Us Patent Search Scraper

Overview

The US Patent Search Scraper retrieves patent data from the USPTO PatentsView API, a comprehensive database of US patent information. This actor searches for patents by keyword and extracts patent numbers, titles, inventors, assignees, filing dates, abstracts, claims counts, and classification codes. The PatentsView platform is maintained by the USPTO and provides structured access to millions of US patents dating back decades.

Features

• Search the USPTO patent database by keyword across patent abstracts
• Filter results by date range to focus on specific time periods
• Extract comprehensive patent metadata including inventors, assignees, and classifications
• Retrieve patent abstracts and claims count for each result
• Automatic pagination to collect large result sets
• Direct links to Google Patents for easy access to full patent documents
• Uses the official PatentsView API with no authentication required
• Works with empty input using default search terms (artificial intelligence, blockchain)
• Export results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or other formats via Apify datasets

Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
searchTerms	array	Keywords to search in patent abstracts	["artificial intelligence", "blockchain"]
maxResults	integer	Maximum patents per search term	100
dateRange	string	Year range filter (e.g., 2024-2026)	"" (all dates)

Output Format

Each result contains the following fields:

• patentNumber - US patent number
• title - Patent title
• inventor - Inventor names
• assignee - Assignee organization or individual
• filingDate - Date the patent application was filed
• grantDate - Date the patent was granted
• abstract - Patent abstract (up to 500 characters)
• claimsCount - Number of claims in the patent
• classification - CPC and USPC classification codes
• url - Link to Google Patents for the full document
• scrapedAt - ISO timestamp of when the data was collected

Use Cases

This actor is valuable for patent attorneys, R&D teams, competitive intelligence analysts, and technology scouts. Common applications include prior art searches, monitoring competitor patent activity, analyzing technology trends through patent filings, building patent landscape reports, identifying potential licensing opportunities, and conducting freedom-to-operate assessments for new product development.

Pricing

This actor uses a pay-per-event pricing model. You are charged $0.75 per 1,000 results delivered. There are no additional platform fees beyond compute costs.

Limitations

• The PatentsView API indexes patents with a processing delay; the most recent patents may not yet be available
• Abstract text is truncated to 500 characters; full abstracts are available via the Google Patents links
• Date filtering applies to patent grant dates; filing date filtering requires different query parameters
• The API returns a maximum of 10,000 results per query across all pages
• Some older patents may have incomplete inventor or assignee information

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