patentgrep
Search 18,456,529 US patents and applications, updated 8 Oct 2026
For researchers
Find the claim, not just the patent.
Every claim is searched on its own, and the one that matched opens beside the list with your words highlighted.
- Exact words or the ideaQuotes, AND, OR, NOT and NEAR when you know the wording. A plain sentence when you don't.
- Prior art in one clickSearch with a patent's first claim, limited to documents published before its priority date.
- Drawings, PDF, timeline and citationsEverything about a patent on one calm page, without leaving your results.
For developers and AI agents
Connect your agents and apps to every US patent.
An API lets AI agents and your own software search US patents the way you do, and an MCP server is coming soon. Already on PatentsView? Switch one URL and your code keeps working.
- Fresh every weekNew grants and applications arrive the week USPTO publishes them.
- Fast enough for agentsAnswers come back quickly, so an agent can search as often as it needs to.
- The queries you already haveSame query syntax, same field names, same API key header as PatentsView.
- Plain-language searchDescribe an invention in plain words and get back the claims that match.
MCP server (coming soon)
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- Your own agent
With the MCP server, an agent will be able to search patents, read one in full, check its claims, follow its citations and look up technology classes.
Moving from PatentsView
Change the address. Everything else in your code stays the same.
New this week
7,977 patents granted on Tuesday 6 Oct 2026
- BatteriesPortable power caseLAT Enterprises, Inc.US 12,757,523 B2
- Diagnosis and surgeryPost operative implantation site monitoringMedtronic, Inc.US 12,756,798 B2
- DronesUnmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing systemsUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.US 12,756,053 B2
- Genetic engineeringBinding protein specific for the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Navigo Proteins GmbHUS 12,754,184 B2
- Image recognitionDisplay substrate and display deviceChengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.US 12,757,620 B2
- AgricultureSystems and methods for automatic field information determinationDeere & CompanyUS 12,754,552 B2
Browse
The companies and technology areas with the most US patents and applications
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Where the data comes from
Straight from USPTO, every week.
- Full textUSPTO bulk XML: grants every Tuesday since 1976, applications every Thursday since 2001.
- ClassificationCurrent CPC from USPTO's master classification files, with official titles.
- Companies and peopleAssignees, inventors and attorneys grouped by our own matching.
- PDFs and drawingsRendered from USPTO's published documents.
How it compares
Built for one job: US patents.
patentgrep and Google Patents
Google Patents covers the world. patentgrep covers US documents only, searches each claim on its own, and gives you an API and exports.
patentgrep and PatentsView
The same API, query syntax and field names, updated weekly, with a search box for people too.