Patents Search

POST

/api/v1/patents

The patents search endpoint queries global patent databases (USPTO, EPO, WIPO) for registered utility models, inventions, and grant descriptions.

It returns patent publication numbers, listed inventors, corporate assignees, filing and grant dates, and abstract summaries.

Returned Patent Properties

Each item in the patents response array contains structured legal and technical patent metadata:

title: Inventions title or patent grant header
patentNumber: Standardized patent publication code (e.g. "US10000000B2")
link: URL to view the complete patent document
snippet: Technical abstract describing the patented invention
inventors: Names of registered individual inventors
assignee: Corporate or institutional patent owner
filingDate: Official patent application filing date
grantDate: Patent registration issue/grant date
position: Search rank position (1-based)

{
  "q": "quantum computing network",
  "num": 10
}

Authorizations

X-API-KEYstringheaderrequired

Passed via request headers. Your secret API key for SerperMatrix (e.g. sm_live_...).

Body

application/json

qstringrequired

Search keyword, patent ID, or patent applicant name (e.g. "US10000000B2").

glstring

Geographic country registration context.

hlstring

Search indexing query language.

numintegerdefault: 10

Number of patent listings to return.

use_cachebooleandefault: true

Retrieve cached patent listings if available.

Request

curl -X POST https://serpermatrix.com/api/v1/patents \
  -H "X-API-KEY: sm_live_your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"quantum computing network","num":2}'

{
  "searchParameters": {
    "q": "quantum computing network",
    "num": 2,
    "type": "patents"
  },
  "patents": [
    {
      "title": "Coherent quantum clock and computing network",
      "link": "https://example.com/patents/US12345678",
      "snippet": "Systems and methods for synchronizing quantum nodes across a distributed network.",
      "position": 1
    }
  ]
}