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Paste patents.google.com search pages (?q=, ?assignee=, ?inventor=) or detail pages (/patent/US10000000B2/en). Classified automatically and merged with the fields below.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQueries": { "title": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Free-text Google Patents queries for mode=search. Boolean AND/OR, quotes, and wildcards work. Each query is a separate search; results are merged. Use searchQuery for a single string if you prefer.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search query (single)", "type": "string", "description": "Single free-text query for mode=search. Same syntax as patents.google.com. Prefer searchQueries when you have more than one." }, "patentIds": { "title": "Patent IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Publication numbers for details, family, and citationNetwork. Accepts US10000000B2, US-10000000-B2, EP3000000B1, WO2018000000A1.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "assigneeNames": { "title": "Assignee names", "type": "array", "description": "Company / organization names for mode=byAssignee. Each name is its own query.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "assigneeName": { "title": "Assignee name (single)", "type": "string", "description": "Single assignee for mode=byAssignee. Prefer assigneeNames for more than one." }, "inventorNames": { "title": "Inventor names", "type": "array", "description": "Person names for mode=byInventor. Each name is its own query.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "inventorName": { "title": "Inventor name (single)", "type": "string", "description": "Single inventor for mode=byInventor." }, "countryCodes": { "title": "Country codes", "type": "array", "description": "Two-letter office codes (US, EP, WO, JP, CN, KR, …). Applied as country:XX operators. Ignored in details and family modes.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "cpc": { "title": "CPC codes", "type": "array", "description": "CPC prefixes to restrict search, e.g. G06N or G01S7/4863. Applied as CPC= operators. Ignored in details and family modes.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "dateFrom": { "title": "Date from", "type": "string", "description": "Lower bound YYYY-MM-DD. Filters publication date (or filing date when status=APPLICATION)." }, "dateTo": { "title": "Date to", "type": "string", "description": "Upper bound YYYY-MM-DD." }, "status": { "title": "Patent status", "enum": [ "ANY", "GRANT", "APPLICATION" ], "type": "string", "description": "ANY returns grants and applications. GRANT = issued only. 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