# Build a patent citation network from any patent

**Use case:** 

Pull the backward and forward citations for any patent from Google Patents. Get each cited patent's number, title, assignee, and priority date as JSON.

## Input

```json
{
  "q": "lithium ion battery",
  "num": 10,
  "max_pages": 1,
  "clustered": false,
  "dups": false,
  "scholar": false,
  "no_cache": false,
  "include_ai_summary": true,
  "include_details": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "details_patent_id": {
    "label": "Source Patent",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "details.title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "details.all_citations": {
    "label": "All citations"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Patents API](https://apify.com/johnvc/google-patents-api) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/johnvc/google-patents-api) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.