FDA Orange Book
Official Orange Book product, patent, and exclusivity records
Monitor official FDA Orange Book product, patent, exclusivity, and therapeutic-equivalence records. Generate source-linked change alerts, cliff reports, and optional exports.
Not USPTO patent search. Not FDA warning letters. Not 510(k) device clearances. You supply Orange Book watches.
from $5.00 / 1,000 Orange Book product record ($0.005 per delivered orange-book-record-row); $0.35 per Orange Book patent change alert; $0.50 per Orange Book exclusivity change alert; $18.00 per Orange Book patent cliff report; $10.00 per Orange Book evidence export. No Actor Start.
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FDA Orange Book Patent & Exclusivity Change Report, not a neighboring Actor
Use this page for this Actor’s job. Use FDA Warning Letters Scraper for FDA warning-letter pages; Use USPTO Patent Search Scraper for USPTO patent search; Use FDA 510(k) Device Clearance Landscape Report for FDA 510(k) clearances.
| This Actor | FDA Warning Letters Scraper | USPTO Patent Search Scraper | FDA 510(k) Device Clearance Landscape Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intent | Orange Book patent/exclusivity changes and cliff reports | FDA warning-letter pages | USPTO patent search | FDA 510(k) clearances |
| Primary input | watches | search terms | queries | watches |
| What it reads | Official FDA Orange Book public files | FDA warning letters | USPTO public search | FDA 510(k) |
| Primary output | Record, patent/exclusivity alerts, cliff report, and export events | Letter rows | Patent rows | Clearance landscape rows |
| Not this job | Not USPTO patent search. Not FDA warning letters. Not 510(k) device clearances. You supply Orange Book watches. | Not Orange Book patents. | Not FDA Orange Book exclusivity. | Not Orange Book drug patents. |
Store ID: taroyamada/fda-orange-book-patent-exclusivity-change-report. Respect source terms, robots.txt, and rate limits.
Use cases
- One application-type watch with generateReport off first
- Keep generateCliffReport off until the watch is stable
- Use initialRunMode baseline_only to seed state
How is FDA Orange Book Patent & Exclusivity Change Report different from FDA Warning Letters Scraper and USPTO Patent Search Scraper?
FDA Orange Book Patent & Exclusivity Change Report (taroyamada/fda-orange-book-patent-exclusivity-change-report): Monitor official FDA Orange Book product, patent, exclusivity, and therapeutic-equivalence records. Generate source-linked change alerts, cliff reports, and optional exports. Not USPTO patent search. Not FDA warning letters. Not 510(k) device clearances. You supply Orange Book watches. FDA Warning Letters Scraper is for FDA warning-letter pages (input search terms; FDA warning letters; Letter rows). Not Orange Book patents. USPTO Patent Search Scraper is for USPTO patent search (input queries; USPTO public search; Patent rows). Not FDA Orange Book exclusivity. FDA 510(k) Device Clearance Landscape Report is for FDA 510(k) clearances (input watches; FDA 510(k); Clearance landscape rows). Not Orange Book drug patents.
What input is required?
Live required fields: watches. Published exampleRunInput is shown below.
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
watches |
any[] | [] |
Orange Book watches. Each watch needs at least one bounded product, patent, exclusivity, or TE-code filter. Use stable ids for recurring monitoring. Required. |
monitorKey |
string | "fda-orange-book-lifecycle-watch" |
Monitor key. Stable isolated state namespace for a recurring product lifecycle watch. |
initialRunMode |
string enum | "baseline_only" |
Initial run mode. baseline_only stores the first snapshot with zero rows; emit_backfill emits the current matched records for an explicit first report. enum: baseline_only, emit_backfill |
generateReport |
boolean | true |
Generate patent cliff report. Generate one descriptive report for changed records and patent/exclusivity dates within cliffWindowDays. It is not a legal conclusion or launch forecast. |
generateCliffReport |
boolean | true |
Include date-window report. Keep the report event enabled when generateReport is true. |
emitRawRows |
boolean | false |
Emit product rows. Emit lower-priced normalized product rows for changed or explicitly backfilled records. |
emitExport |
boolean | false |
Generate evidence export. Generate a compact source-linked JSON export when changed or backfilled records are selected. |
emitUnchanged |
boolean | false |
Emit unchanged records. Accepted for compatibility, but unchanged records always emit zero rows and zero charge. |
cliffWindowDays |
integer | 730 |
Date-window days. The forward-looking date window used only to group reported patent and exclusivity dates. minimum=1 maximum=3650 |
maxRecordsPerWatch |
integer | 25 |
Maximum records per watch. Each openFDA request is capped below the official API maximum of 99 records. minimum=1 maximum=99 |
maxRequests |
integer | 10 |
Maximum API requests. Hard upper bound on watch requests per run. minimum=1 maximum=25 |
maxChargeUsd |
number | 75 |
Maximum charge USD. Fail closed before delivery if planned PPE charges exceed this cap. minimum=0.005 maximum=500 |
dryRun |
boolean | false |
Dry run. Return representative event rows without calling openFDA, saving state, or charging PPE events. |
Published Store example run input (omitted fields take schema defaults):
{
"watches": [
{
"id": "near-term-patent-and-exclusivity-watch",
"applicationTypes": [
"N"
],
"patentExpirationFrom": "2026-01-01",
"patentExpirationTo": "2028-12-31",
"exclusivityExpirationFrom": "2026-01-01",
"exclusivityExpirationTo": "2028-12-31"
}
],
"maxRecordsPerWatch": 3,
"maxRequests": 3,
"maxChargeUsd": 3,
"dryRun": false
}
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How do dataset, webhook, and dry-run delivery work?
Dataset output is the billable surface when rows are written. See live PPE for which events bill. dryRun true validates or samples without the usual dataset/webhook side effects described on the Store schema. Unchanged runs that write zero default-dataset rows typically charge $0.00 on current PPE.
What does a result contain?
Published README Output Example / Sample Output JSON. Treat README samples as illustrations, not a live coverage guarantee. There is no published output JSON schema on the Store page.
How is FDA Orange Book Patent & Exclusivity Change Report priced?
Billing is pay per event. The live Store card is from $5.00 / 1,000 Orange Book product record ($0.005 per delivered orange-book-record-row); $0.35 per Orange Book patent change alert; $0.50 per Orange Book exclusivity change alert; $18.00 per Orange Book patent cliff report; $10.00 per Orange Book evidence export. No Actor Start. Current PPE:
| Event | Price | Emitted when |
|---|---|---|
orange-book-record-row (Orange Book product record) |
$0.005 | Charged only when a orange book product record row is delivered. |
orange-book-patent-change-alert (Orange Book patent change alert) |
$0.35 | Charged only when a orange book patent change alert row is delivered. |
orange-book-exclusivity-change-alert (Orange Book exclusivity change alert) |
$0.50 | Charged only when a orange book exclusivity change alert row is delivered. |
orange-book-patent-cliff-report (Orange Book patent cliff report) |
$18.00 | Charged only when a orange book patent cliff report row is delivered. |
orange-book-export (Orange Book evidence export) |
$10.00 | Charged only when a orange book evidence export row is delivered. |
from $5.00 / 1,000 Orange Book product record ($0.005 per delivered orange-book-record-row); $0.35 per Orange Book patent change alert; $0.50 per Orange Book exclusivity change alert; $18.00 per Orange Book patent cliff report; $10.00 per Orange Book evidence export. No Actor Start.
See FDA Orange Book Patent & Exclusivity Change Report pricing on Apify
Limits to keep in mind
- watches required
- Public Orange Book only
- Cliff report is a separate billed event
- Not USPTO assignments
- Respect source terms, robots.txt, and rate limits.
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Related pages
- FDA Warning Letters Scraper — Not Orange Book patents.
- USPTO Patent Search Scraper — Not FDA Orange Book exclusivity.
- FDA 510(k) Device Clearance Landscape Report — Not Orange Book drug patents.
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