# Competitor Patent Tracking

**Use case:** 

Track competitor patent filings by assignee. Monitor innovation activity.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://patents.google.com/?assignee=google&oq=assignee:google"
    }
  ],
  "maxPatents": 200,
  "sitemapYearStart": 2020,
  "sitemapYearEnd": 2024,
  "countries": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "BUYPROXIES94952"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 4
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "patentNumber": {
    "label": "Patent Number",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "abstract": {
    "label": "Abstract",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "inventors": {
    "label": "Inventors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "assignees": {
    "label": "Assignees",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "filingDate": {
    "label": "Filing Date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "publicationDate": {
    "label": "Publication Date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "priorityDate": {
    "label": "Priority Date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "applicationNumber": {
    "label": "Application Number",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "countryCode": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "kindCode": {
    "label": "Kind Code",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "legalStatus": {
    "label": "Legal Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "claimsCount": {
    "label": "Claims Count",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "claims": {
    "label": "Claims",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "priorArtReferences": {
    "label": "Prior Art References",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "pdfUrl": {
    "label": "PDF URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "patentUrl": {
    "label": "Patent URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped At",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Patents Scraper | $2/1k | Patent Data & Citations](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/google-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/google-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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