Technical Sheet

Technical innovation documentation sheet

An internal template to retain the problem, versions, tests, results and decisions before advanced prototyping and intellectual-property strategy.

Advisory and research illustration

Problem

  • Specific technical problem
  • Users or sectors concerned
  • Limitations of known solutions
  • Target functional result

Proposed solution

  • Operating principle
  • Components, steps or architecture
  • Variants considered
  • Elements considered novel

Tests

  • Version and date
  • Hypothesis tested
  • Method and parameters
  • Result, failure or improvement

Decisions

  • Next version
  • Technical risks
  • Market questions
  • Points to submit to specialized intellectual-property counsel