---
updatedAt: 2026-04-24T15:12:04.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.beauhurst.com/llms.txt
---

# List True Company's Patents


        Get patent data for a company using a Company Registration Number or Beauhurst True Company ID;
        supports filtering by filing date and ordering by filing date or title.
        This product contains data sourced from EPO databases,
        © European Patent Organisation: http://www.epo.org
        

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "title": "Beauhurst API v2",
    "version": "1.0.0 (externalapi)",
    "description": "<h3>Usage</h3><p>The API only accepts <code>GET</code> requests over HTTPS.</p><h3>Authorization</h3><p>The Beauhurst API requires authentication in the form of an API key,provided in the format <code>'apikey <your-api-key>'</code>.<br><br>To obtain an API key, please contact your subscription's account manager at Beauhurst. Be sure to keep this key <strong>private</strong> and <strong>secure</strong>.</p>"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/truecompany/{true_company_id}/patents": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "truecompany_patents_list",
        "description": "\n        Get patent data for a company using a Company Registration Number or Beauhurst True Company ID;\n        supports filtering by filing date and ordering by filing date or title.\n        This product contains data sourced from EPO databases,\n        © European Patent Organisation: http://www.epo.org\n        ",
        "summary": "List True Company's Patents",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "filing_date_after",
            "required": false,
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Return patents on or after the date provided",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "filing_date_before",
            "required": false,
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Return patents on or before the date provided",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "limit",
            "required": false,
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Number of results to return per page.",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "offset",
            "required": false,
            "in": "query",
            "description": "The initial index from which to return the results.",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "sort",
            "required": false,
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Sort by filing_date or title. Prefix with '-' for descending order.\n\n* `filing_date` - filing_date\n* `-filing_date` - -filing_date\n* `title` - title\n* `-title` - -title",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "filing_date",
                "-filing_date",
                "title",
                "-title"
              ],
              "minLength": 1
            }
          },
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "true_company_id",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Beauhurst True Company ID",
            "required": true
          }
        ],
        "tags": [
          "truecompany"
        ],
        "security": [
          {
            "tokenAuth": []
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PaginatedTrueCompanyPatentList"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": ""
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "PaginatedTrueCompanyPatentList": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "meta": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "total": {
                "type": "integer",
                "example": 10
              },
              "limit": {
                "type": "integer",
                "example": 10
              },
              "offset": {
                "type": "integer",
                "example": 10
              },
              "count": {
                "type": "integer",
                "example": 10
              }
            }
          },
          "results": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TrueCompanyPatent"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "TrueCompanyPatent": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "classification": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "default": []
          },
          "filing_date": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "authorities": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "abstract": {
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "epo_url": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "abstract",
          "authorities",
          "code",
          "epo_url",
          "filing_date",
          "title"
        ]
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "tokenAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "Authorization",
        "description": "Token-based authentication with required prefix \"APIkey\""
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "/_api/v2.0"
    }
  ]
}
```