# Patent Prior Art Search for Tax Attorneys with Clio

> AI runs the search across USPTO, EPO, and Canopy, ranks hits by claim-overlap relevance, summarizes each, and builds the search report — attorney starts from a triaged list, not a raw dump. Purpose-built for teams running Clio — uses the native API or agent integration so nothing leaves the system of record.

- **Tool:** [Clio](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/clio/)
- **Role:** [Tax Attorney](https://calish.com/workflows/for/tax-attorney/)
- **Specialty:** Tax Controversy
- **Category:** Reporting & Analytics
- **Canonical URL:** https://calish.com/workflows/with/patent-prior-art-search-for-tax-attorney-with-clio/

## The Problem

Prior art searches for Tax Controversy matters take days in Canopy, and the attorney still has to read every hit to judge relevance.

## What We Build in Clio

AI runs the search across USPTO, EPO, and Canopy, ranks hits by claim-overlap relevance, summarizes each, and builds the search report — attorney starts from a triaged list, not a raw dump. Purpose-built for teams running Clio — uses the native API or agent integration so nothing leaves the system of record.

## Clio Integration Approach

1. **Audit your Clio configuration.** We map the specific Clio objects, custom fields, and workflows the automation needs to touch for your tax controversy practice.
2. **Build on the Clio API or agent.** Integration happens inside Clio — no data leaves the system, no parallel tool for your team to learn, no license changes.
3. **Human-in-the-loop handoff.** Every automation routes exceptions back to a human in Clio with full context — AI handles the 80%, your team owns the judgment calls.

## About This Workflow

- [Patent Prior Art Search for Tax Attorneys](https://calish.com/workflows/patent-prior-art-search-for-tax-attorney/)
- AI runs the search across USPTO, EPO, and Canopy, ranks hits by claim-overlap relevance, summarizes each, and builds the search report — attorney starts from a triaged list, not a raw dump.

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