Patent filed in your category
A company files or is granted a patent in the technology area your product serves.
Patents show where a company is spending research money years before a product ships. A filing in your area means the company is building there and will need the tools, data, and partners around it.
- Strength
- Early
- Act within
- The year after the filing is published
- Best for
- Deep tech, life science, and industrial suppliers
How we detect it
Runs on Google Patents, USPTO, Claude Code, and Clay.
- Search patent databases for filings from your accounts in your technology classes.
- Read the abstract with Claude Code to check that it matches what you sell.
What it triggers
An opening line, to show the angle. It never goes out as written.
A lot of teams working on solid-state cells are fighting the same test bottleneck right now. How is your lab handling throughput?
- Content: Share technical content on the same area with the research team.
- Email: Write to the research leader about the work, never the patent.
Where it goes wrong
- Writing to the inventor about their patent.
Stack it with
A second signal on the same account moves it up.
Named in a public filing or earnings call
A public company names a priority, risk, or initiative in an annual report, quarterly filing, or earnings call that your product addresses.
Grant awarded
A company receives an SBIR, NIH, DOE, or other government research grant.
More public records signals
Every public records signalNew permits and licenses
A business files for a building permit, a new license, or a registration in a public record.
Government contract award
A company wins a public sector contract that will need staff, tools, or services to deliver.
Competitors’ public sector contracts
The government agencies that buy from your competitors, found through public contract records and public records requests.
FAQs about this signal
A company files or is granted a patent in the technology area your product serves. Patents show where a company is spending research money years before a product ships. A filing in your area means the company is building there and will need the tools, data, and partners around it.
Search patent databases for filings from your accounts in your technology classes. Read the abstract with Claude Code to check that it matches what you sell. Understory Agency runs it on Google Patents, USPTO, Claude Code, and Clay.
The window to act is the year after the filing is published. Understory Agency routes it to content and email. Share technical content on the same area with the research team. Write to the research leader about the work, never the patent.
It works best for deep tech, life science, and industrial suppliers. It is strongest alongside “Named in a public filing or earnings call” and “Grant awarded”.
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