Case Study
InspireIP Tool
Cross-platform patent approval workflow app
AWSPHPMySQLREST APIs
Role
Lead Engineer
Outcome
Cut manual approval turnaround time by 50%
Proprietary / internal project
Overview
InspireIP digitises the internal approval chain that IP departments use to sign off on new patent filings — replacing email threads and spreadsheets with a structured, auditable workflow engine.
Problem
Approval routing for new patent filings was handled manually across email and shared documents, causing delays, lost context, and no clear audit trail of who approved what and when.
Features
- Configurable multi-stage approval routing engine
- Role-based dashboards for reviewers, legal, and IP leads
- Full audit trail of approvals, comments, and revisions
- AWS-native deployment for reliability and horizontal scale
Key Learnings
- Modelling flexible, multi-stage approval chains cleanly in a relational schema pays off when business rules inevitably change.
- Good audit logging is a feature customers actively rely on, not an afterthought.