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Keep a private, dated copy of an existing invention disclosure and its attachments.

Keep a private, dated copy of an existing invention disclosure and its attachments. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove who created a record, its truth, physical location, custody, consent, approval, sending, delivery, acceptance or the outcome of a dispute.

Try a file locally

Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.

EXAMPLE
Invention disclosure
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
  1. Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
  2. Save this receipt to your camera roll.

    Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.

  3. Email it to yourself.Email it to myself

    Your mail app opens a draft. Attach your receipt image and receipt file. Don’t attach your photos or documents. Timevolt does not send it or know whether it was sent.

Your record, one step at a time.

Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.

Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.

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How?

Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.

Add link and screenshots

The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.

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    How?

    Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.

    Add link and screenshots

    The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.

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      How?

      Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.

      How to keep notes that hold up
      Write it down

      By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.

        By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.

        How to keep notes that hold up

        Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.

        1. Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
        2. Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
        3. Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
        4. Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
        5. Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
        Invention disclosure
        Invention disclosure

        01 · Keep the exact files

        Keep the original files for invention disclosure. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.

        Records to keep: Disclosure · Drawings

        Invention disclosure

        02 · Date the file’s code

        Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.

        An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.

        Invention disclosure

        03 · Keep the evidence

        Keep the original files and complete receipt separately, alongside any existing venue, signature and workflow records.

        Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.

        Try a file. It stays here.

        Make a test receipt on this device.

        By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.

        or drop a file here

        Real cases: why the saved copy matters.

        Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.

        US federal · 2006

        Lab books need independent support for invention claims

        Inventors relied on lab books to show they had made a process work. The appeal court found the support too weak and removed their first-inventor award. It kept the finding that the patents covered conflicting subject matter.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›
        US federal · 2018

        Emails may not prove what their attachments contained

        An inventor relied on emails and drawings to claim an earlier invention date. The emails did not independently link the date to the drawings' contents. The appeal court kept rejection of two patent claims.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›
        US federal · 1993

        Review supporting invention evidence as a whole

        A patent board used too strict a test when weighing a drawing and a witness's account of its date. The appeal court sent the case back to use the right test. It did not pick a final winning inventor.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›

        What courts, schemes and regulators say.

        Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.

        Needs something else · US federal

        USPTO provisional application

        An internal disclosure or receipt is not a provisional patent application.

        The official filing process requires a sufficient written description and other application components. A saved receipt does not file an application, create patent pending status or establish entitlement to a patent.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source
        Needs something else · US federal

        USPTO MPEP2159

        First-inventor-to-file applicability turns on statutory effective filing dates and transition rules.

        Current MPEP distinguishes claims with effective filing dates before and on or after16March2013, with transition complexities. The historical cases cannot be presented as today's universal priority rule.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source
        Needs something else · International; country-specific patent rights

        WIPO patent information

        Disclosure and protection depend on applicable patent law and official filing.

        WIPO warns that public disclosure before filing can destroy novelty, subject to local exceptions; patents are territorial. This records-only page gives no filing strategy or disclosure advice.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source

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        Related workflows.

        Working notes for a puzzle/decipherment/analysisGrant proposalLab notebook pagesManuscript priorityStudy preregistrationDataset version

        Proves / Doesn’t prove

        Proves

        A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.

        Doesn’t prove

        It does not prove who created a record, its truth, physical location, custody, consent, approval, sending, delivery, acceptance or the outcome of a dispute.

        It does not prove who created a record, its truth, physical location, custody, consent, approval, sending, delivery, acceptance or the outcome of a dispute.

        These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.

        Questions, answered plainly.

        Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.

        Is an invention disclosure receipt a patent filing?

        No. USPTO describes a separate application and filing requirements; an internal saved record does not submit it.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Does a dated file prove who invented the idea?

        No. The2018 opinion required supporting evidence beyond the inventor's own account under the older rules that applied there.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Did every notebook in the2006 case count as worthless?

        No. The court weighed the evidence together and found it insufficient in that dispute; it did not ban notebooks as evidence.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Can I publish the disclosure safely?

        This page cannot decide that. WIPO warns that public disclosure before filing can affect patent rights; keep sensitive records private and obtain qualified guidance.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Why do the older invention-date cases need a warning?

        USPTO explains that AIA applicability depends on effective filing dates and transition rules. Earlier conception disputes do not establish the rules for every current application.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer

        The file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.

        Keep the records you already have.

        Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.