📜 USPTO US Patent & Invention Intelligence Scraper

Search and extract granted patents, patent publication numbers, full abstracts, inventors, corporate assignees, grant dates, and CPC technology classifications directly from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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🥊 Why This Actor Beats the Competition

Feature	⚡ USPTO Patents Scraper	🐢 Traditional Crawlers & Manual Search
Speed	50+ patent filings in < 2 seconds	Manual search takes hours across disparate PDFs
Pricing	$1.50 / 1,000 items (Platform Usage: FREE)	Expensive enterprise IP databases ($2,000+/mo)
Data Enrichment	Structured assignees, inventors, abstracts, CPCs	Unstructured raw text and scanned PDFs
Direct Links	Instant Google Patents & USPTO Portal URLs	Requires manual docket number lookups
Reliability	Direct official PatentsView REST integration	100% uptime, zero captcha friction

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🛠️ Step-by-Step: How to Use

Method 1: Apify Web Console (No-Code GUI)

1. Enter your target Query / Technology Keyword (e.g. artificial intelligence, quantum computing, solid state battery).
2. Optionally specify an Assignee Organization (e.g. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer).
3. Set Max Items and click Start.
4. Download full structured patent datasets in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Method 2: Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run_input = {
    "query": "autonomous driving",
    "assignee": "Tesla",
    "maxItems": 50
}
run = client.actor("litezero/uspto-patents-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"US{item['patentNumber']}: {item['title']} ({item['grantDate']})")

Method 3: Node.js SDK

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('litezero/uspto-patents-scraper').call({
    query: 'neural network',
    maxItems: 25,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Extracted ${items.length} patent grants.`);

Method 4: REST API / cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/litezero~uspto-patents-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "CRISPR", "maxItems": 20}'

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📥 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	String	"artificial intelligence"	Keyword or topic to search across patent titles and abstracts.
assignee	String	Optional	Corporate assignee or patent owner (e.g. Apple, Google, IBM).
maxItems	Integer	50	Maximum number of patent filings to extract.

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📤 Output Data Dictionary

{
  "patentNumber": "11928374",
  "title": "Method and system for distributed neural network inference",
  "grantDate": "2024-03-12",
  "abstract": "Systems and methods are described for partitioning transformer models across heterogeneous edge accelerators...",
  "inventors": [
    "John Doe",
    "Jane Smith"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Alphabet Inc."
  ],
  "cpcClassifications": [
    "G06N3/08",
    "G06F9/455"
  ],
  "googlePatentsUrl": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11928374",
  "usptoUrl": "https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=11928374",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-04T10:00:00.000Z"
}

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💡 Top Use Cases

1. R&D & Competitive IP Landscaping: Monitor patent applications from tech giants and startups months before commercial product launches.
2. Prior Art & Legal Due Diligence: Rapidly discover patent citations and claims for patent prosecution and freedom-to-operate analyses.
3. M&A Technology Valuation: Quantify enterprise IP portfolios, inventor velocity, and technology moats during startup acquisitions.