# Find a Competitor's Most-Cited Patents - Apify

**Use case:** 

Analyze a rival's patent citations to surface their most foundational, forward-cited IP. Citation counts, CPC classes, and claims per patent.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "by_assignee",
  "query": "",
  "assignees": [
    "NVIDIA Corp"
  ],
  "inventors": [],
  "patentIds": [],
  "countries": [
    "US"
  ],
  "statusFilter": "any",
  "dateFrom": "",
  "dateTo": "",
  "enrichmentDepth": "deep",
  "incrementalMode": false,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "patentId": {
    "label": "Patent ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "assigneeCurrent": {
    "label": "Assignee",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "backwardCitationsCount": {
    "label": "Cited",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "forwardCitationsCount": {
    "label": "Citing",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "cpcClassifications": {
    "label": "CPC",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "claimsCount": {
    "label": "Claims",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "familyId": {
    "label": "Family",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "pdfUrl": {
    "label": "PDF",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Patents Intelligence](https://apify.com/constructive_calm/google-patents-intelligence) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/constructive_calm/google-patents-intelligence) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.