ORTUS
Handwriting you can prove. Every stroke written with an ORTUS pen can be verified as genuine in a laboratory, years later.
Every word, date, initial and signature.
Nothing on the page looks any different.
A formal report confirms the writing came from pens registered to you.
A fine rollerball that writes like any other. Every stroke it makes can be verified as genuine, years later.
Concept design. The final pen may differ.
A signature can be copied. A page can be swapped. A date can be changed. Until now, the answer was an expert's opinion. ORTUS makes it proof.
ORTUS covers everything the pen writes, not only the signature. Initial each page, date each change, and anything that didn't come from your pens stands out.
A son produced a will printed around his mother's genuine signature. The family's litigation cost around £4.5 million.A genuine signature doesn't make a genuine document. Source: Gulf News
Everyday paperwork has moved online. What's still written by hand is what matters most.
of all crime in England and Wales is fraud.
Home Office, Fraud Strategy 2026 to 2029of workplace frauds involve creating fake documents, and 37% involve altering real ones.
ACFE, Occupational Fraud 2024per side to take a contested will to trial. It can pass £100,000.
Awdry Law, 2026When handwriting is questioned, the usual answer is a handwriting expert, at £2,000 to £5,000 or more each. In one 2023 case, two experts reached opposite conclusions and the claim took about three years to fail. Awdry Law, 2026. Watts v Watts (2023)
Issued and registered to your organisation. They stay in your office, logged like any controlled item.
Signings, amendments, notes and whole pages. No app, nothing to scan, no new process.
Send the document for laboratory verification. You get a formal report, and the document is left intact.
A skilled forger can reproduce how handwriting looks. Verification doesn't depend on how it looks.
Signatures, witnesses and initials at a set time and place, with pens that never leave your office.
Often read, and challenged, years after they were signed.
Lasting powers of attorney and deeds, still signed on paper.
Where the handwritten changes matter as much as the signature.
Books, memorabilia and limited editions where the signature is the value.
Certificates of authenticity and makers' marks against counterfeits.
Logs, minutes, notebooks and statements that need to stand up later.
Evidence is only useful if it's exact. This is what an ORTUS verification report shows.
No. Witnesses are still essential, and required by law for many documents. ORTUS backs them up with physical proof that lasts long after witnesses are gone or their memories have faded.
No. It looks, feels and dries like a fine rollerball. Nothing on the page looks any different.
No. ORTUS covers every stroke the pen makes: signatures, text, dates, initials, amendments and notes.
No. The document is left intact, so it can still be used, filed or presented afterwards.
The technology is confidential. Get in touch and we can talk it through.
ORTUS provides a formal laboratory report. As with any evidence, the weight it carries is a matter for the court.
Plans for organisations are priced by volume, and verification is charged only when a document needs it.
Tell us what you need to protect. We'll arrange a private briefing to walk you through how ORTUS would work for your organisation.