# Google Patents Scraper (`masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper`) Actor Scrape structured patent records (title, abstract, claims, inventors, assignee, dates) from Google Patents. - **URL**: https://apify.com/masked\_hacker/google-patents-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Masked Hacker](https://apify.com/masked_hacker) (community) - **Categories:** Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 patents This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Google Patents Scraper: Titles, Abstracts, Claims & Assignees Turn any [Google Patents](https://patents.google.com) search into a clean, structured dataset of patents. Search by keyword and narrow by inventor, assignee or priority-date range, and get **title, abstract, claims, inventors, assignee, filing/publication dates and CPC codes** for every result, fully paginated. Perfect for **patent landscaping, competitor IP monitoring, prior-art search, and technology scouting** across any field. ### What you get - 🔎 **Search by keyword**, narrowed by inventor, assignee, or priority-date range. - 📄 **Full record per patent:** title, abstract, and every claim. - 🏢 **Inventors and assignee** (the patent owner), in canonical English. - 🗓️ **Priority, filing, publication and grant dates**, plus application number. - 🏷️ **CPC classification codes** and issuing-authority country code. - 📊 Clean JSON / CSV / Excel export, ready for a spreadsheet or a pipeline. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `searchQueries` | string[] | Keyword searches to run, e.g. `self-driving vehicle`. Required. | | `inventor` | string | Restrict every query to this inventor name. | | `assignee` | string | Restrict every query to this assignee (patent owner), e.g. `Waymo`. | | `dateFrom` / `dateTo` | string | Priority-date range, `YYYY-MM-DD`. | | `maxItems` | int | Stop after this many patents across all queries (default 100). | | `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Datacenter rotation by default; switch to residential only if rate-limited. | #### Example input ```json { "searchQueries": ["autonomous vehicle"], "assignee": "Waymo", "dateFrom": "2020-01-01", "maxItems": 100 } ```` ### Output One record per patent, deduplicated by publication number. | Field | Description | |---|---| | `publicationNumber`, `title`, `url` | Patent identity and its Google Patents page. | | `abstract`, `claims` | Abstract text and one entry per claim. | | `inventors`, `assignees` | Inventor name(s) and original assignee(s). | | `priorityDate`, `filingDate`, `publicationDate`, `grantDate` | Key dates. | | `applicationNumber`, `countryCode`, `cpcCodes` | Application number, authority, and CPC codes. | | `pdfUrl`, `snippet` | PDF link and the search snippet that matched. | | `query`, `scrapedAt` | Source query and scrape time. | #### Example output ```json { "publicationNumber": "US12525077B2", "title": "Self-driving vehicles and weigh station operation", "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12525077B2/en", "abstract": "The technology involves operation of a self-driving truck...", "inventors": ["Vijaysai Patnaik"], "assignees": ["Waymo LLC"], "priorityDate": "2019-12-16", "filingDate": "2023-11-14", "publicationDate": "2026-01-13", "cpcCodes": ["B60W50/0205"], "query": "self-driving vehicle" } ``` ### FAQ **Do I need a Google account or API key?** No. Just provide a search query. **How many results per query?** Google Patents pages results in tens and caps a single query at 1000 results; the actor paginates up to your `maxItems` cap. **Why are some abstracts or claims empty?** Patents from some non-US offices don't expose an English abstract or machine-readable claims on Google Patents; core bibliographic fields are always populated. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Keyword searches to run on Google Patents. Each entry is one search, paginated up to the Max patents cap. ## `inventor` (type: `string`): Optional. Restrict every query to this inventor name. ## `assignee` (type: `string`): Optional. Restrict every query to this assignee (patent owner), e.g. "Waymo". ## `dateFrom` (type: `string`): Optional. Only include patents with a priority date on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `dateTo` (type: `string`): Optional. Only include patents with a priority date on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Stop after this many patent records across all queries (endpoint caps each query at 1000). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Datacenter proxy rotation by default is enough — the endpoints only rate-limit. Switch to a residential group only if rate-limiting persists. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "battery management system", "mRNA vaccine" ], "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All scraped patent records in the default dataset. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "self-driving vehicle" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("masked_hacker/google-patents-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": ["self-driving vehicle"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQueries": [ "self-driving vehicle" ] }' | apify call masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Patents Scraper", "description": "Scrape structured patent records (title, abstract, claims, inventors, assignee, dates) from Google Patents.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "JzvaiQPTw9ndpLgol" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/masked_hacker~google-patents-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-masked_hacker-google-patents-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/masked_hacker~google-patents-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-masked_hacker-google-patents-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/masked_hacker~google-patents-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-masked_hacker-google-patents-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQueries" ], "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Keyword searches to run on Google Patents. Each entry is one search, paginated up to the Max patents cap.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "inventor": { "title": "Inventor", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Restrict every query to this inventor name." }, "assignee": { "title": "Assignee", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Restrict every query to this assignee (patent owner), e.g. \"Waymo\"." }, "dateFrom": { "title": "Priority date from", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Only include patents with a priority date on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)." }, "dateTo": { "title": "Priority date to", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Only include patents with a priority date on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max patents", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after this many patent records across all queries (endpoint caps each query at 1000).", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Datacenter proxy rotation by default is enough — the endpoints only rate-limit. Switch to a residential group only if rate-limiting persists.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```