patent_mcp_server

A FastMCP server for accessing United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent and patent application data through multiple APIs including the Patent Public Search API, the Open Data Portal (ODP) API, PTAB API v3, PatentsView API, Office Action APIs, and Patent Litigation APIs. Using this server, Claude Desktop can pull data from USPTO APIs, search through PTAB proceedings and decisions, analyze patent litigation, research prosecution history, and more:

For an introduction to MCP servers see Introducing the Model Context Protocol.

Special thanks to Parker Hancock, author of the amazing Patent Client project, for blazing the trail to understanding of the string of requests and responses needed to pull data through the Public Search API.

This server provides 51 tools across 6 USPTO data sources for:

1. Patent Search - Full-text search of granted patents and published applications via PPUBS and PatentsView
2. Full Text Documents - Get complete text of patents including claims, description, and specification
3. PDF Downloads - Download patents as PDF files (Claude Desktop doesn't support this as a client currently)
4. Prosecution History - Access office actions, transactions, and file wrapper data
5. PTAB Proceedings - Search and retrieve Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings (IPR, PGR, CBM), decisions, and appeals
6. Office Actions - Access full-text off