MARKET RESEARCH
Detect Competitor Patent Filing Spikes
Daily, compares each tracked competitor's recent filing rate against their historical baseline and, when a statistically notable spike is detected, raises a PagerDuty incident…
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerDaily schedule
- ActionRead recent + baseline filing countsAirtable
- LogicDetect statistically notable spike
- ActionRaise PagerDuty incident for spikePagerDuty
- OutputEmail spike summary to strategy teamGmail
What it does
Watches for sudden surges in competitor patent activity. A spike in filings often signals a new product line, an acquisition, or an aggressive R&D push — this workflow catches that signal the day it emerges instead of a quarter later.
When to use it
Use when timing matters and you want an early-warning system for competitive moves, not just periodic reporting. Best for a small set of high-priority rivals.
How it works
- 1A daily schedule triggers the check.
- 2The workflow reads each competitor's recent filing counts and historical baseline from the Airtable ledger.
- 3A logic step computes whether the recent rate deviates enough from the baseline to count as a spike.
- 4For each flagged competitor, it raises a PagerDuty incident so the move is formally tracked.
- 5It also sends the strategy team a Gmail summary listing which competitors spiked and by how much.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect AirtableBases, tables, views, automations.
- 2Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
- 3Connect GmailRead, draft, send, label.
- 4Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 5Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 6Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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