What are Prompts?
Each Prompt is a named task you already do in your week, such as catching up on a new file, checking what was argued last time, or deciding between an appeal and an RCE. Work that used to take manual file review now starts with one input, usually an application number or a company name. Juristat returns a structured analysis in chat, and you can keep the conversation going from there.
Prompts are especially useful if you are not sure what to ask the Analytics Agent (chat). They also give the same shape of answer for the same task, no matter who on your team runs it.
Prompts run on the same Juristat data you already use in the app and are available to all Juristat Analytics users with Data Layer MCP included in their subscription.
How to run a Prompt
Running a Prompt takes four steps, and the result arrives in chat.
Open the chat home screen in the Juristat web app. The Prompt tiles sit alongside the empty text box.
Select the tile for the job you want to do, for example Case Catch-Up.
Enter the input the Prompt asks for. Most Prompts take an application number. Portfolio Review takes a company. Check the Spec also takes the claim language you want to test.
Read the structured analysis that comes back in chat.
The result ends by offering the next useful cuts of the analysis. You can pick one or ask your own follow-up in the same thread, in your own words, as you would with the Analytics Agent.
Available Prompts
Eight Prompts are available now, covering the most common prosecution tasks. Seven of the eight take an application number, so anyone with a case in front of them can run one right away.
Working a case
Prompt | What it answers | What you give it |
Case Catch-Up | What does this case cover, everything that has happened, and where does it stand today? | An application |
Explain this Patent | What is this invention and what is actually protected, in language a non-attorney can read? | An application |
Prior Arguments | What was argued the last time, and what did the examiner do about it? | An application |
Check the Spec | Does the specification support the language I want to add before I commit to an amendment? | An application and the language |
Deciding what to do next
Prompt | What it answers | What you give it |
Examiner Playbook | Which response strategies work with this examiner, on which rejection types, and which ones cost more without helping? | An application |
Appeal or RCE | After a final rejection, what happens to comparable cases that appeal versus those that file an RCE? | An application |
Continuation Check | Is a continuation or a divisional the right filing, and what does the disclosure support that the claims never captured? | An application |
Company view
Prompt | What it answers | What you give it |
Portfolio Review | How is this company performing at the USPTO: where they file, what they get, who examines them, and who prosecutes it? | A company |
Tips for getting the most from Prompts
Start from the job, not the question. Pick the tile that matches what you are doing, rather than guessing what to type into a blank chat box.
Treat the result as a starting point. The answer is not a static report. Ask follow-ups in the same thread to narrow, extend, or adjust the analysis.
Combine Prompts on one case. Case Catch-Up and Prior Arguments together replace an hour of file-wrapper review on a case you are picking up cold.
Check the data before you choose a path after a final rejection. Appeal or RCE and Examiner Playbook show what has worked with this examiner and in comparable cases before you commit time to either route.
Use Portfolio Review for a quick company read. Enter your own company, or a client or competitor, to see filing patterns, examiners, and prosecutors without building a report by hand.
Standardize recurring work. Because each Prompt returns the same shape of answer, teammates, including paralegals and IP operations staff, get consistent output for the same task.
What Prompts do and don't do
Prompts analyze, explain, and recommend. They do not draft your response.
Web app only. Prompts are not available over the API or the Juristat Data Layer (MCP).
Fixed sequence. Juristat maintains the steps behind each Prompt, so you cannot edit what a Prompt does. You can adjust the analysis afterward in open chat.
Eight Prompts, not every task. They cover the highest-frequency tasks. For anything outside the set, ask the Analytics Agent in open chat.
Not a drafting tool. Prompts do not draft responses, amendments, arguments, or briefs. If a Prompt points you toward drafting, a managed agent picks up from there, such as the OA Strategy Brief.
FAQ
Can I change what a Prompt does?
Can I change what a Prompt does?
No. The sequence behind each Prompt is fixed and maintained by Juristat. You can adjust the analysis afterward by asking follow-up questions in the same chat.
Can I run Prompts through MCP or the API?
Can I run Prompts through MCP or the API?
Not currently, though this is a future feature. Prompts are a web app feature only.
Can a Prompt write my office action response or brief?
Can a Prompt write my office action response or brief?
No. Prompts analyze, explain, and recommend; they cannot draft responses.
My task isn't on the list of Prompts. What should I do?
My task isn't on the list of Prompts. What should I do?
Ask the Analytics Agent in open chat. The eight Prompts cover the most frequent tasks, not every one. Reach out to your Juristat support team member to request a Prompt to be built.
What if I have a follow-up question about a result?
What if I have a follow-up question about a result?
Type it into the same thread. The conversation continues from the Prompt's result.
Feedback and new Prompts
More Prompts are being added continuously. If there is a task you would like to see as a Prompt, tell your Juristat rep or contact Juristat Support, and the team will take it into account.