Patents Mcp Server

Name: Patents Mcp Server
Author: GitHub Actions

patents-mcp-server · by GitHub Actions

FastMCP TypeScript patent intelligence MCP server — 55 tools across USPTO, EPO, and BigQuery

1 25/wk 58 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 7d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

58 tools · ~2.4k tok

Grade C · 1.2% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patents": {
      "env": {
        "USPTO_API_KEY": "${USPTO_API_KEY}",
        "EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "${EPO_CONSUMER_KEY}",
        "EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "${EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET}",
        "PATENTSVIEW_API_KEY": "${PATENTSVIEW_API_KEY}",
        "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}",
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}"
      },
      "args": [
        "dist/index.js"
      ],
      "command": "node"
    }
  }
}

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What Patents Mcp Server does

FastMCP TypeScript patent intelligence MCP server. 55 tools across USPTO, EPO, and Google Patents for IP landscape analysis, freedom-to-operate research, and patent monitoring.

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Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

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Inventory

Tools (58)

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~2.4k tokens total

Inventory

Resources (4)

CPC Classification

CPC classification info

patents://cpc/{code}

USPTO Status Codes

USPTO status code definitions

patents://status-codes

Data Sources

Data source overview

patents://sources

Search Syntax

Query syntax guide (PatentsView, EPO CQL, ODP, BigQuery)

patents://search-syntax

Inventory

Prompts (6)

prior_art_search

Multi-source prior art search workflow

patent_validity

Structured validity analysis (102/103/112)

competitor_portfolio

Competitor patent portfolio analysis

ptab_research

PTAB proceedings research (IPR/PGR/CBM)

freedom_to_operate

FTO analysis methodology

patent_landscape

Technology area landscape mapping

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Patents Mcp Server safe to use?: Patents Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Patents Mcp Server?: Patents Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Patents Mcp Server do?: Patents Mcp Server provides 58 tools: patentsview-search-patents, patentsview-get-patent, patentsview-search-assignees, patentsview-get-assignee, patentsview-search-inventors and 53 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Patents Mcp Server?: Patents Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Patents Mcp Server actively maintained?: Patents Mcp Server is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "patents": { "env": { "USPTO_API_KEY": "${USPTO_API_KEY}", "EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "${EPO_CONSUMER_KEY}", "EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "${EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET}", "PATENTSVIEW_API_KEY": "${PATENTSVIEW_API_KEY}", "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}", "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" }, "args": [ "dist/index.js" ], "command": "node" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Patents Mcp Server safe to use?

Patents Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install Patents Mcp Server?

Patents Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Patents Mcp Server do?

Patents Mcp Server provides 58 tools: patentsview-search-patents, patentsview-get-patent, patentsview-search-assignees, patentsview-get-assignee, patentsview-search-inventors and 53 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Patents Mcp Server?

Patents Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is Patents Mcp Server actively maintained?

Patents Mcp Server is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.