Search for patents on Google Patents. Supports filtering by date, country, language, patent status, and more.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
11 optional filters available.
string
Required
The search query string. Example: machine learning, (Coffee) OR (Tea)
machine learning
integer
Optional
Page number for pagination. Default: 1
1
integer
Optional
Number of results per page. Range: 1-100. Default: 10
10
string
Optional
Sort order for results. Values: new, old. Default: new
relevance
string
Optional
Filter patents before this date. Format: filing:YYYYMMDD or publication:YYYYMMDD. Example: filing:20231231
example
string
Optional
Filter patents after this date. Format: filing:YYYYMMDD or publication:YYYYMMDD. Example: publication:20230101
example
string
Optional
Country code filter. Example: US, WO,JP,EP
US
string
Optional
Language filter. Example: ENGLISH, GERMAN
en
string
Optional
Patent status filter. Values: GRANT, APPLICATION
example
string
Optional
Patent type filter. Values: PATENT, DESIGN
example
string
Optional
Inventor name filter. Example: John Smith,Jane Doe
example
string
Optional
Assignee/company name filter. Example: Tesla Inc,Apple Inc
example
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/google-patents/search?q=machine+learning")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"total_results": 125048,
"total_pages": 100,
"current_page": 1,
"patents": [
{
"patent_id": "patent/US9789384B1/en",
"rank": 0,
"title": "Self-balancing board having a suspension interface...",
"snippet": "A self-balancing board including...",
"publication_number": "US9789384B1",
"language": "en",
"dates": {
"priority": "2015-11-03",
"filing": "2017-07-05",
"grant": "2017-10-10",
"publication": "2017-10-10"
},
"inventor": "Shane Chen",
"assignee": "Inventist, Inc.",
"thumbnail": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/...",
"pdf": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/...",
"family_status": [
{
"country": "US",
"status": "ACTIVE"
},
{
"country": "EP",
"status": "NOT_ACTIVE"
}
]
}
]
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Unauthorized
API key is missing or invalid
{
"message": "Unauthenticated"
}Validation Error
One or more parameters failed validation
{
"errors": {
"q": [
"The search query is required."
],
"page": [
"The page must be a non-negative integer."
],
"sort": [
"The sort must be one of: new, old."
]
},
"message": "Validation failed"
}Internal Server Error
Service temporarily unavailable or failed to fetch data from Google Patents
{
"error": "Failed to fetch data from Google Patents",
"message": "Service temporarily unavailable. Please try again."
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