Party Search
Party Search lets you find patents by the people and organizations behind them. Search by assignee (patent owner), applicant, inventor, or agent to explore a company’s patent portfolio, track an inventor’s filings, or identify patents handled by a specific firm.
How to search
Go to the Party Search page
Navigate to the Party Search page from the search menu.
Select the party type
Choose the type of party you want to search for:
| Party type | What it matches |
|---|---|
| Assignee | The current owner of the patent (company, university, or individual) |
| Applicant | The entity that filed the patent application |
| Inventor | The person named as inventor on the patent |
| Agent | The patent attorney or firm that prosecuted the application |
Enter a name
Type the company or person’s name in the search field. GoVeda matches against standardized party names across its database.
Add a keyword filter (optional)
Use the keyword field to narrow results to a specific technology area. For example, searching assignee “Samsung” with keyword “solid-state battery” returns only Samsung’s battery-related patents.
Submit
Press Enter or click Search. Results appear with pagination, showing 20 patents per page.
Include subsidiaries
When searching by assignee or applicant, the Include subsidiaries checkbox expands the search to cover the entire corporate family. Searching “Alphabet” with subsidiaries enabled returns patents from Google, DeepMind, Waymo, and other Alphabet-owned entities.
This option is enabled by default. Disable it if you want results from only the exact entity you searched for.
The subsidiary expansion is not available for inventor or agent searches, since those are individual people or firms rather than corporate hierarchies.
Understanding results
Entity info card
When GoVeda recognizes the entity you searched for, an info card appears at the top of the results showing:
- Standard name — the normalized entity name
- Ultimate owner — the parent company, if the entity is a subsidiary
- Subsidiary count — how many subsidiaries are included in the search
- Category — entity type (e.g., corporation, university)
- Country — where the entity is based
- Total patents — how many patents match your search
Patent list
Results are listed with the patent publication number (linked to the Patent Viewer), the assignee/applicant names, and the publication date. Click any patent number to open it in the Patent Viewer.
Country facets
A sidebar shows the geographic distribution of results by filing country. This gives you a quick view of where the entity concentrates its patent activity.
Use cases
Competitive intelligence. Search a competitor’s name to see their full patent portfolio. Add a keyword filter for your specific technology area to focus on the most relevant filings.
Inventor tracking. Search by inventor name to see all patents a specific researcher has been named on. Useful for academic due diligence or tracking prolific inventors in a field.
Portfolio analysis. Combine party search with the keyword filter to break down a large portfolio by technology area. Search “Toyota” with “fuel cell,” then “Toyota” with “battery,” to compare their investment across technologies.
Agent research. Search by agent to find which patent firms handle filings in a specific technology area or for a specific company.