Google Patents
Operator: Google LLC, United States
Search patents, applications, inventors and applicants worldwide and open original documents.
Compliance & Public Records
Product
Search engine for patents and technical literature.
Availability and source date
Active
As of: 16 October 2026.
No functionality test has been performed.
Use in OSINT research
Shows which inventors and companies are behind patent applications. Patent offices provide the primary documents; Google brings them together in a cross-office search.
Queries
| Input | Result | Result type |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword / free text | Matching patents by search term, publication or application number and CPC classification. | Retrieved |
| Person name + Company / organisation name | Patents naming the specified inventor or applicant. | Retrieved |
Features
- Searches by terms, patent numbers, inventors and applicants.
- Filters by date, patent office and language, among other criteria.
- Displays full text, drawings, citations and the original PDF.
- Exports up to 1,000 search results as CSV.
Categories
- Compliance & Public Records
- Trademarks & patents
Coverage
Geographical coverage
More than 100 patent offices worldwide
Dataset
Patent publications and supplementary technical literature. Coverage, full text and currency vary by patent office.
Access
Requirements
Public search is accessible without an account.
Export
CSV with up to 1,000 search results; original documents as PDF.
Provider
Google LLC
Country of establishment
United States
Interfaces
No API, MCP or AI integration is documented.
Legal note
Limitations
- Google does not guarantee complete coverage of all patent offices.
- Results are grouped by patent family. A results list therefore does not contain every individual publication.
- Machine translations may differ from the original.
Guides and practical reports
Official · Google Patents: Searching
Google LLC · EN
Explains search operators and targeted searches for inventors, applicants and patent numbers.