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Notion was granted a patent for sharing structured email views.

What happened

In September 2026 Notion patented shareable email views that sort messages and trigger actions automatically across users’ inboxes.

Source

patents.google.comSep 29, 2026

US patent US12750333

Sharing structured views of email messages between users

Abstract

The system obtains multiple views associated with a first multiplicity of messages, where a view among the multiple views includes a criterion, a visual appearance, and an action. The criterion defines a message to include in the view, and the action is configured to trigger automatically when the message is included in the view. The system applies the view to the second multiplicity of messages by: selecting a subset of messages among the second multiplicity of messages according to the criterion; presenting the subset of messages to the user according to the visual appearance associated with the view; and performing the action on the subset of messages.

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Grant date
Sep 29, 2026
Inventors
4
Tech area
networking / data transmission
Patent number
US12750333

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People

  • Andrew MilichInventor
  • Jason GinsbergInventor
  • Nishil ShahInventor
  • Arpeet KaleInventor
  • Peter LuInventor
  • Byeong Chan LeeInventor

Details

Primary CPC class
H04L 51/42 (Transmission of digital information)
USPTO assignee
Notion Labs, Inc.
What the invention does
A way to package an email filter with its layout and an automatic response, then apply that same setup to another person’s messages.

Topics and mentions

Tags

  • Intellectual Property
  • Research & Development
  • Email
  • Automation

Technologies named

  • email filtering
  • workflow automation
  • shared views
  • messaging systems

Extraction

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Sep 30, 2026
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