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Patent Filing Monitor

Example prompt: "Every week, search for new patent filings related to 'conversational AI' and 'workflow automation' from the last 7 days. Summarise each filing's title, assignee, and key claims, then post the briefing to #product-strategy on Slack."

How to automate patent monitoring with GloriaMundo

The Problem

Patent filings are one of the earliest public indicators of where competitors and the broader industry are heading. A new patent application from a rival often signals a product direction months before any announcement. But patent databases are dense, filings are written in legalistic language, and manually searching Google Patents or the EPO every week is the kind of task that gets skipped the moment anything more urgent comes up. By the time someone notices a relevant filing, the strategic window for reacting may have narrowed considerably.

How GloriaMundo Solves It

We build a scheduled workflow that searches for new patent filings matching your chosen keywords or assignee names on a weekly cadence. Web search steps query public patent databases for recent filings. URL extract steps pull the full abstract and claims from each result. An LLM step reads through the filings, filters out irrelevant matches, and writes a concise briefing for each relevant patent — covering the assignee, technology area, key claims, and what it might signal strategically. The briefing is posted to Slack for the product or strategy team, and the raw filing data is logged to a Google Sheet for historical tracking. Glass Box preview lets you review the extracted filings and the drafted analysis before anything is shared.

Example Workflow Steps

  1. Trigger (scheduled): Runs every Monday morning.
  2. Step 1 (web_search): Search for patent filings from the past 7 days matching target keywords or assignee names.
  3. Step 2 (url_extract): Fetch the abstract and claims from each patent filing page.
  4. Step 3 (llm): Filter out irrelevant filings, then summarise each relevant patent's assignee, technology area, key claims, and strategic implications.
  5. Step 4 (conditional): If relevant filings were found, proceed to alert; otherwise, log "no new filings" and finish.
  6. Step 5 (integration): Post the patent briefing to #product-strategy on Slack.
  7. Step 6 (integration): Append the filing details to a Google Sheet for historical tracking.

Integrations Used

  • Slack — delivers the weekly patent intelligence briefing to the strategy team
  • Google Sheets — stores filing records for trend analysis and historical reference

Who This Is For

Product managers, R&D leads, and IP counsel at technology companies who need to track competitor patent activity and emerging technology trends without dedicating hours to manual database searches each week.

Time & Cost Saved

Manually searching patent databases, reading through filings, and extracting the relevant ones takes roughly 2-3 hours per week when done thoroughly. Most teams either skip it entirely or delegate it to expensive external patent monitoring services (typically £200-500/month). This workflow runs automatically, filters out noise, and only surfaces filings that matter. Over a quarter, that is 25-35 hours of manual research replaced.