# Google Patents Publications Scraper (`googleapi/google-patents-publications-scraper`) Actor

Search public Google Patents publication data and optionally enrich records from public publication pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-patents-publications-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Google API](https://apify.com/googleapi) (community)
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## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

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:

```json
{
  "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:

```json
{
  "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.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

One public Google Patents full-text query. Used when no query list is provided.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Multiple public full-text queries. Results share the global maxItems limit.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for queries. Duplicate query text is removed.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for query.

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

Global maximum of unique patent publications returned across all queries and pages.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

One-based Google Patents result page to request first.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of consecutive result pages to inspect for each query, starting at page.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch public patent pages for full descriptions, claims, classifications, citations, events, related applications, and images. Disabled by default.

## `maxDetailItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of publication detail pages fetched during one run when includeDetails is enabled.

## `maxClaims` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on claim texts returned per enriched patent. Claim text is kept in full for each included claim.

## `maxCitations` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound for each citation, cited-by, related-application, similar-document, and legal-event array.

## `requestTimeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Bounded timeout for each public search or detail request.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSeconds.

## `timeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility timeout value in milliseconds; overrides requestTimeoutSeconds when provided.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Polite delay between search pages and detail requests.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries for transient public request failures. Access boundaries are not retried.

## `maxResponseBytes` (type: `integer`):

Maximum bytes read from any one public search or detail response.

## `acceptLanguage` (type: `string`):

Optional language preference for public Google Patents pages.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Accepted for input compatibility. This Actor currently makes direct public HTTP requests and does not apply the proxy configuration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "solar",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "page": 1,
  "maxPages": 10,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxDetailItems": 10,
  "maxClaims": 100,
  "maxCitations": 50,
  "requestTimeoutSeconds": 30,
  "requestDelayMs": 300,
  "maxRetries": 1,
  "maxResponseBytes": 5000000,
  "acceptLanguage": "en-US,en;q=0.8"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

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

No description

## `outputTotals` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runHealth` (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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "page": 1,
    "maxPages": 10,
    "includeDetails": false,
    "maxDetailItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("googleapi/google-patents-publications-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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "page": 1,
    "maxPages": 10,
    "includeDetails": False,
    "maxDetailItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("googleapi/google-patents-publications-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 '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "page": 1,
  "maxPages": 10,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxDetailItems": 10
}' |
apify call googleapi/google-patents-publications-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,googleapi/google-patents-publications-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/yU5M4VrHZKdW31gpL/builds/SooycYTGeKYCFgnh2/openapi.json