The Patent Research Problem Nobody Talks About Public patent databases are online. Every filing from the USPTO, EPO, WIPO, and dozens of other offices is theoretically accessible to anyone with an internet connection. So why do patent landscape reviews still take weeks? The answer is that accessibility and usability are not the same thing. Searching USPTO full-text databases, cross-referencing Google Patents, exporting claim data, normalizing applicant names across jurisdictions, and assembling it all into a coherent competitive picture is still an almost entirely manual process for most teams. An IP paralegal or R&D analyst can spend 15 to 20 hours on a single quarterly review, repeating the same clicks, copy-pastes, and spreadsheet entries every time. This is exactly the gap that AI-powered browser automation was built to close. Why Patent Research Is Still Painful Despite Everything Being "Online" Before diving into tooling, it is worth understanding why the problem persists.…