patents-mcp-server
A TypeScript-based MCP server providing 45 tools for patent intelligence, enabling IP landscape analysis, freedom-to-operate research, and patent monitoring. It integrates with USPTO Open Data Platform, EPO OPS, and Google BigQuery to support full-text search, citation networks, and legal status checks.
Package and access
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What you can do with it
- IP landscape analysis
- Freedom-to-operate research
- Patent monitoring
- Full-text search across 90M+ patents
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
patents-mcp-server 1.2.3
{
"version": "1.2.3",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "patents-mcp-server",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "USPTO_API_KEY",
"format": "string",
"description": "USPTO Open Data Portal key (data.uspto.gov) — enables ODP, PTAB, citations and office actions"
},
{
"name": "EPO_CONSUMER_KEY",
"format": "string",
"description": "EPO OPS consumer key (developers.epo.org) — enables international patent families and legal status"
},
{
"name": "EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET",
"format": "string",
"description": "EPO OPS consumer secret"
},
{
"name": "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS",
"format": "filepath",
"description": "Path to a GCP service-account key with bigquery.jobUser and bigquery.dataViewer — enables full-text search across 90M+ patents"
},
{
"name": "GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON",
"format": "string",
"description": "GCP service-account key as inline JSON — the alternative to GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS when no file can be mounted"
},
{
"name": "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT",
"format": "string",
"description": "GCP project ID billed for the BigQuery queries"
},
{
"name": "TRANSPORT",
"format": "string",
"description": "Transport: 'stdio' (default) or 'httpStream' for remote/Docker deployments"
},
{
"name": "PORT",
"format": "number",
"description": "Port to listen on when TRANSPORT is httpStream (default 8080)"
},
{
"name": "LOG_LEVEL",
"format": "string",
"description": "Log verbosity: DEBUG, INFO (default), WARN or ERROR"
},
{
"name": "HOST",
"format": "string",
"description": "Interface to bind when TRANSPORT is httpStream (default 0.0.0.0)"
},
{
"name": "PUBLIC_BASE_URL",
"format": "string",
"description": "Base URL used to build the /resources/{id}.pdf links that odp-download-document returns"
}
]
}Tools
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"patents-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp-server@1.2.3"
],
"env": {
"USPTO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_USPTO_API_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS>",
"GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON>",
"GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT>",
"TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_TRANSPORT>",
"PORT": "<YOUR_PORT>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"HOST": "<YOUR_HOST>",
"PUBLIC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PUBLIC_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"patents-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp-server@1.2.3"
],
"env": {
"USPTO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_USPTO_API_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS>",
"GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON>",
"GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT>",
"TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_TRANSPORT>",
"PORT": "<YOUR_PORT>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"HOST": "<YOUR_HOST>",
"PUBLIC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PUBLIC_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"patents-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp-server@1.2.3"
],
"env": {
"USPTO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_USPTO_API_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS>",
"GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON>",
"GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT>",
"TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_TRANSPORT>",
"PORT": "<YOUR_PORT>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"HOST": "<YOUR_HOST>",
"PUBLIC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PUBLIC_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"patents-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp-server@1.2.3"
],
"env": {
"USPTO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_USPTO_API_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_KEY": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_KEY>",
"EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET": "<YOUR_EPO_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
"GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS>",
"GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_JSON>",
"GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT>",
"TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_TRANSPORT>",
"PORT": "<YOUR_PORT>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"HOST": "<YOUR_HOST>",
"PUBLIC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PUBLIC_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
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