Apps

Some findings are hard to get across in a table or a note. A landscape of a few hundred patents is easier to grasp when you can filter it and click through it, and a claimed device is often easiest to understand as a 3D model.

For cases like these, you can ask an agent to build an app. An app is an interactive web page that belongs to your research. It runs at its own address, and you open it like any other website.

Building an app#

To get started, simply ask an agent for the app you have in mind, e.g. "Build an app that compares the independent claims of these five patents side by side". The agent builds it with the same look as Patalyze itself and shows it in the conversation as a card. The app runs right inside that card, and from there you can also open it at full size or in your browser.

To change the app later on, just ask an agent again. While the agent works on a change, the app keeps running as it was, and the new version takes over as soon as it is ready.

Be aware that apps run in our cloud. A research that you only keep in your browser or on your device can't hold apps.

Apps in your research#

An app can also get a place in its research, so the people you share the research with find it next to the rest of your findings. Open the menu of the app's card and choose where it should go:

• Add as page shows the app at full size as a page of the research, next to your tables, dashboards and notes.
• Add to note or Add to product doc places the app as a block in a note or a product doc, which you can drag to where it belongs.

You can also leave this to an agent, e.g. "Add the claim comparison app to the summary note".

Live data#

An app can read the data of its research, e.g. the patents of a table, its mappings or the text of a note. It reads that data whenever someone opens it, so it always shows the research as it is right now. To get such an app, just tell the agent which data the app should work with.

An app can only read. It can't change anything in your research, and it never shows a person more than they are allowed to see in Patalyze.

Who can open an app#

Access to an app follows its research. Everyone who can read the research can open the app, and everyone who can edit the research can change it. For a private research, the app asks you to sign in with your Patalyze account first.

If you share a research with anyone who has the link, anyone with the address of one of its apps can open that app without signing in.

Addresses#

Every app gets a permanent address, e.g. https://k3j4h5g6f7.patalyze.app. You can also give an app a custom address that is easier to remember, e.g. https://battery-landscape.patalyze.app. If you change or remove a custom address later, the old one stops working. The permanent address always keeps working.

Managing apps#

To see all apps of a research, click the name of the research in the header and choose Browse apps. Each app has a menu there, where you can rename it, set a custom address, go back to an earlier version or delete it. Owners and admins also find every app of their organization under Settings > Apps.

Deleting an app is permanent, as there is no trash for apps. An app also goes with its research: while the research is in the trash, its apps are offline, and they come back when you restore it.

Apps are part of the Pro and Max plans. There is no limit on how many apps you can have, they simply count toward your cloud storage. If you end your subscription, your apps go offline until you subscribe again.

On your phone#

Apps also run in the Patalyze mobile app. The first time an app wants to read your research there, the mobile app asks for your permission. If an app shows something it shouldn't, you can report or block it from its menu.

Turning apps off#

Owners and admins can turn apps off for the whole organization by setting Apps to Disable under Settings > Policies. Agents then can't build apps, and every existing app stops running until you set Apps back to Allow.