Google Patents Scraper — Search, Detail, Citations

What does Google Patents Scraper do?

Scrape Google Patents — keyword search across 87 patent authorities, full patent detail, citations, classifications, and prior art.

Why use Google Patents Scraper?

• 87 authorities. USPTO, EPO, JPO, CNIPA, KIPO, etc. — Google Patents' full coverage.
• Search + Detail modes. Keyword search, plus deep detail by patent number.
• Classifications. CPC / IPC codes for prior-art clustering.
• Inventor + assignee filters. Competitive-intel queries.
• Date range. filed, published, priority_date filters.

What data can Google Patents Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Patent title
patent_number	string	Official patent number (e.g. US10,123,456)
publication_number	string	Publication ID (e.g. US20230012345A1)
inventor	string	Inventor(s)
assignee	string	Assignee (usually the company)
published_at / filed_at	string	Dates
abstract	string	Abstract text
link	string	Google Patents URL

How to scrape Google Patents

1. Click Try for free.
2. Enter search query in q (supports Google Patents' operators).
3. Optional: filter by inventor, assignee, date range.
4. Set language / country (patent authority).
5. Set num / page for pagination.
6. Click Start — patents stream into the dataset.

How much will it cost?

$0.003 per page (≈ $3 per 1,000 patents). One call per page; each page ≈ 10 patents. 3-page run = $0.009.

Competitor benchmark

Actor	Author	Price	Notes
epoorgcz/google-patents-scraper	epoorgcz	~$5 / 1k patents	Search-only
scrapester/patent-search	scrapester	~$8 / 1k	Multi-source
scrape-badger/google-patents-scraper	ScrapeBadger	$3 / 1k patents	Cheapest + deep detail

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab above, or pass a JSON object matching the fields below when calling the Actor via the Apify API.

Field	Required	Description
q	✅	Search query.
inventor	—	Inventor filter.
assignee	—	Assignee filter.
language	—	Preferred language for abstracts.
country	—	Patent authority (US / EP / JP / CN / …).
num / page	—	Pagination.

Output

Every successful run streams records into the run's dataset. Download as JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or HTML from the Dataset tab; consume programmatically via the Apify API or webhooks.

Example record:

{
  "title": "Method and system for distributed consensus",
  "patent_number": "US10,987,654",
  "publication_number": "US20230012345A1",
  "inventor": "John Smith",
  "assignee": "Acme Corp",
  "published_at": "2024-11-15",
  "filed_at": "2023-06-10",
  "abstract": "A system for achieving consensus across distributed nodes\u2026",
  "link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10987654"
}

Tips / Advanced options

• Filter by assignee for competitive intel. Track every patent assigned to your main competitor.
• CPC classifications beat keyword search. Google's classification system is more stable than keyword search across languages.
• Google Patents supports Boolean operators. AND / OR / NOT / phrase quoting all work in q.
• Patent numbers vary across authorities. US US10,987,654, EP EP1234567B1, CN CN123456789A — normalise downstream.

FAQ, Disclaimers, Support

What authorities does Google Patents cover?

87 patent-issuing authorities globally. The full list: USPTO, EPO, WIPO, JPO, CNIPA, KIPO, and national offices for most G20 countries + several emerging markets.

Can I download the PDF?

The link field points to the Google Patents page, which has a PDF download link. The actor doesn't fetch the PDF itself — do it separately.

How fresh is the data?

Google Patents indexes new patents within 24-48h of publication in most authorities.

Can I search non-English patents?

Yes — Google Patents auto-translates. Set language to your preferred output language.

Disclaimer

This Actor scrapes public Google data only. You're responsible for compliance with Google's Terms of Service and any applicable data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) in your jurisdiction. ScrapeBadger does not store the scraped results — they are delivered directly to your Apify dataset.

Support

Something not working? Open a ticket in the Issues tab above — we triage within one business day. Full API reference: docs.scrapebadger.com.

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