{"uid":"cap_Tt02CAtfqR8XJw9hVMec3","slug":"us-patent-lookup-by-assignee-or-inventor-32a0e471","name":"US Patent Lookup by Assignee or Inventor","description":"Look up US granted patents by organization assignee or inventor name, returning patent id, title, grant date, type and assignees.","url":"https://x402helper.xyz/89e509/legal/patents?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":[],"properties":{"cik":{"type":"string","default":null,"description":"Optional SEC CIK id hint"},"qid":{"type":"string","default":null,"description":"Optional Wikidata QID id hint"},"name":{"type":"string","default":null,"description":"Organization name (used as assignee if assignee absent)"},"limit":{"type":"integer","default":null,"maximum":25,"minimum":1,"description":"Max patents to return, default 10"},"assignee":{"type":"string","default":null,"description":"Assignee organization name to match"},"inventor":{"type":"string","default":null,"description":"Inventor last name to match instead of assignee"}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.026","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.026/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.026","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.026","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_zoOp_eJBOdUJ0LwEmKjRE","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.026","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Look up US granted patents by organization assignee or inventor name, returning patent ID, title, grant date, type, and assignees.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you find all US granted patents assigned to Google LLC and show me the patent IDs, titles, grant dates, and types?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Competitor IP portfolio research","prompt":"Look up all US granted patents assigned to Tesla Inc and give me the patent IDs, titles, grant dates, and patent types so I can understand their IP portfolio."},{"title":"Inventor patent history lookup","prompt":"Find all US granted patents listed under inventor Yoshua Bengio and return the patent titles, IDs, and grant dates."},{"title":"Due diligence patent audit","prompt":"I'm doing due diligence on a startup — can you pull all US granted patents assigned to Argo AI and show me the patent ID, title, grant date, type, and assignees for each?"}],"resultDescription":"A list of US granted patents matching the queried assignee or inventor, each including the patent ID, title, grant date, patent type (e.g. utility, design), and assignee names.","failureModes":["No patents found for the given name — returns empty list","Ambiguous or misspelled assignee/inventor name resulting in zero or incorrect matches","Rate limiting or payment failure due to x402 micropayment not completing","Service unavailability returning a non-200 HTTP status"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need structured patent data (IDs, titles, grant dates, types, assignees) for a named US organization or individual inventor, especially in legal research, competitive intelligence, or IP due diligence workflows. Prefer this over full-text patent search tools when you need clean, structured grant-level metadata rather than full patent documents.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-21T18:30:56.040Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"us-patent-lookup-by-assignee-or-inventor-32a0e471"}