# Patent Watch — New Filings & Grants by Keyword or Company (`jdepablos/patent-watch`) Actor

Watch new patent publications for any technology or company: title, abstract snippet, assignee, inventor, dates and PDF link — structured for competitive intelligence, R\&D radar and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jdepablos/patent-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [Juan de Pablos](https://apify.com/jdepablos) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $15.00 / 1,000 patent watches

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Patent Watch — New Filings & Grants by Keyword or Company

**One watch = one technology or company monitored.** Get new patent publications as structured data: title, abstract snippet, assignee, inventor, filing/publication dates and PDF link. Built for competitive intelligence, R\&D radar, deep-tech scouting and AI agents.

```json
{
    "term": "solid state battery",
    "hits": [
        {
            "publicationNumber": "US20260125054A1",
            "title": "Solid-state electrolyte composition and battery cell",
            "snippet": "A solid-state battery comprising a sulfide electrolyte…",
            "assignee": "Toyota Motor Corporation",
            "inventor": "…",
            "filingDate": "2024-11-02",
            "publicationDate": "2026-05-07",
            "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20260125054A1/en",
            "pdf": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/…"
        }
    ],
    "meta": { "totalIndexed": 13329, "daysBack": 90 }
}
```

### What you can watch

- **A technology**: `{"term": "solid state battery"}` — every new publication touching the topic.
- **A company**: `{"assignee": "Nintendo"}` — a competitor's fresh filings, before the tech press writes about them.
- **Both**: `{"term": "lidar", "assignee": "Bosch"}` — a company's moves in one specific field.
- **A portfolio**: up to 20 watches per run via `watches`, ideal on a weekly schedule.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=jdepablos/patent-watch
```

Your agent gets a "what's new in patents for X?" tool with clean structured output — no PDFs to parse, no pagination. Combine with a scheduled run and the agent can brief you weekly on competitors' R\&D.

### Pricing

Pay per event: one **patent-watch** charge per watch that returns hits. Watches with no new publications in the window are **never charged** — a quiet week costs you nothing.

### FAQ

**Where does the data come from?** Google Patents' public index (worldwide coverage: US, EP, WO, JP, CN…).

**How fresh is it?** Google Patents indexes new publications with a ~2 month lag. `daysBack: 90` is the sweet spot for a rolling watch (below 60 days the index often has nothing yet) — you'll see everything, slightly deferred, with zero API keys or credentials.

**Can I filter by jurisdiction?** v1 returns worldwide results (the `publicationNumber` prefix tells you the office: US, EP, WO…). Per-office filters are on the roadmap.

**Is this legal advice or a freedom-to-operate search?** No. It's a monitoring feed of public data; consult a patent attorney for legal questions.

# Actor input Schema

## `term` (type: `string`):

Technology or topic to watch, e.g. "solid state battery" or "drone delivery". Combine with `assignee` to scope it to a company.

## `assignee` (type: `string`):

Watch a company's new publications, e.g. "Nintendo" or "OpenAI". Works alone or combined with `term`.

## `watches` (type: `array`):

Up to 20 watches per run: `[{"term": "solid state battery"}, {"assignee": "DeepMind"}, {"term": "lidar", "assignee": "Bosch"}]`.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Only publications dated within this window. Note: Google Patents indexes new publications with a ~2 month lag — below 60 days you will often get zero hits; 90 is the sweet spot for a rolling watch.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap of publications returned per watch (max 50).

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Residential proxy recommended (Google throttles datacenter IPs).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "term": "solid state battery",
  "daysBack": 90,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "term": "solid state battery",
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jdepablos/patent-watch").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "term": "solid state battery",
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jdepablos/patent-watch").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "term": "solid state battery",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call jdepablos/patent-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jdepablos/patent-watch",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/SqPvEnOhDdvMvKFnN/builds/FY3lxSwnl2rAq9Q3h/openapi.json