ Clean cost tracing to activities

✔ Aligns Form T661 Parts 2 & 3 to CRA expectations

📚5. Build Capability

– TRIZ, AI, and bias-awareness training – Customized protocols for ongoing SR&ED tracking

✅ Internal team runs leaner, smarter R&D

✅ Claim process becomes low-effort, high-success routine

✔ Supports multi-year claims and continuous eligibility proof