uspto_assignees_search
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Which companies are new to patenting, and in what technology? Search patent assignee ORGANIZATIONS (entity-resolved), each with first/last grant date, patent count, distinct CPC subclasses, and inventor count. new_assignee=true isolates orgs with their first-ever US patent grant (emerging/stealth signal for VC deal sourcing and corp-dev); narrow by CPC subclass, state/country, first-grant window, or patent_count_min. PatentsView grants (CC BY 4.0), observational. [price: $0.05/row]
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| assignee | string | no | Assignee organization (company) name fragment. |
| assignee_entity | string | no | Resolved entities.employers entity_id (UUID), exact match. |
| state | string | no | Assignee state code(s), CSV. |
| country | string | no | Assignee country code(s), CSV (ISO). |
| cpc_subclass | string | no | CPC subclass/class/section the org patents in, CSV. G06N=AI/ML. |
| new_assignee | string | no | true → only new/emerging assignees (first-ever patent grant recent). |
| first_grant_after | string | no | Org's first observed grant on or after (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| first_grant_before | string | no | Org's first observed grant on or before (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| patent_count_min | integer | no | Minimum granted-patent count held by the org (lifetime total). |
| patent_count_max | integer | no | Maximum granted-patent count held by the org (lifetime total). |
| prior_patent_count_min | integer | no | Minimum granted-patent count in the PRIOR comparison window (floors out noise on pct_increase_min). |
| pct_increase_min | number | no | Minimum percent increase, recent window vs prior window (100 = the count doubled) — the real patent-surge threshold. |
| sort | string | no | field:direction — patent_count | first_grant_date | last_grant_date. Default 'last_grant_date:desc'. |
| limit | integer | no | Max rows (default 25, cap 100). |
| offset | integer | no | Rows to skip, for paging. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"assignee": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assignee organization (company) name fragment.",
"examples": [
"labs"
]
},
"assignee_entity": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Resolved entities.employers entity_id (UUID), exact match.",
"examples": [
"3f6a1c9e-2b4d-4a8e-9c1f-7e2d5a6b8c90"
]
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assignee state code(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"CA"
]
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assignee country code(s), CSV (ISO).",
"examples": [
"US"
]
},
"cpc_subclass": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CPC subclass/class/section the org patents in, CSV. G06N=AI/ML.",
"examples": [
"G06N"
]
},
"new_assignee": {
"type": "string",
"description": "true → only new/emerging assignees (first-ever patent grant recent).",
"examples": [
"true"
]
},
"first_grant_after": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Org's first observed grant on or after (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2024-01-01"
]
},
"first_grant_before": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Org's first observed grant on or before (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2024-12-31"
]
},
"patent_count_min": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Minimum granted-patent count held by the org (lifetime total).",
"examples": [
3
]
},
"patent_count_max": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum granted-patent count held by the org (lifetime total).",
"examples": [
50
]
},
"prior_patent_count_min": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Minimum granted-patent count in the PRIOR comparison window (floors out noise on pct_increase_min).",
"examples": [
2
]
},
"pct_increase_min": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum percent increase, recent window vs prior window (100 = the count doubled) — the real patent-surge threshold.",
"examples": [
100
]
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "field:direction — patent_count | first_grant_date | last_grant_date. Default 'last_grant_date:desc'.",
"examples": [
"patent_count:desc"
]
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
]
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Rows to skip, for paging.",
"examples": [
0
]
}
},
"required": []
}