# Gather patents by a named inventor

**Use case:** 

Pull a patent portfolio for one inventor so you can review their titles, employers, dates, and source links without manual lookup.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "byInventor",
  "searchQuery": "\"large language model\" training",
  "patentIds": [
    "US10000000B2"
  ],
  "assigneeName": "OpenAI",
  "inventorName": "Yann LeCun",
  "countryCodes": [
    "US",
    "WO",
    "EP"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "2020-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-01-01",
  "status": "ANY",
  "patentType": "ANY",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "enrichmentDepth": "basic",
  "citationDirection": "both",
  "citationDepth": 1,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "patentId": {
    "label": "Patent ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "label": "Assignee",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "inventors": {
    "label": "Inventors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "filingDate": {
    "label": "Filing date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "grantDate": {
    "label": "Grant date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "countryCode": {
    "label": "Country code",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "type": {
    "label": "Patent type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "claimsCount": {
    "label": "Claims count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "googlePatentsUrl": {
    "label": "Google Patents URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Patents Scraper — Search, Citations, Family Graph](https://apify.com/khadinakbar/google-patents-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/khadinakbar/google-patents-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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