Patent & Trademark Search

Search and extract data from US patent and trademark databases. The only IP search tool on Apify.

Why Use This Actor?

Professional IP search tools like PatSnap and Orbit Intelligence cost $10,000-50,000/year. This actor gives you access to the same patent and trademark data for pennies per search.

Who This Is For

• Law Firms & IP Attorneys - Research prior art, check trademark conflicts, monitor client portfolios. Save hours of manual searching.
• Startups & Tech Companies - Check if patents exist before launching products. Verify trademark availability before naming your brand.
• Investors & VCs - Due diligence on acquisitions. Analyze IP portfolios quickly.
• Brand Protection Teams - Monitor for trademark infringement. Find similar marks to yours.
• Competitive Intelligence - Track competitors' patent filings. See what technology they're developing.

Features

• Patent Search: Search Google Patents for US and international patents by keyword, inventor, company, or technology
• Trademark Search: Search Trademarkia for US trademarks by name, brand, or company
• Structured Output: Clean JSON data with patent IDs, titles, abstracts, and direct URLs
• Fast: ~5 seconds per search

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchType	string	patents or trademarks
query	string	Search term (keyword, company name, technology, brand)
maxResults	integer	Maximum results to return (1-500, default: 50)
dateFrom	string	Optional: Filter from date (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateTo	string	Optional: Filter to date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Output

Patent Results

{
  "type": "patent",
  "patentId": "US8825132B2",
  "title": "Method for magnetic resonance imaging",
  "abstract": "An NMR experiment on hyperpolarizable magnetic nuclei...",
  "assignee": "Bruker Biospin Gmbh",
  "date": "2014",
  "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8825132B2",
  "source": "Google Patents"
}

Trademark Results

{
  "type": "trademark",
  "serialNumber": "86048388",
  "url": "https://www.trademarkia.com/serial-86048388.htm",
  "source": "Trademarkia"
}

Example Usage

Search for AI Patents

{
  "searchType": "patents",
  "query": "artificial intelligence machine learning",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Search for Tech Company Patents

{
  "searchType": "patents",
  "query": "Tesla Motors",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Search for Trademarks

{
  "searchType": "trademarks",
  "query": "nike",
  "maxResults": 25
}

Data Sources

• Patents: Google Patents (covers USPTO, EPO, WIPO, and 100+ patent offices worldwide)
• Trademarks: Trademarkia (covers USPTO trademark database)

Pricing

Pay per result - only pay for what you get:

• Actor start: $0.00005 per run
• Per result: $0.004 per patent or trademark

Examples:

Search	Results	Cost
10 patents	10	$0.04
50 patents	50	$0.20
100 trademarks	100	$0.40

Compare to professional IP tools (PatSnap, Orbit) at $10,000-50,000/year.

Support

For issues or feature requests, please open an issue on the Actor's GitHub repository.