Patent Filing Signal Schema

Source: autobound-patents bucket

Last validated: 2026-01-08

signal_type: patent-filing bucket: autobound-patents association: company description: Patent activity and intellectual property signals refresh: monthly coverage: 2,000,000 companies

Subtypes (validated against GCS)

Note: Docs list 5 subtypes but only 2 are in GCS

subtypes:

newCorePatent
productization

These are in docs but NOT in current GCS data:

- coreConvergence

- intentionalExpansion

- ipMoat

No top-level signal_category

categories: []

All 18 fields (validated against GCS)

fields:

Core fields

path: signal_id type: string description: Unique identifier for this signal
path: signal_type type: string description: Always "patent-filing"
path: signal_subtype type: string description: Signal subtype (newCorePatent, productization)
path: signal_name type: string description: Human-readable headline
path: detected_at type: string (ISO 8601) description: When signal was detected
path: association type: string description: Always "company"

Company object (minimal)

path: company.name type: string description: Company name
path: company.domain type: string description: Company website domain
path: company.linkedin_url type: string (nullable) description: LinkedIn company URL
path: company.industries type: array[string] description: Industry classifications

Data object

path: data.detail type: string description: Detailed explanation of patent activity
path: data.relevance type: float (0.0-1.0) description: Business relevance score
path: data.confidence type: string description: "Confidence level: high, medium, low"
path: data.source_url type: string (URL) description: Link to USPTO patent search
path: data.tech_areas type: array[string] description: Technology areas covered by patents
path: data.uspto_assignee type: string description: Patent assignee name in USPTO
path: data.patent_count_recent type: integer description: Number of recent patents filed
path: data.newest_patent_date type: string (ISO 8601) description: Date of most recent patent

Schema notes:

- Minimal company object (no employee_count, description)

- Has signal_name field

- tech_areas is an array of technology categories