Endpoint Playground
Returns Google Patents' own autocomplete suggestions for an inventor or assignee name as the user types, the same suggestions shown by the Inventor/Assignee fields on Google Patents' advanced search page. Public data, sourced from Google Patents' own search API.
14 Oct 2026: 5 suggestions; 1 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: value: “Mark Thomas Johnson” and 4 other values.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/googlepatents/suggest?field=inventor&value=John' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| field | string | Yes | inventor | Which field to autocomplete. Allowed values: inventor, assignee |
| value | string | Yes | John | Partial name typed so far |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"field": "inventor",
"value": "John",
"suggestions": [
{
"value": "Mark Thomas Johnson"
},
{
"value": "Mark Johnson"
},
{
"value": "David Johnson"
},
{
"value": "John Cronin"
},
{
"value": "John Marshall"
}
],
"source_url": "https://patents.google.com/xhr/suggest?query=&field=inventor&value=John&cursor=4&index=0%2C0&exp=",
"fetched_at": "2026-08-15T16:00:00Z"
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.