Search Google Patents

POST/v1/tools/google.serp.patents/callsNeeds an API key

Returns Google Patents results for a query, with inventor, assignee and key dates. Use it to search prior art or follow a company's patents.

Tool google.serp.patents on Google. Contract version 1, released 2026-10-27.

Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.

Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.

Input

querystringRequired

The search query.

pageinteger· default 1

Page of results.

At least 1.

Output

A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.

`results`

A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.

positioninteger

Rank among patent results, starting at 1.

titlestringRequired

urlstringRequired

Address of the patent's page on Google Patents.

snippetstring

publication_numberstring

Number the patent office published the document under, such as "US10452978B2".

inventorstring

Name of the inventor as Google shows it.

assigneestring

Name of the owner of the patent as Google shows it.

priority_datestring

Priority date, as an ISO 8601 date.

filing_datestring

Date the application was filed, as an ISO 8601 date.

grant_datestring

Date the patent was granted, as an ISO 8601 date. Absent when it has not been granted.

publication_datestring

Date this document was published, as an ISO 8601 date.

languagestring

Language code of the text returned, such as "en".

image_urlstring

Address of the thumbnail of the patent's first figure.

figure_urlsarray of string

Address of each figure of the patent at full size, in the patent's order.

pdf_urlstring

Address of the patent document as a PDF.

curl https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/google.serp.patents/calls \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOXORIA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"query":"solid state battery"}}'

import os

import httpx

response = httpx.post(
    "https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/google.serp.patents/calls",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VOXORIA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"input": {"query": "solid state battery"}},
    timeout=60,
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/google.serp.patents/calls", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VOXORIA_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input": {"query": "solid state battery"}}),
});
console.log(await response.json());

{
  "name": "call_tool",
  "arguments": {
    "tool": "google.serp.patents",
    "input": {
      "query": "solid state battery"
    }
  }
}

200 OKoutputapplication/json

{
  "results": [
    {
      "position": null,
      "title": "Battery module",
      "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10886558B2/en",
      "snippet": "100 of one embodiment disclosed herein a restraining load is applied perpendicularly to electrode surfaces within the unit cells 10 . In a case where all-solid-state batteries are used as the unit cells 10 , the edges of stacking surfaces, being the surfaces of the unit cells 10 in a direction (i.e. …",
      "publication_number": "US10886558B2",
      "inventor": "Takuma Sakamoto",
      "assignee": "Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha",
      "priority_date": "2018-01-19",
      "filing_date": "2019-01-17",
      "grant_date": "2021-01-05",
      "publication_date": "2021-01-05",
      "language": "en",
      "image_url": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c3/1c/0b/9115ff0803df16/US10886558-20210105-D00000.png",
      "figure_urls": [
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/3e/f6/b8/00216dc3b4c226/US10886558-20210105-D00000.png",
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/d8/a0/48/9ab81686f4009d/US10886558-20210105-D00001.png",
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/23/cc/9b/84882870db5385/US10886558-20210105-D00002.png"
      ],
      "pdf_url": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/69/c4/79/36baff2e61b6ca/US10886558.pdf"
    },
    {
      "position": null,
      "title": "Solid state battery with uniformly distributed electrolyte, and methods of …",
      "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11942620B2/en",
      "snippet": "In the instances of solid-state batteries, which include solid-state electrolyte layers disposed between solid-state electrodes, the solid-state electrolyte layer physically separates the solid-state electrodes so that a distinct separator is not required. Solid-state batteries have advantages over …",
      "publication_number": "US11942620B2",
      "inventor": "Yong Lu",
      "assignee": "GM Global Technology Operations LLC",
      "priority_date": "2020-12-07",
      "filing_date": "2021-12-06",
      "grant_date": "2024-03-26",
      "publication_date": "2024-03-26",
      "language": "en",
      "image_url": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/90/b8/0e/ed6c106ab89ebf/US11942620-20240326-D00000.png",
      "figure_urls": [
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/23/4f/5d/37847c3cb9dfb3/US11942620-20240326-D00000.png",
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/78/9e/7c/171f5b5c46f975/US11942620-20240326-D00001.png",
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/73/78/df/3168bf771c7620/US11942620-20240326-D00002.png"
      ],
      "pdf_url": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f8/02/22/a9e3950cab3340/US11942620.pdf"
    },
    {
      "position": null,
      "title": "Low-expansion composite electrodes for all-solid-state batteries",
      "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11239459B2/en",
      "snippet": "The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. FIG. 1 is a schematic of an example of an all-solid-state electrochemical battery cell; FIG. 2A is an …",
      "publication_number": "US11239459B2",
      "inventor": "Thomas A. Yersak",
      "assignee": "GM Global Technology Operations LLC",
      "priority_date": "2018-10-18",
      "filing_date": "2018-10-18",
      "grant_date": "2022-02-01",
      "publication_date": "2022-02-01",
      "language": "en",
      "image_url": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/31/2c/35/2f94d4ccf0b302/US11239459-20220201-D00000.png",
      "figure_urls": [
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/63/96/43/46838a8256d58f/US11239459-20220201-D00000.png",
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/79/cb/33/17d1ca13183ae1/US11239459-20220201-D00001.png",
        "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ae/cc/88/bb5244f087daab/US11239459-20220201-D00002.png"
      ],
      "pdf_url": "https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/9b/93/8b/6a8616b3676c91/US11239459.pdf"
    }
  ]
}

The output of a real call, each list cut to 3 items.