# Patent & Trademark Search Tool (`second_coming/patent-search-tool`) Actor

Search patents and trademarks across USPTO, WIPO PATENTSCOPE, and EUIPO databases by keywords.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/second\_coming/patent-search-tool.md
- **Developed by:** [Richard P](https://apify.com/second_coming) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.02 / scan run

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Patent & Trademark Search Tool

Search patents and trademarks across global databases: **USPTO** (US Patent & Trademark Office), **WIPO PATENTSCOPE** (World Intellectual Property Organization), and **EUIPO** (EU Intellectual Property Office).

### Features

- **Multi-database search**: Query USPTO patents, WIPO PCT applications, and EUIPO trademarks simultaneously
- **Keyword filtering**: Results are filtered to show only records where keywords appear in the title or abstract
- **Flexible search types**: Choose between patent-only, trademark-only, or both
- **Structured output**: Clean JSON with title, number, inventor, assignee, filing date, status, and URL
- **Webhook support**: Optional HTTP callback when search completes
- **Graceful handling**: Proper error handling, timeout management, and abort support

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `keywords` | `array[string]` | Yes | Keywords to search for |
| `databases` | `array[string]` | No | Databases: `uspto`, `wipo`, `euipo` (default: all) |
| `searchType` | `string` | No | `patent`, `trademark`, or `both` (default: `patent`) |
| `maxResults` | `integer` | No | Max results per database (default: 20, max: 100) |
| `webhookUrl` | `string` | No | URL for completion notification |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["artificial intelligence", "machine learning"],
  "databases": ["uspto", "wipo"],
  "searchType": "patent",
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

### Output

Each result is a JSON record with these fields:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `timestamp` | ISO 8601 timestamp when the result was fetched |
| `database` | Source database (`uspto`, `wipo`, or `euipo`) |
| `title` | Patent or trademark title |
| `patentNumber` | Patent/registration/publication number |
| `inventor` | Inventor name(s) or applicant name |
| `assignee` | Assignee or holder organization |
| `filingDate` | Filing or publication date |
| `status` | Status (patent type, legal status, etc.) |
| `url` | Direct link to the record on the source database |

### Data Sources

- **USPTO**: [PatentsView API](https://patentsview.org/) — Free, public API for US patent data
- **WIPO**: [PATENTSCOPE API](https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/data/) — International patent applications
- **EUIPO**: [TMview API](https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/) — European trademark database

### Pricing

This Actor is priced at **$0.02 per run** (pay-per-event). Each run searches the selected databases with the provided keywords and returns structured results.

### License

MIT

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search for in patents and trademarks

## `databases` (type: `array`):

Select which patent/trademark databases to search

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Type of intellectual property to search for

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to return per database

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional webhook URL to notify when the search completes

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "databases": [
    "uspto",
    "wipo",
    "euipo"
  ],
  "searchType": "patent",
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "databases": [
        "uspto",
        "wipo",
        "euipo"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("second_coming/patent-search-tool").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": ["artificial intelligence"],
    "databases": [
        "uspto",
        "wipo",
        "euipo",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("second_coming/patent-search-tool").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "databases": [
    "uspto",
    "wipo",
    "euipo"
  ]
}' |
apify call second_coming/patent-search-tool --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,second_coming/patent-search-tool"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/46HvjFODphiLTBrSM/builds/euJNpjAiI5n8996Zf/openapi.json