# Google Patent Details Scraper (`cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper`) Actor

Fetch known public Google Patents details by publication number or canonical URL with source links, safe result limits and clear run outcomes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Cliqto Media](https://apify.com/cliqtomedia) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.99 / 1,000 saved patent rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## Google Patent Details Scraper

Google Patent Details Scraper fetches known public Google Patents detail pages
by publication number or canonical Google Patents URL.

### Quick start

```json
{
  "publicationNumbers": ["US9014905B1"],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "detailLevel": "metadata"
}
```

Use the [input examples](docs/publication/INPUT-EXAMPLES.json) for publication
numbers, canonical URLs and full detail.

### What you can enter

- `publicationNumbers` for known public publications;
- `patentUrls` for exact HTTPS Google Patents detail pages;
- `language`, `detailLevel`, `maxItems` and `includePdfLink` for bounded detail
  extraction.

Keyword search, application-number search, filters, sort, page controls and
search-capacity controls are not part of this release. The Actor does not
silently turn those inputs into an empty result; the active schema rejects
them and the runtime records a contract failure if a schema-bypassing caller
supplies them.

### What you receive

Each saved Dataset row has one publication number and its canonical source URL.
Common fields include the title, abstract, inventors, assignees, dates, CPC and
IPC classes, source status, citations, simple-family data and an optional PDF
link. Use `detailLevel: "full"` for claims, description and other bounded
fields from the same patent page. PDF and image assets are never downloaded.

The default key-value store contains `RUN_SUMMARY`. It records direct-detail
requests, saved rows, truncation, technical outcomes and every input outcome.

### Safe limits

- up to 100 publication numbers or exact patent URLs;
- up to 100 saved unique publications across the whole run;
- one bounded direct detail request for each accepted publication.

### Result statuses

`PATENT_SAVED` and `PARTIAL` are Dataset rows. `NOT_FOUND`, `INVALID_INPUT`,
`BLOCKED`, `RATE_LIMITED`, `TRANSIENT_ERROR` and `PARSER_DRIFT` are recorded in
`RUN_SUMMARY` when no complete row is saved. A source block is never returned
as an empty success.

### Source and legal note

Results come from public Google Patents detail pages. Some fields can be
missing or translated. Source status, expiration dates and events are not
legal advice or a legal conclusion. Verify important facts with the relevant
patent office.

This independent tool is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google LLC. It
uses direct HTTPS for detail pages, does not log in, solve challenges or use
another patent database, and never downloads patent documents.

### Need help?

Include the Apify run ID, input JSON without secrets and the related
`RUN_SUMMARY` entry. See the [support guide](docs/publication/SUPPORT.md) for
status meanings and safe troubleshooting.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `patentUrls` (type: `array`):

HTTPS Google Patents /patent/ detail URLs only.

## `publicationNumbers` (type: `array`):

Known public publication identifiers for direct detail extraction.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter lower-case language code used for the public detail page.

## `detailLevel` (type: `string`):

Metadata or full detail from the same public patent page.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Global hard cap for saved unique publications in one run. Up to 100.

## `includePdfLink` (type: `boolean`):

Returns a source link only; PDF and image assets are never downloaded.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "language": "en",
  "detailLevel": "metadata",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includePdfLink": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,cliqtomedia/google-patents-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/20fpS7snbVJNCRK9I/builds/Kjjc8Ih4oaKypwemX/openapi.json