Prior Art Search Pro (Google Patents, Legal Status)
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Prior Art Search Pro (Google Patents, Legal Status)
Search the Google Patents index for prior art: keywords plus assignee, inventor, CPC class, priority-date window, granted/application status, patent vs. design, country and language. Flat rows with legal status. No login, no API key, no proxy. $0.005/run + $2.00 per 1,000 rows.
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Search the Google Patents index for prior art: keyword queries plus assignee, inventor, CPC class, priority-date window, granted/application status, patent vs. design, country and language filters. Flat rows with title, abstract snippet, dates, assignee, inventor, publication number, Google Patents URL, PDF and legal status. $0.005/run + $2.00 per 1,000 rows.
Why this actor
- No login, no API key, no proxy. Reads the public Google Patents search endpoint directly (plain HTTPS fetch, datacenter-friendly).
- Filters that matter for prior art: assignee, inventor, CPC class, priority date before/after (YYYYMMDD), granted vs. application, patent vs. design, country, language, newest-first or relevance.
- Legal status per row: family status and an
familyActiveboolean folded in from the index, so you can triage live patents vs. dead ones without opening every PDF. - Flat, predictable pricing: $0.005 per run + $0.002 per row ($2.00 per 1,000). No enrichment tiers, no hidden per-event costs.
- Clean rows: HTML entities and highlight tags stripped; hard result caps (index itself caps any single query at 1,000 results); zero-result runs push one hint row (status ZERO_RESULTS) instead of charging you for nothing.
Comparison
| Actor | 30-day users | Pricing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| prior-art-search-pro (this) | new | $0.005/run + $2.00/1k rows, flat | filters + legal status, no proxy, no tiers |
| khadinakbar/google-patents-scraper | 56 | $2.00/1k basic, $5.00/1k detailed (per-event tiers) | tiered enrichment pricing; paid events per depth |
| constructive_calm/google-patents-intelligence | 5 | $0.01/run + $2–8/1k per event | higher start cost, fewer users |
| nexgendata/uspto-patent-search | 1 | per-result event pricing | tiny user base |
Sources: Apify Store listings and public run stats, Oct 30, 2026.
Input
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
query | string | Keyword query, e.g. machine learning or cpc:G06F battery |
maxResults | number | 1–1000, default 10 (index caps any query at 1,000) |
assignee | string | e.g. Tesla |
inventor | string | e.g. Muddu |
cpc | string | e.g. G06F |
before / after | string | Priority-date window, YYYYMMDD |
status | select | GRANT or APPLICATION |
type | select | PATENT or DESIGN |
country | string | e.g. US |
language | string | e.g. en |
sortBy | select | relevance (default) or newest |
Output
One row per patent: title, publicationNumber, url, snippet, assignee, inventor, priorityDate, filingDate, grantDate, publicationDate, language, country, legalStatus (per-country state, e.g. ACTIVE), familyActive.
Zero-result runs push one row {status: "ZERO_RESULTS", reason: ...}. Nothing is charged for it.
Pricing
- Actor start: $0.005 per run.
- Result row: $0.002 per row = $2.00 per 1,000 rows.
- No proxy. Platform usage is not billed to the user; our cost per 1,000 rows is far below price, so the actor never runs at negative margin.
Pair it with Academic Research MCP
Cover both sides of a prior-art check: Academic Research MCP searches 600M+ papers, grants, and citations across CrossRef, OpenAlex, PubMed and DBLP, while this actor pulls the patent record from Google Patents with legal status. One agent, two tool calls, literature plus patents.
FAQ
Do I need an API key? No. The Google Patents search endpoint is public.
Is there a result cap? Yes, 1,000 rows per query, capped by the source index itself. For broad queries, narrow with assignee, CPC or date filters.
How fresh is the data? The index updates continuously; sortBy=newest returns latest publications first.
Can I search by company? Yes, use assignee (e.g. Tesla) alone or combined with query.
What is familyActive? True when the patent family's best stage is active in at least one country, folded in from the index's family metadata.
