Google Patents Publications Scraper

Search public Google Patents results and optionally enrich selected publications with information from their public patent pages. Use the dataset to review patent titles, publication details, inventors, assignees, classifications, claims, and citations.

How to use

1. Enter a query or a list of queries.
2. Set the result page range and overall publication limit.
3. Enable includeDetails if you need claims, citations, legal events, or other information from patent pages.
4. Run the Actor and view or export the publication records in the dataset.

Example:

{
  "queries": ["coherent lidar", "laser detection"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "page": 1,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxDetailItems": 5,
  "maxClaims": 100,
  "maxCitations": 50
}

Input

Input	Description	Default
query	One Google Patents search phrase. Used if no query list is provided.	solar
queries	Multiple search phrases. keywords is an alias; searchQuery is an alias for one phrase.	—
maxItems	Maximum unique publications across the run (1–100).	10
page / maxPages	First result page and number of consecutive pages per search (up to 100).	1 / 10
includeDetails	Add details from public patent pages.	false
maxDetailItems	Maximum patent pages to enrich (1–100).	10
maxClaims	Maximum claim texts per enriched publication (1–500).	100
maxCitations	Maximum entries in each citation, cited-by, application, similar-document, and legal-event list (1–200).	50
proxyConfiguration	Accepted for compatibility, but this Actor currently uses direct requests.	—

Output

Each dataset item represents a patent publication and includes the required publication ID, publication number, title, and Google Patents detail URL. Search results can also include an abstract or excerpt, dates, inventors, assignees, country, and patent PDF link.

When includeDetails is enabled and the information is available, records can include:

• Full patent description as text and HTML, claims, classifications, and landscape labels.
• Application number, patent status, priority/filing/publication/grant/expiration dates, and current assignee.
• Patent and non-patent citations, cited-by publications, related applications, similar documents, and legal events.
• Patent figure images and links to related publication resources.

Example dataset item:

{
  "publicationId": "patent/US10000000B2/en",
  "publicationNumber": "US10000000B2",
  "publicationCountryCode": "US",
  "publicationKindCode": "B2",
  "title": "Coherent LADAR using intra-pixel quadrature detection",
  "abstract": "A public abstract when available.",
  "priorityDate": "2015-03-10",
  "filingDate": "2015-03-10",
  "publicationDate": "2018-06-19",
  "inventors": ["Joseph Marron"],
  "assignees": ["Raytheon Co"],
  "detailUrl": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10000000B2/en",
  "pdfUrl": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/example/US10000000.pdf"
}

Optional fields depend on what Google Patents displays and whether detail enrichment is enabled. Failed detail lookups do not remove an otherwise available search result. The Output tab shows the available result fields.

Limits and responsible use

The number of searches, pages, and optional patent-page lookups affects run time. Google Patents may not provide every field for every publication. The Actor does not sign in or bypass access restrictions.

Use public patent information responsibly and follow applicable site terms and intellectual-property laws. This Actor is not affiliated with Google or Google Patents.