# Watch a company for newly recorded USPTO assignments

**Use case:** 

Watch recorded patent assignments naming a company as assignee. Replace Pacific Biosciences with an exact company name. The first run returns a 365-day baseline; repeat with the same monitorKey for new records. Add aliases for other spellings. Truncated company searches are PARTIAL and may miss recent filings.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "watchlist",
  "monitorKey": "task-company",
  "patentNumbers": [
    "10277785"
  ],
  "applicationNumbers": [],
  "publicationNumbers": [],
  "companies": [
    {
      "name": "PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.",
      "role": "assignee",
      "aliases": [],
      "match": "exact"
    }
  ],
  "conveyanceTypes": [],
  "changesOnly": true,
  "baselineMode": "emitSnapshot",
  "lookbackDays": 365
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "record_type": {
    "label": "Record type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "assignment_id": {
    "label": "Assignment id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recorded_date": {
    "label": "Recorded date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "assignees": {
    "label": "Assignees",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "assignors": {
    "label": "Assignors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "patent_numbers": {
    "label": "Patent numbers",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "change_types": {
    "label": "Change types",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "matched_targets": {
    "label": "Matched targets",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "scraped_at": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [USPTO Patent Ownership & Assignment Monitor](https://apify.com/automa-flow/uspto-patent-assignment-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automa-flow/uspto-patent-assignment-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/automa-flow/uspto-patent-assignment-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).