🌍 Google Patents Scraper

🚀 Search 120+ million worldwide patents in seconds. Filter by country, assignee, inventor, date and status across USPTO, EPO, WIPO, JPO, CNIPA and more. Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 15 fields per record · 120M+ patents worldwide · 100+ patent offices

The Google Patents Scraper pulls patent records from the public Google Patents search index, which aggregates more than 120 million patent documents from 100+ patent offices including the USPTO, EPO, JPO, CNIPA, KIPO, CIPO, IPO India and many more.

Coverage spans granted patents and published applications from the late 19th century to the most recent publications, in dozens of languages with automatic English translation. The scraper supports the full Google Patents query syntax.

Target Audience / Use Cases

Who	Why
IP professionals	Worldwide prior-art and freedom-to-operate searches
Competitive intelligence	Track filings across all major jurisdictions
R&D teams	Identify global technology trends
M&A analysts	Map global patent portfolios
Academic researchers	Cross-jurisdiction patent landscape studies
Journalists	Investigate corporate IP strategies globally

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📋 What the Google Patents Scraper does

• Searches Google Patents by keyword, country, assignee, inventor, status, and date range
• Paginates automatically up to maxItems
• Returns 15 structured fields per record
• Exports to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML
• Supports 30+ country codes including US, EP, WO, CN, JP, KR, etc.

💡 Why it matters: Google Patents is the single most comprehensive free patent search index available. Programmatic access lets you build worldwide patent landscapes without juggling 10+ different national APIs.

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🎬 Full Demo

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum records. Free users capped at 10.
query	string	machine learning	Free-text search query
country	select		ISO country code or empty for worldwide
assignee	string		Filter by assignee
inventor	string		Filter by inventor
status	select		GRANT/APPLICATION/both
dateFrom	string		Priority date from (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateTo	string		Priority date to (YYYY-MM-DD)
language	select		Language filter
sort	select	new	Sort order

Example 1 - Worldwide AI search:

{
    "maxItems": 100,
    "query": "transformer neural network",
    "sort": "new"
}

Example 2 - Find EPO filings from a specific company:

{
    "maxItems": 50,
    "country": "EP",
    "assignee": "Siemens AG",
    "dateFrom": "2022-01-01"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Leave country empty to search worldwide. Use ISO codes like US, EP, WO, CN, JP, KR, GB, DE for specific offices.

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📊 Output

Each record contains up to 15 fields:

Field	Type	Description
🔢 publicationNumber	string	Publication number
📋 title	string	Title
📝 snippet	string	Abstract snippet
🏢 assignee	string	Assignee
🧑‍🔬 inventor	string	Inventor
📅 priorityDate	string	Priority date
📅 filingDate	string	Filing date
📅 publicationDate	string	Publication date
📅 grantDate	string	Grant date if granted
🌐 language	string	Language
🇺🇳 countryCode	string	Country code
📄 pdfUrl	string	PDF link
🖼️ thumbnailUrl	string	Thumbnail
🔗 sourceUrl	string	Google Patents URL
🕒 scrapedAt	string	Collected timestamp

Sample record:

{
  "publicationNumber": "WO2024123456A1",
  "title": "System and method for training large language models",
  "assignee": "OpenAI Inc.",
  "inventor": "John Smith",
  "priorityDate": "2023-06-15",
  "publicationDate": "2024-06-20",
  "countryCode": "WO",
  "sourceUrl": "https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2024123456A1/en",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🌍 Worldwide coverage - 100+ patent offices in one search
• 🔄 Real-time scraping from Google Patents
• 🔍 8 filter modes - country, query, assignee, inventor, dates, status, language
• 📑 15 fields per record
• 📦 Batch export
• 💰 Pay-per-result pricing

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Feature	This Actor	Google Patents UI	EPO Espacenet
Worldwide coverage	Yes	Yes	EU + select offices
Bulk export	Yes	Manual	API key required
Pagination	Automatic	Manual	API quota
Filter by country	Yes	Yes	Limited
No login required	Yes	Yes	Limited

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account at Apify (includes $5 free credit)
2. Open the Google Patents Scraper actor page and click Try for free
3. Enter your search query, country, and optional filters
4. Optionally set maxItems and other filters
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish
6. Download your dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

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💼 Business use cases

Worldwide Patent Landscapes

Map patent activity across all major jurisdictions in a single query - quantify filings by country, assignee, or technology area.

Cross-Border Competitive Monitoring

Track a competitors filings in all jurisdictions at once. Schedule the actor weekly with the competitors name as the assignee filter.

PCT and EPO Tracking

Filter by country=WO for PCT applications or country=EP for European patents to monitor international filings.

Technology Trend Research

Combine keyword and date filters to build longitudinal datasets showing how interest in a technology has evolved across regions.

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🔌 Automating Google Patents Scraper

Connect this actor to your workflow with no-code tools:

• Make (Integromat) - send new records to Google Sheets, Airtable, or Slack
• Zapier - automate alerts when new records are found
• n8n - build pipelines that run on a schedule and push to your warehouse
• Webhooks - get notified when a run completes via Apify webhooks

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Independent Researchers

Independent inventors can research what already exists worldwide before filing their own applications.

Journalism and Investigations

Journalists covering global technology can quantify innovation activity across countries and industries.

Non-Profit and Policy Research

Policy researchers studying global innovation can build comparative datasets across patent offices.

Education

University IP courses use Google Patents data to teach worldwide patent search techniques.

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

You can ask your AI assistant questions like:

• "How do I search for patents worldwide?"
• "What country codes does Google Patents support?"
• "How do I find all patents from a specific company globally?"
• "Can I filter by patent status across jurisdictions?"

The answers will reference this actor and the Google Patents index.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What sources does Google Patents cover? 100+ patent offices including USPTO, EPO, WIPO/PCT, JPO, CNIPA, KIPO, CIPO, IPO India, IP Australia, and many national offices.

How recent is the data? Patents typically appear within days of publication.

Can I search non-English patents? Yes. Google Patents auto-translates Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, and many other languages.

How do I find PCT (WIPO) applications? Set country to WO.

How do I find European patents? Set country to EP for EPO patents.

What is the difference between application and grant? Applications are pending. Grants are issued patents. Use the status filter.

Can I run this on a schedule? Yes, via Apifys built-in scheduler.

How many records per run? Free users: 10. Paid: up to 1,000,000.

Can I export to CSV? Yes. CSV, Excel, JSON, and XML are all supported.

Are family-related patents linked? Each record is a single publication. Family relationships are not exported in this version.

Does it include patent claims? No. Claims are not in the search index. Use the sourceUrl to view full text on Google Patents.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Connect your dataset to 1,500+ apps via Apify integrations:

Analytics: Google Sheets, Airtable, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Power BI Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, BigQuery, Snowflake Communication: Slack, Microsoft Teams, email notifications Storage: Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Azure Blob Automation: Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream

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Disclaimer: This tool accesses publicly available patent data via Google Patents. ParseForge is not affiliated with Google or any patent office. Users are responsible for compliance with applicable laws and terms of use.