> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
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> AI agents can use the Quiver MCP server at https://mcp.quiverquant.com/ (streamable HTTP; OAuth sign-in, or the API key as a Bearer token). Setup: https://api.quiverquant.com/docs/mcp-server.
> Each dataset needs a plan (https://api.quiverquant.com/docs/plans-and-access) and each endpoint has a per-account rate limit (https://api.quiverquant.com/docs/rate-limits).

# Historical Patents

> Returns patents granted to the given ticker.

**Plan:** Trader or above. A Hobbyist plan gets a `403` from this endpoint. See [Plans and data access](/docs/plans-and-access.md).


## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /beta/historical/allpatents/{ticker}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Quiver API
  version: v1
  description: Tap into the power of alternative data
  contact:
    name: 'Us: info@quiverquant.com'
    email: info@quiverquant.com
  license:
    name: Terms of Service
    url: https://www.quiverquant.com/termsofservice/
servers:
  - url: https://api.quiverquant.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Congress
    description: Stock trades, holdings and profiles of members of Congress.
  - name: Trump trades
    description: Stock trades by Donald Trump.
  - name: Insiders and institutions
    description: Insider trades, 13F holdings, shareholders and executive pay.
  - name: Government contracts
    description: Federal contracts awarded to public companies.
  - name: Lobbying and donations
    description: Corporate lobbying, revolving door lobbyists and PAC donations.
  - name: Market data
    description: Daily prices, off-exchange trading and Polymarket trades.
  - name: Patents
    description: Patents granted to public companies, and patent-based signals.
  - name: Company data
    description: Layoff notices, app ratings and the Quiver newsfeed.
  - name: New Constructs
    description: New Constructs ratings, a separate subscription.
paths:
  /beta/historical/allpatents/{ticker}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Patents
      summary: Historical Patents
      description: Returns patents granted to the given ticker.
      operationId: historical_allpatents_retrieve
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: date_from
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
          description: Date to query from in YYYYMMDD format
        - in: query
          name: date_to
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
          description: Date to query to in YYYYMMDD format
        - in: query
          name: page
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Page number
        - in: query
          name: page_size
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Items / page
        - in: path
          name: ticker
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Ticker for any given stock
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalPatentsResponse'
          description: ''
      security:
        - WebPlatformTokenAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    HistoricalPatentsResponse:
      title: HistoricalPatentsResponse
      description: JSON Response structure for historical patent endpoint.
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patent'
    Patent:
      title: Patent
      description: Patent information from all patents table.
      type: object
      properties:
        Date:
          title: Date
          description: Publication date
          type: string
          format: date-time
        IPC:
          title: Ipc
          description: The patent's IPC (International Patent Classification) code
          type: string
        Title:
          title: Title
          description: Title of the patent
          type: string
        Claims:
          title: Claims
          description: The number of claims listed in the given patent
          type: number
        Abstract:
          title: Abstract
          description: The full-text of the patent's abstract
          type: string
        Ticker:
          title: Ticker
          description: Company ticker
          type: string
        PatentNumber:
          title: Patentnumber
          type: string
      required:
        - Date
        - Ticker
        - PatentNumber
  securitySchemes:
    WebPlatformTokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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