# Google Patents Figures — Drawing Sheets Extractor (`noahadler/google-patents-figures`) Actor

Google Patents Figures extracts drawing sheets: PNG URLs of published sheets (D0000N), sheet number, PDF link and patent URL. Google Patents drawings are the published figures, not generated images. For patent research and claim charts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/noahadler/google-patents-figures.md
- **Developed by:** [Noah Adler](https://apify.com/noahadler) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.05 / 1,000 drawing sheets

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Patents Figures — Drawing Sheets Extractor

Extract **published patent drawing sheets** from Google Patents: PNG figure URLs (`…-D0000N.png`), sheet numbers, PDF link and patent page URL.

This scrapes drawings that patent offices already published. It does **not** generate figures with AI (unlike PatentFig-style tools).

**Keywords:** google patents figures · patent drawings scraper · patent sheets · patent figure extractor · google patents drawings

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### What it does

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Input: `patentNumbers` and/or `patentUrls` |
| 2 | Loads each `patents.google.com/patent/…` page |
| 3 | Collects unique drawing sheet PNGs from the HTML |
| 4 | Pushes **one row per sheet** (or one note row if the page has no HTML sheets) |

Hero sibling for search/citations: **google-patents-scraper**.

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### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `patentNumbers` | No | e.g. `US10700376B2`. Default includes two US grants with drawings |
| `patentUrls` | No | Full Google Patents URLs |
| `maxItems` | No | Max sheet rows (default 100) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | RESIDENTIAL **US** on Apify |

#### Example (Try it)

```json
{
  "patentNumbers": ["US10700376B2", "US11532839B2"],
  "maxItems": 40,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

***

### Output (one sheet per row)

| Field | Notes |
|-------|--------|
| `figureUrl` | Direct PNG on `patentimages.storage.googleapis.com` |
| `sheetId` / `sheetNumber` | e.g. `D00001` / `1` |
| `publicationNumber` / `title` / `patentUrl` | Patent context |
| `pdfUrl` | Full PDF when linked |
| `sheetCount` | How many HTML sheets that patent exposed |

US publications with drawings usually expose PNG sheets. Some EP/JP/CN pages only expose a PDF — you still get a note row with `pdfUrl` when available.

***

### Notes

- USPTO: patent text and drawings are typically not copyright-restricted in the US (see USPTO Terms — Patent information). Still respect third-party exceptions and trademarks embedded in design patents.
- Not an official Google API. Icon is not Google’s logo.

### Author

[noahadler](https://apify.com/noahadler) on Apify Store.

# Actor input Schema

## `patentNumbers` (type: `array`):

Publication numbers as on Google Patents, e.g. US10700376B2, US20230327220A1. US grants with drawings work best for PNG sheets.

## `patentUrls` (type: `array`):

Full URLs such as https://patents.google.com/patent/US10700376B2/en. Merged with patentNumbers.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum dataset rows (one per drawing sheet, or one note row if a patent has no HTML sheets). 1–500.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Patent pages and patentimages CDN usually work over HTTP. On Apify prefer RESIDENTIAL US.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "patentNumbers": [
    "US10700376B2",
    "US11532839B2"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `figures` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "patentNumbers": [
        "US10700376B2",
        "US11532839B2"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("noahadler/google-patents-figures").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "patentNumbers": [
        "US10700376B2",
        "US11532839B2",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("noahadler/google-patents-figures").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "patentNumbers": [
    "US10700376B2",
    "US11532839B2"
  ]
}' |
apify call noahadler/google-patents-figures --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,noahadler/google-patents-figures"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xDRobiRKehQkUslAh/builds/aKh2nevtgOrkcgXfg/openapi.json