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EPO Patent Search & Bibliographic Lookup
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EPO Patent Search & Bibliographic Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402-endpoints.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Searches and retrieves bibliographic data for patents from the European Patent Office (EPO) Open Patent Services by number, title, applicant, inventor, or date range.
Price / call$0.05
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
European patent and intellectual property (IP) search and bibliographic lookup by number, title, applicant or inventor against the official European Patent Office (EPO) Open Patent Services — returns publication number, country, kind code, dates, titles, applicants, inventors, IPC/CPC classifications and family id. Coverage EU and worldwide (100+ patent offices).
Output
Returns a list of matching patent records including publication number, country, kind code, filing and publication dates, titles in available languages, applicant names, inventor names, IPC/CPC classification codes, and patent family ID. Coverage spans 100+ patent offices worldwide.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Search the EPO patent database for up to 20 patents related to 'quantum computing' filed between 2018-01-01 and 2023-12-31 by applicant IBM, and show me the publication numbers, titles, inventors, and IPC classifications.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402-endpoints.onrender.com/patents/searchWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need structured bibliographic patent data from the official EPO Open Patent Services, especially for European patents or worldwide coverage across 100+ patent offices. Prefer this over generic web search when you need precise metadata like IPC/CPC codes, kind codes, patent family IDs, and formal applicant/inventor records.
Side effects
- No patents found matching the query — returns empty result set
- Invalid publication number format — may return error or empty result
- Date range with no publications — returns empty result
- EPO OPS API rate limit exceeded — may return 429 or timeout
- Missing required query parameters — returns validation error
- Ambiguous inventor or applicant name with too many results — truncated to limit
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"mode": "publication",
"count": 1,
"cached": false,
"source": "EPO Open Patent Services v3.2 (ops.epo.org)",
"patents": [
{
"titles": {
"de": "Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Steinformlingen für die Ziegelindustrie",
"en": "Apparatus for manufacturing green bricks for the brick manufacturing industry"
},
"country": "EP",
"family_id": "19768124",
"inventors": [
"KOSMAN WILHELMUS JACOBUS MARIA [NL]"
],
"kind_code": "A1",
"applicants": [
"BEHEERMIJ DE BOER NIJMEGEN BV [NL]"
],
"doc_number": "1000000",
"publication_date": "20000517",
"publication_number": "EP1000000A1",
"cpc_classifications": [
"B28B1/29"
],
"ipc_classifications": [
"B28B1/29",
"B28B5/02",
"B28B7/00"
]
}
],
"timestamp": "2026-06-25T12:00:00Z"
}
}Tags
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