For students & researchers

Rigor you can defend,
from science fair to thesis

A high-school investigation, an undergraduate capstone, a doctoral chapter or a lab programme: the standard is the same. A search you can cite, figures worth publishing, and attribution that stays yours.

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Recognize yourself?

If any of these sound familiar, this page is for you

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What has been done?

You are scoping a science-fair project, capstone, thesis or study and need to know what already exists.

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Citations, not confidence

You need a defensible prior-art and literature position with proper citations, not a chatbot's confident summary.

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Documented to standard

Your result must meet academic standards before anyone discusses applications.

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Rigor before commerce

Commercial potential would be welcome, but rigor and attribution come first.

What you walk away with

Five gated steps, real deliverables at every one

The FORGE method is proprietary to IPGuru: you approve the evidence at every gate, and a weak Grade loops the work back instead of letting it through.

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Focus

A properly scoped question

What is known, what is not, and where your work sits, at your level and in your field.

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Observe

A documented search you can defend

Prior art across 250M+ patents in five languages, with a cited record of what was searched, found and concluded: methodology, not vibes.

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Refine

Publication-grade visuals

Figures, diagrams, 3D models and short videos of the concept, consistent enough for the poster, the paper, the fair or the defence.

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Grade

Examined against a rubric

The same gates professional inventions pass. Rigor becomes visible and gradable instead of asserted.

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Execute

A complete, attributed record

A science-fair report, a thesis evidence base, or, where the work warrants it, a filing or grant application. You keep ownership; your institution's policies govern.

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Take this page with you

A two-sided PDF of this persona, made to forward or print.

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From the platform

A science project, to publication standard

Smart Plant Stakes: the kind of project a student can carry from question to rendered, cited, examined result, and present without apology at any level.

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Test what has been done before.

The search is free, and the record it leaves is yours to cite.

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