Patent Monitor — Track New Patents by Keyword

Give this Actor a keyword or technology and get back the patents that were just published matching it, worldwide, newest first. It reads the keyless Google Patents search endpoint by default — no key, no browser, no LLM — and switches to the official USPTO-backed PatentsView API if you supply your own free key.

What you get

• A patent feed with zero setup. Works with no key at all, worldwide coverage, right out of the box.
• Bring your own free PatentsView key to switch to the official USPTO-backed source: US patents only, but more results per query and a more stable feed.
• patentId, title, grant/publication date, assignee, an abstract snippet, and a direct Google Patents link — per matching patent.
• Query by technology or keyword ("quantum computing", "mRNA vaccine") — several per run, most-recent-first.
• Runs on Apify: schedule it, monitor it, call it from the API or the MCP server, export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or push results straight into your own pipeline.

How to run it

1. Click Try for free — no card needed on the free plan, no key required either.
2. Paste keywords or technologies into Queries, one per line — e.g. quantum computing, mRNA vaccine.
3. Hit Start and pull the patents from the dataset (UI, API or webhook). Optionally paste a free PatentsView key into PatentsView API key first to use the US-only official source.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.005 per run start + $0.005 per patent row. No monthly seat, no PatentsView key required to run it. 100 patent rows cost about $0.51; 1,000 rows about $5.01.

The keyless Google Patents source occasionally blocks or rate-limits an automated request and returns HTML instead of JSON. That query still returns a row explaining the source error, and it is not charged — you pay for patents found, not for attempts. If you see this often, supply your own free PatentsView key (see FAQ) for a more stable feed.

Input

Field	Required	What it does
queries	yes	Tech keywords or technologies to watch. Up to 25 per run.
sinceDays	no	Only include patents granted/published within N days (1–3650, default 365).
patentsviewApiKey	no	Your own free PatentsView key. Leave empty for the keyless, worldwide Google Patents source; supply a key to switch to the official USPTO-backed source (US only, more results per query). Sent only in the request header, never logged.
limit	no	Patents returned per query, most recent first (1–100, default 20).
maxConcurrency	no	How many queries to process at once (1–8, default 3).

{
    "queries": ["quantum computing", "mRNA vaccine"]
}

Output

One row per matching patent. This is a real row from a real run:

{
    "sourceQuery": "quantum computing",
    "found": true,
    "patentId": "AU2026202728A1",
    "title": "Wind-powered computing buoy",
    "patentDate": "2026-04-30",
    "assignee": "Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd.",
    "abstractSnippet": "Disclosed is a novel type of computing apparatus which is integrated within a buoy that obtains the energy required to power its computing operations from winds that travel across the surface of the body of water on which the buoy floats. Additionally, these self-powered computing buoys utilize …",
    "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/AU2026202728A1/en",
    "summary": "Wind-powered computing buoy (Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd.) — published 2026-04-30.",
    "checkedAt": "2026-07-26T14:01:37.925Z"
}

Field	What it means
patentId	Publication number (keyless source covers US, EP, CN, KR, AU and more — not US-only)
title	Patent title
patentDate	Grant date (PatentsView source) or publication date (Google Patents source)
assignee	Owning company, organization or, for some jurisdictions, the named inventor
abstractSnippet	First part of the patent abstract
url	Direct Google Patents link
found	false means no match, or the source could not be reached — the row explains why and is not billed

A query the source could not answer (blocked, rate-limited, temporarily down) still returns one row with found: false and an error field explaining what happened.

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FAQ / Limitations

Do I need an API key? No — the default source (Google Patents) is keyless and worldwide. A free PatentsView key is optional; it switches you to the official USPTO-backed source for US patents with deeper results per query. Get one at patentsview.org/query-builder.

Which patents does the keyless source cover? Whatever Google Patents itself indexes worldwide — patents from major patent offices (US, EP, CN, KR, AU and more), matched on title text and sorted newest-published-first.

Why did I get a row with an error instead of patents? The keyless Google Patents endpoint occasionally blocks or rate-limits automated requests and returns an HTML page instead of JSON. That row is returned so you know what happened, and it is not charged. A PatentsView key avoids this entirely for US patents.

Can I call it from an AI agent? Yes — standard Apify Actor, callable via the Apify API or the Apify MCP server.

What this is NOT. It is not a legal or novelty-search tool — it's a keyword feed of what's new. For a freedom-to-operate or prior-art search, use a patent attorney or a dedicated search tool.

Found a wrong result, or need a check we don't run? Open an issue on this Actor's page.

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