Retrieve patent titles, inventors, assignees, filing dates, claims, and citations from Google's 120M+ patent index. Structured JSON. Start for FREE.
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{
"patent": {
"patent_id": "US10000000B2",
"title": "Coherent LADAR using intra-pixel quadrature detection",
"abstract": "Embodiments of a coherent LADAR system...",
"inventors": ["Joseph Marron"],
"assignee": "Raytheon Co",
"assignees_original": ["Raytheon Co", "Raytheon Company", ...],
"filing_date": "2015-03-10",
"grant_date": "2018-06-19",
"priority_date": "2015-03-10",
"claims": ["A coherent LADAR system comprising...", ...], // all 53 claims
"description": "...", // 22 KB full text
"cpc_classifications": [
{ "code": "G01S7/00", "description": "Details of systems..." },
... // 22 entries
],
"backward_citations": [
{ "patent_id": "US20130033646A1", "title": "...", "primary_examiner": true }
],
"forward_citations": [...], // 68 entries
"concepts": [{ "name": "Remote Sensing", "inferred": false }, ...],
"legal_events": [{ "date": "...", "code": "...", "title": "..." }],
"figures": [{ "url": "https://patentimages...D00000.png" }]
}
}A Google Patents API searches and retrieves patent data from Google's patent index — covering patents and applications from the USPTO, EPO, WIPO, and dozens of national offices — programmatically, at scale. Google Patents indexes over 120 million patent documents, making it the most comprehensive freely searchable patent database available.
The USPTO and EPO offer bulk data APIs but they return raw XML requiring significant parsing. Google Patents provides a cleaner, more accessible interface — but offers no official API for developers. For patent monitoring, IP landscape analysis, freedom-to-operate research, or building a google patents scraper pipeline, developers and legal tools use third-party APIs like ScrapeBadger.
ScrapeBadger's Google Patents API covers two endpoints: patent search (by keyword, inventor, assignee, or classification code) and patent details (abstract, full claims, description, forward/backward citations, and legal status).
One API call. Patent records back in structured JSON. First request in under 5 minutes.
All endpoints return structured JSON. Mix and match to build your data pipeline.
Google Patents search with 11 filters — keyword, inventor, assignee, status, date range, and more
/v1/google/patents/searchFull patent record: abstract, claims, description, CPC, citations, figures, legal events
/v1/google/patents/detailFrom IP monitoring to research automation — the highest-value applications for patent data.
Map patent activity in a technology area — who is filing, how frequently, on what sub-topics. Identify white spaces with no prior art and areas where dense patent thickets create freedom-to-operate risks.
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Pull patent claims and metadata at scale to feed into FTO analysis workflows. Automate the initial search phase before legal review using the google patent search api.
Scrape patent results for an invention concept to surface prior art affecting patentability. Automate the first-pass sweep before handing to a patent attorney.
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