# Changelog of EPO European Patent Search (`ryanclinton/epo-patent-search`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ryanclinton/epo-patent-search/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/ryanclinton/epo-patent-search.md

## Changelog

### 1.13 (2026-06-08) — Sector benchmark comparisons are now live for landscape analytics.

### 1.12 (2026-06-07) — Major update: patent intelligence layer with landscape analytics, goal-based missions, and prioritised competitor monitoring.

### 1.6 (2026-05-15) — Country-only searches now run, narrowed to the current year

### 1.5 (2026-05-15) — Clearer errors for invalid searches

### 1.4 (2026-05-15) — Applicant and inventor names, applicant country, company flag

### 1.2 (2026-04-05) — Monitor mode, lite mode, enriched analysis fields, and enhanced summary analytics

### 1.2 (2026-04-05) — Major update: citation analysis, patent family lookup, kind code interpretation, and improved reliability