What is Google Patents Scraper API?

Search Google Patents in bulk. Paste your queries, click Start, and download patents with abstract snippets, assignees, inventors, dates, and PDF links as a clean table.

• 🔬 Any technology, assignee, or publication number, many queries per run
• 🏢 Assignee and inventor on every row
• 📝 Abstract snippet on every row, so you can screen results without opening them
• 📅 Priority and publication dates on every row, grant date once granted
• 📄 Direct PDF link on nearly every patent
• ⚡ Powered by a live API, a few seconds per query
• 📦 Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML

What data do I get?

Each query returns up to 10 results. The Coverage column says plainly where a field can come back blank.

Field	Example	Coverage
Title	Public transport infrastructure facilitated drone delivery	Every row
Abstract snippet	v) communicating, from the machine to the drone via a wired or wireless connection, the drone delivery route ...	Every row
Assignee	Ebay Inc.	Every row
Inventor	Jonathan Gabbai	Every row
Publication number	US12045770B2	Every row
Priority date	2015-07-08	Every row
Publication date	2024-07-23	Every row
Filing date	2023-05-17	Every row
Grant date	2024-07-23	Once granted, blank on pending applications
Language	en	Every row
Link	patents.google.com page	Every row
PDF	Direct PDF URL	Nearly every patent
Thumbnail	Lead figure image URL	Most patents
Figures	Full size and thumbnail image URL per figure	Most patents (about 4 in 5)
Query	drone delivery	The query the row came from

Pricing

$4 per 1,000 results ($0.004 per result). No start fee, no monthly rental. Empty queries and failures are never charged.

Run	Actor cost
100 results	$0.10
1,000 results	$1
10,000 results	$40

How it works

1. Paste search queries, one per line.
2. Set Page to reach deeper results. Each page is up to 10 patents, so page 2 gives you results 11 to 20.
3. Set Max results per query if you want fewer than 10.
4. Click Start, then download JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Output sample

{
  "title": "Public transport infrastructure facilitated drone delivery",
  "snippet": "v) communicating, from the machine to the drone via a wired or wireless connection, the drone delivery route from the geographic location of the selected terminal to the drop-off destination ...",
  "assignee": "Ebay Inc.",
  "inventor": "Jonathan Gabbai",
  "publicationNumber": "US12045770B2",
  "priorityDate": "2015-07-08",
  "filingDate": "2023-05-17",
  "publicationDate": "2024-07-23",
  "grantDate": "2024-07-23",
  "language": "en",
  "link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12045770B2/en",
  "pdfUrl": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/66/61/95/c513c93fbf2355/US12045770.pdf",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/54/c3/d0/a9bd519b314227/US12045770-20240723-D00000.png",
  "figures": [
    {
      "imageUrl": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e5/a0/e7/c12ed850c0acb2/US12045770-20240723-D00000.png",
      "thumbnailUrl": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/eb/12/4c/80da5ba0c384c5/US12045770-20240723-D00000.png"
    }
  ],
  "query": "drone delivery"
}

IP teams use it for freedom-to-operate sweeps. Competitive intel teams track what rivals file, by assignee. Analysts map technology trends by filing volume over time.

FAQ

Is this legal? The actor only reads publicly visible patent records. Patents are public documents.

Why is a field blank on some rows? We return what Google Patents publishes and never guess. A pending application has no grant date, and some records carry no figure images.

Can I monitor an assignee? Yes, schedule a weekly run on assignee queries and webhook new filings anywhere.

Can I use the API? Yes, runs and results are fully accessible through the Apify API and all Apify integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks).

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Support and feedback

We ship improvements weekly, and user reports drive the roadmap. Something broken or missing?

• Open an issue on this actor's Issues tab in Apify Console
• Or email us at support@crustapi.com

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This actor is an independent tool built by CrustAPI. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC. Google Patents is a trademark of Google LLC, and all other trademarks belong to their owners.