uspto_patents_search
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Which companies just got a US patent, and in what technology? Search recent granted patents (PatentsView, CC BY 4.0) by assignee organization (the company), inventor, CPC subclass/section, patent type, or assignee state/country and grant-date window. new_assignee=true isolates patents from an org with its first-ever grant (emerging/stealth signal); flipped_inventor=true finds a patent whose assignee gained an inventor from a prior different assignee (talent move). Public grants, observational. [price: $0.05/row]
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| assignee | string | no | Assignee organization (the company) name fragment. |
| assignee_entity | string | no | Resolved entities.employers entity_id (UUID), exact match. |
| inventor | string | no | Inventor name fragment (last name or full name). |
| cpc_subclass | string | no | CPC subclass/class/section prefix(es), CSV. G06N=AI/ML, H04L=networking. |
| cpc_section | string | no | CPC section letter(s), CSV (A-H, Y). |
| patent_type | string | no | utility | design | plant | reissue, CSV. |
| state | string | no | Assignee state code(s), CSV (US assignees). |
| country | string | no | Assignee country code(s), CSV (ISO). |
| granted_after | string | no | Grant date on or after (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| granted_before | string | no | Grant date on or before (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| new_assignee | string | no | true → only patents whose assignee org is new/emerging (first-ever grant recent). |
| flipped_inventor | string | no | true → only patents whose assignee gained an inventor from a prior different assignee. |
| sort | string | no | field:direction — patent_date | num_claims. Default 'patent_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 (the company) name fragment.",
"examples": [
"openai"
]
},
"assignee_entity": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Resolved entities.employers entity_id (UUID), exact match.",
"examples": [
"3f6a1c9e-2b4d-4a8e-9c1f-7e2d5a6b8c90"
]
},
"inventor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inventor name fragment (last name or full name).",
"examples": [
"hinton"
]
},
"cpc_subclass": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CPC subclass/class/section prefix(es), CSV. G06N=AI/ML, H04L=networking.",
"examples": [
"G06N"
]
},
"cpc_section": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CPC section letter(s), CSV (A-H, Y).",
"examples": [
"G"
]
},
"patent_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "utility | design | plant | reissue, CSV.",
"examples": [
"utility"
]
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assignee state code(s), CSV (US assignees).",
"examples": [
"CA"
]
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assignee country code(s), CSV (ISO).",
"examples": [
"US"
]
},
"granted_after": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Grant date on or after (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2024-01-01"
]
},
"granted_before": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Grant date on or before (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2024-12-31"
]
},
"new_assignee": {
"type": "string",
"description": "true → only patents whose assignee org is new/emerging (first-ever grant recent).",
"examples": [
"true"
]
},
"flipped_inventor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "true → only patents whose assignee gained an inventor from a prior different assignee.",
"examples": [
"true"
]
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "field:direction — patent_date | num_claims. Default 'patent_date:desc'.",
"examples": [
"patent_date: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": []
}