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Compare observed patent citation sets across a supplied dataset. Report shared references, directional overlap measures and citation coverage limits for each patent assessment.

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Tim Zinin

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You can access the Patent Citation Overlap Analyzer programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "items": [
9        {
10            "patentId": "US10000000B2",
11            "googlePatentsUrl": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10000000B2/en",
12            "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T06:42:42.482Z",
13            "mode": "details",
14            "title": "Coherent LADAR using intra-pixel quadrature detection",
15            "filingDate": "2015-03-10",
16            "publicationDate": "2018-06-19",
17            "grantDate": "2018-06-19",
18            "priorityDate": "2015-03-10",
19            "kindCode": "B2",
20            "countryCode": "US",
21            "type": "PATENT",
22            "status": "GRANT",
23            "assignee": "Raytheon Co",
24            "cpc": [
25                "G",
26                "G01",
27                "G01S",
28                "G01S7/00",
29                "G01S7/48",
30                "G01S7/483",
31                "G01S7/486",
32                "G01S7/4861",
33                "G01S7/4863",
34                "G01S13/00",
35                "G01S13/88",
36                "G01S13/89",
37                "G01S7/4865",
38                "G01S7/491",
39                "G01S7/4912",
40                "G01S7/4913",
41                "G01S7/4914",
42                "G01S7/4917",
43                "G01S17/00",
44                "G01S17/88",
45                "G01S17/89",
46                "G01S17/894",
47            ],
48            "citationsBackward": [
49                "US5093563A",
50                "US5751830A",
51                "US20030076485A1",
52                "WO2005080928A1",
53                "US20060227317A1",
54                "JPS639877A",
55                "US5565982A",
56                "JP3332802B2",
57                "JP3771777B2",
58                "US6934034B2",
59                "JP2005214927A",
60                "US20060227316A1",
61                "US7206062B2",
62                "CN100578261C",
63                "JP5514641B2",
64                "US20130104661A1",
65                "JP2013257302A",
66                "JPWO2014203654A1",
67                "US10000000B2",
68            ],
69            "citationsForward": [
70                "US10845468B2",
71                "US20180172806A1",
72                "US11237252B2",
73                "US20180156897A1",
74                "US20220326355A1",
75                "US12399278B1",
76                "US12399279B1",
77                "US12123950B2",
78                "US12418719B2",
79                "US10873738B2",
80                "US12096121B2",
81                "US11477363B2",
82                "US11838626B2",
83                "US11092690B1",
84                "US11619718B2",
85                "US11243296B2",
86                "US10753736B2",
87                "US11520021B2",
88                "US11933967B2",
89                "US12372318B2",
90                "US12379185B2",
91                "US12379177B2",
92                "US10031215B1",
93                "KR102373926B1",
94                "EP3548840B1",
95                "KR102254466B1",
96                "US11624828B2",
97                "KR102399757B1",
98                "US10502618B2",
99                "US9871339B1",
100                "US10002986B1",
101                "US10422880B2",
102                "DE112018001060T5",
103                "CN110832350B",
104                "EP4246176A3",
105                "CN113260873A",
106                "US11822010B2",
107                "US11415697B2",
108                "CN110456366B",
109                "IL321588A",
110                "US11548433B2",
111                "FR3112397B1",
112                "CN111708024B",
113                "EP4033270A4",
114                "KR102628708B1",
115                "US11740336B2",
116                "US12216209B2",
117                "US12153139B2",
118                "US11567212B2",
119                "CN113406664A",
120                "WO2023191849A2",
121                "US12130363B2",
122                "US12366663B1",
123                "US11592540B1",
124                "US12571914B2",
125            ],
126            "citationsBackwardTotal": 19,
127            "citationsForwardTotal": 55,
128            "__source": {
129                "actor": "khadinakbar/google-patents-scraper",
130                "actorId": "9TNaptxQeIHf8bZNd",
131                "runId": "xiAfEHKEl32fXSeJH",
132                "datasetId": "DlbZZJT6kkyo0Utmq",
133                "sampleRowIndex": 0,
134                "projection": "Public business-record fields only; observed values unchanged. Added __source is provenance, not upstream payload.",
135            },
136        },
137        {
138            "patentId": "US10000001B2",
139            "googlePatentsUrl": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10000001B2/en",
140            "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T06:42:46.090Z",
141            "mode": "details",
142            "title": "Injection molding machine and mold thickness control method",
143            "filingDate": "2015-12-08",
144            "publicationDate": "2018-06-19",
145            "grantDate": "2018-06-19",
146            "priorityDate": "2014-12-24",
147            "kindCode": "B2",
148            "countryCode": "US",
149            "type": "PATENT",
150            "status": "GRANT",
151            "assignee": "LS Mtron Ltd",
152            "cpc": [
153                "B",
154                "B29",
155                "B29C",
156                "B29C45/00",
157                "B29C45/17",
158                "B29C45/76",
159                "B29C45/64",
160                "B29C45/66",
161                "B29C45/80",
162                "B29C45/661",
163                "G",
164                "G05",
165                "G05B",
166                "G05B19/00",
167                "G05B19/02",
168                "G05B19/18",
169                "G05B19/182",
170                "G05B19/402",
171                "B29C2945/00",
172                "B29C2945/76",
173                "B29C2945/76003",
174                "B29C2945/76083",
175                "B29C2945/76177",
176                "B29C2945/76224",
177                "B29C2945/76227",
178                "B29C2945/76344",
179                "B29C2945/76431",
180                "B29C2945/76494",
181                "B29C2945/76505",
182                "B29C2945/76822",
183                "B29C2945/76866",
184                "B29C45/1751",
185                "B29C45/7653",
186                "G05B2219/00",
187                "G05B2219/30",
188                "G05B2219/45",
189                "G05B2219/45244",
190            ],
191            "citationsBackward": [
192                "JP3276727B2",
193                "US20020022069A1",
194                "US20030039719A1",
195                "KR100512595B1",
196                "US20050098912A1",
197                "US20080211126A1",
198                "US20090026644A1",
199                "US7804268B2",
200                "JP2009208412A",
201                "US20120146260A1",
202                "US9296144B2",
203                "JP2013132796A",
204                "US20140134284A1",
205                "US9022767B2",
206                "US9090016B2",
207                "US9108352B2",
208                "US9566732B2",
209                "CN1428232A",
210                "JP3962725B2",
211                "JP4146381B2",
212            ],
213            "citationsForward": [
214                "US12600071B2",
215                "CN109414860B",
216                "JP6444955B2",
217                "JP6538763B2",
218                "US11850782B2",
219                "CN111703053B",
220            ],
221            "citationsBackwardTotal": 20,
222            "citationsForwardTotal": 6,
223            "__source": {
224                "actor": "khadinakbar/google-patents-scraper",
225                "actorId": "9TNaptxQeIHf8bZNd",
226                "runId": "xiAfEHKEl32fXSeJH",
227                "datasetId": "DlbZZJT6kkyo0Utmq",
228                "sampleRowIndex": 1,
229                "projection": "Public business-record fields only; observed values unchanged. Added __source is provenance, not upstream payload.",
230            },
231        },
232    ] }
233
234# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
235run = client.actor("zinin/patent-citation-overlap-analyzer").call(run_input=run_input)
236
237# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
238print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
239for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
240    print(item)
241
242# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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