Log weekly Google Patents watch results to Google Sheets with Apify
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 7 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week at 08:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Apify (community).
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every week at 08:00).
- Set your patent watch list (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: watchTerms, assignee, country…
- One search per watch term (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
- Search Google Patents (Apify): run actor and get dataset (actors)
- Keep terms that returned patents (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
- One row per patent (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Append patents to sheet (Google Sheets): append
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that @apify/n8n-nodes-apify is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Search Google Patents).
Nodes used (7)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Apify
@apify/n8n-nodes-apify.apify - Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
From the author
Quick overview No IP watch service and no per-seat subscription. Every week this searches Google Patents for the technologies you follow and appends one row per patent to Google Sheets: title, assignee, inventor, publication and filing dates, the abstract,…