# Google Patents Scraper (`masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper`) Actor

Scrape structured patent records (title, abstract, claims, inventors, assignee, dates) from Google Patents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/masked\_hacker/google-patents-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Masked Hacker](https://apify.com/masked_hacker) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 patents

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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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

## Google Patents Scraper: Titles, Abstracts, Claims & Assignees

Turn any [Google Patents](https://patents.google.com) search into a clean, structured dataset of
patents. Search by keyword and narrow by inventor, assignee or priority-date range, and get
**title, abstract, claims, inventors, assignee, filing/publication dates and CPC codes** for every
result, fully paginated.

Perfect for **patent landscaping, competitor IP monitoring, prior-art search, and technology
scouting** across any field.

### What you get

- 🔎 **Search by keyword**, narrowed by inventor, assignee, or priority-date range.
- 📄 **Full record per patent:** title, abstract, and every claim.
- 🏢 **Inventors and assignee** (the patent owner), in canonical English.
- 🗓️ **Priority, filing, publication and grant dates**, plus application number.
- 🏷️ **CPC classification codes** and issuing-authority country code.
- 📊 Clean JSON / CSV / Excel export, ready for a spreadsheet or a pipeline.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | string\[] | Keyword searches to run, e.g. `self-driving vehicle`. Required. |
| `inventor` | string | Restrict every query to this inventor name. |
| `assignee` | string | Restrict every query to this assignee (patent owner), e.g. `Waymo`. |
| `dateFrom` / `dateTo` | string | Priority-date range, `YYYY-MM-DD`. |
| `maxItems` | int | Stop after this many patents across all queries (default 100). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Datacenter rotation by default; switch to residential only if rate-limited. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["autonomous vehicle"],
  "assignee": "Waymo",
  "dateFrom": "2020-01-01",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output

One record per patent, deduplicated by publication number.

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `publicationNumber`, `title`, `url` | Patent identity and its Google Patents page. |
| `abstract`, `claims` | Abstract text and one entry per claim. |
| `inventors`, `assignees` | Inventor name(s) and original assignee(s). |
| `priorityDate`, `filingDate`, `publicationDate`, `grantDate` | Key dates. |
| `applicationNumber`, `countryCode`, `cpcCodes` | Application number, authority, and CPC codes. |
| `pdfUrl`, `snippet` | PDF link and the search snippet that matched. |
| `query`, `scrapedAt` | Source query and scrape time. |

#### Example output

```json
{
  "publicationNumber": "US12525077B2",
  "title": "Self-driving vehicles and weigh station operation",
  "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12525077B2/en",
  "abstract": "The technology involves operation of a self-driving truck...",
  "inventors": ["Vijaysai Patnaik"],
  "assignees": ["Waymo LLC"],
  "priorityDate": "2019-12-16",
  "filingDate": "2023-11-14",
  "publicationDate": "2026-01-13",
  "cpcCodes": ["B60W50/0205"],
  "query": "self-driving vehicle"
}
```

### FAQ

**Do I need a Google account or API key?** No. Just provide a search query.

**How many results per query?** Google Patents pages results in tens and caps a single query at
1000 results; the actor paginates up to your `maxItems` cap.

**Why are some abstracts or claims empty?** Patents from some non-US offices don't expose an
English abstract or machine-readable claims on Google Patents; core bibliographic fields are always
populated.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keyword searches to run on Google Patents. Each entry is one search, paginated up to the Max patents cap.

## `inventor` (type: `string`):

Optional. Restrict every query to this inventor name.

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

Optional. Restrict every query to this assignee (patent owner), e.g. "Waymo".

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional. Only include patents with a priority date on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional. Only include patents with a priority date on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many patent records across all queries (endpoint caps each query at 1000).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Datacenter proxy rotation by default is enough — the endpoints only rate-limit. Switch to a residential group only if rate-limiting persists.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "battery management system",
    "mRNA vaccine"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped patent records in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "self-driving vehicle"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper").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 = { "searchQueries": ["self-driving vehicle"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper").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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "self-driving vehicle"
  ]
}' |
apify call masked_hacker/google-patents-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/c79WA4HQop6mkyZ3M/builds/oTg8jW6qfwF3CIsPF/openapi.json