Google Patents Scraper

Features

• Patent Data: Extracts comprehensive patent records from Google Patents including title, patent number, and abstract
• Inventor & Assignee: Captures the names of inventors and patent assignees/owners
• Filing & Publication Dates: Records both the filing date and official publication date for each patent
• Patent Citations: Collects lists of patents cited by each result
• Country Filtering: Filter patents by country code (US, EP, WO, CN, JP, KR, DE, GB, etc.)
• Date Range Filtering: Narrow results to patents filed within a specific date range
• Direct Patent Links: Extracts links to full patent documents on Google Patents
• Proxy Support: Built-in Apify Proxy support for reliable patent search access

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	String	Yes	"artificial intelligence"	Search query to use on Google Patents
maxItems	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of patent results to scrape (1–500)
country	String	No	—	Filter by country code (e.g., US, EP, WO, CN, JP)
dateFrom	String	No	—	Filter patents filed on or after this date (YYYYMMDD format)
dateTo	String	No	—	Filter patents filed on or before this date (YYYYMMDD format)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings for the scraper

Input Schema Example

{
  "query": "electric vehicle battery technology",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "country": "US",
  "dateFrom": "20200101",
  "dateTo": "20241231",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output Schema

The scraper outputs structured JSON data for each patent result found on Google Patents.

Main Fields

Field	Type	Description
position	Integer	Result position in search results
query	String	The search query used
title	String	Patent title
patentNumber	String	Patent or publication number
inventor	String	Patent inventor(s)
assignee	String	Patent assignee or owner
filingDate	String	Date the patent was filed
publicationDate	String	Date the patent was published
abstract	String	Patent abstract text
link	String	URL to the patent on Google Patents
citations	Array	List of cited patents
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped

Patent Result Example

{
  "position": 1,
  "query": "electric vehicle battery technology",
  "title": "Solid-state electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries",
  "patentNumber": "US11234567B2",
  "inventor": "John Doe, Jane Smith",
  "assignee": "Tesla, Inc.",
  "filingDate": "2021-03-15",
  "publicationDate": "2023-07-20",
  "abstract": "A solid-state electrolyte composition comprising lithium phosphorus oxynitride for use in high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries...",
  "link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11234567B2",
  "citations": ["US10987654B1", "US9876543B2"],
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}