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Search & Analysis
Searches the IP Author patent corpus using a structured query, with support for filtering by company, technology classification, date, and other fields. Results are de-duplicated by patent family by default, and every response includes summary counts by top filer, technology category, and filing year.
| Argument | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
q | text (max 4,000 chars) | No | Search terms and filters, e.g. co:Cisco AND pd:[20240101 TO *] |
filters | structured data | No | Field-to-value narrowing, e.g. company or date range |
fields | list of text (max 50) | No | Which fields to return |
sort | text | No | How to order results |
limit | number (1–200, default 25) | No | Maximum rows returned |
offset | number (0–100,000, default 0) | No | Row to start from, for paging |
family_scope | one of: single, simple_family, extended_family (default extended_family) | No | Whether/how to de-duplicate results by patent family |
auto_facets | list of text | No | Which fields to summarize alongside results (defaults to company, technology category, year) |
auto_facets_limit | number (max 50, default 5) | No | How many summary buckets per field |