# Google API: Get patent details > Gets one public patent or published application by number, title, or Google Patents link, with claims, citations, family and classifications. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/patents.google.com/get-patent - Method: `patents.google.com/get_patent`, version 1 - Website: patents.google.com - Returns: number, title, abstract, assignees, inventors, dates, status, claims, citations, family, classifications, PDF link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `patent` | string | yes | `"US 10,000,000"` | Patent or publication number, title, or Google Patents link, for example US 10,000,000. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "patent": "US 10,000,000" } ``` Its output: ```json { "title": "Coherent LADAR using intra-pixel quadrature detection", "claims": [ { "text": "A laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system, comprising: a two-dimensional array of detector elements, each detector element within the array including: a photosensitive region configured to receive return light reflected from a target and oscillating local light from a local light source, and loca…", "number": 1 }, { "text": "The system according to claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional array of detector elements comprises a large format array.", "number": 2 }, { "text": "The system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sample components are quadrature components and wherein the quadrature components are employed to determine an amplitude and a phase for each of a plurality of interfering frequencies corresponding to interference between the return light an…", "number": 3 } ], "status": "Active", "abstract": "A frequency modulated (coherent) laser detection and ranging system includes a read-out integrated circuit formed with a two-dimensional array of detector elements each including a photosensitive region receiving both return light reflected from a target and light from a local oscillator, and local …", "pdf_link": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c0/d5/f7/86ad5b42759506/US10000000.pdf", "inventors": [ "Joseph Marron" ], "grant_date": "2018-06-19", "claim_count": 20, "filing_date": "2015-03-10", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10000000B2/en", "patent_number": "US10000000B2", "patents_cited": [ { "title": "Electronically phased detector arrays for optical imaging", "assignee": "Hughes Aircraft Company", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US5093563A/en", "patent_number": "US5093563A" }, { "title": "Method and apparatus for coherent imaging of infrared energy", "assignee": "Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US5751830A/en", "patent_number": "US5751830A" }, { "title": "Ladar system for detecting objects", "assignee": "Ruff William C.", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20030076485A1/en", "patent_number": "US20030076485A1" } ], "priority_date": "2015-03-10", "family_members": [ { "country": "US", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10000000B2/en", "patent_number": "US10000000B2" }, { "country": "US", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160266243A1/en", "patent_number": "US20160266243A1" }, { "country": "JP", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/JP6570658B2/en", "patent_number": "JP6570658B2" } ], "classifications": [ { "cpc_code": "G", "description": "PHYSICS" }, { "cpc_code": "G01", "description": "MEASURING; TESTING" }, { "cpc_code": "G01S", "description": "RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES" } ], "publication_date": "2018-06-19", "current_assignees": [ "Raytheon Co" ], "patents_citing_it": [ { "title": "Coherent LADAR using intra-pixel quadrature detection", "assignee": "Raytheon Company", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10845468B2/en", "patent_number": "US10845468B2" }, { "title": "Coherent ladar using intra-pixel quadrature detection", "assignee": "Raytheon Company", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180172806A1/en", "patent_number": "US20180172806A1" }, { "title": "Detection apparatus, detection system, detection method, and movable device", "assignee": "SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.", "patent_link": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11237252B2/en", "patent_number": "US11237252B2" } ], "original_assignees": [ "Raytheon Co" ], "anticipated_expiration_date": "2036-05-13" } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"patents.google.com/get_patent","input":{"patent":"US 10,000,000"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Can you pull up the full record for patent US 10,000,000, including its claims and citation list? - I need the inventors, assignee, and filing dates for US 9,812,345 B2. - Look up the classification codes and patent family for the Google Patents entry for US 2019/0123456 A1. - What's the status and abstract of the patent titled 'Method and system for adaptive battery charging'? - Get me the PDF link and forward citations for patent number US 11,234,567 from Google Patents. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "patent" ], "properties": { "patent": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Patent or publication number, title, or Google Patents link, for example US 10,000,000." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "patent_number", "title", "abstract", "current_assignees", "original_assignees", "inventors", "priority_date", "filing_date", "publication_date", "grant_date", "status", "anticipated_expiration_date", "claim_count", "claims", "patents_cited", "patents_citing_it", "family_members", "classifications", "pdf_link", "patent_link" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": "string", "description": "Patent title." }, "claims": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "number", "text" ], "properties": { "text": { "type": "string" }, "number": { "type": "integer" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Up to 100 numbered claims in plain text." }, "status": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Stated legal status in words." }, "abstract": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Patent abstract." }, "pdf_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "PDF download link, when listed." }, "inventors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Inventor names." }, "grant_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Grant date, YYYY-MM-DD, if granted." }, "claim_count": { "type": "integer", "description": "Total claim count." }, "filing_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Filing date, YYYY-MM-DD." }, "patent_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Google Patents page link." }, "patent_number": { "type": "string", "description": "Publication number." }, "patents_cited": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "patent_number", "title", "assignee", "patent_link" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Title of cited patent." }, "assignee": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Original assignee listed for the patent." }, "patent_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Google Patents page link." }, "patent_number": { "type": "string", "description": "Publication number." } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Up to 50 patents cited by this patent." }, "priority_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Earliest stated priority date, YYYY-MM-DD." }, "family_members": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "patent_number", "country", "patent_link" ], "properties": { "country": { "type": "string", "description": "Country or patent authority." }, "patent_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Google Patents page link." }, "patent_number": { "type": "string", "description": "Family member publication number." } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Family member publications and authorities." }, "classifications": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "description", "cpc_code" ], "properties": { "cpc_code": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "CPC classification code, when available." }, "description": { "type": "string", "description": "Plain-language classification description." } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Classifications and their plain-language descriptions." }, "publication_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Publication date, YYYY-MM-DD." }, "current_assignees": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Current assignees." }, "patents_citing_it": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "patent_number", "title", "assignee", "patent_link" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Title of cited patent." }, "assignee": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Original assignee listed for the patent." }, "patent_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Google Patents page link." }, "patent_number": { "type": "string", "description": "Publication number." } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Up to 50 patents citing this patent." }, "original_assignees": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Original assignees." }, "anticipated_expiration_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": 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