MCP server

Patents

io.github.pipeworx-io/patents

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Patents MCP — wraps the USPTO Open Data Portal (ODP) Patent File Wrapper API

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

49

Token cost

About 30,694 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http patents https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.patents]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"patents":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"patents":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"patents":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add patents https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"patents","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"patents","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp"}

Tools

• get_patent ~654 tokens
  Fetch a single USPTO patent application/grant by application number (`number`, e.g. "16/123,456" or "16123456") or by an already-granted patent number (`patent_number`, e.g. "11646472") — pass whichever one you actually have. Returns full metadata: title, inventors, classifications, status, and — wh
• get_patent_assignments ~225 tokens
  Retrieve USPTO-recorded assignment/conveyance history for one patent application from the migrated Open Data Portal endpoint. Returns assignors, assignees, execution/recording dates, conveyance text, and reel/frame. A recorded assignment is notice of a submitted instrument—not a legal opinion on pre
• get_patent_continuity ~293 tokens
  Fetch the parent/child continuity (priority) chain for one patent application — every earlier application this one claims priority from (continuation, divisional, CIP, provisional, etc.) and every later application that in turn claims priority from it, each with the claim type, dates, and the parent
• get_patent_transactions ~314 tokens
  Fetch the full USPTO prosecution/transaction history for one patent application — every dated event the Office recorded against the case (filings, mailings, fee payments, office actions, notices, the grant itself), newest first. This is a superset of the handful of events `get_patent` surfaces: use
• search_inventors ~314 tokens
  Search USPTO patent applications by inventor last name. Returns matching applications with title, inventor list, and filing date — sorted newest-filed-first, so this is the APPLICATION corpus (same as search_patents with no `granted_after`), and the newest rows will be unexamined filings with no gra
• search_patent_assignments ~748 tokens
  Search USPTO-recorded patent assignment/conveyance history by assignee, assignor, a granted patent number, or an application number — one of the four is required. Unlike `get_patent_assignments` (which needs an application number you already have), this answers "what has company X been assigned" or
• search_patents ~1843 tokens
  Search USPTO patent applications and grants — **without a `granted_after`/`granted_before` bound this returns the APPLICATION corpus sorted newest-FILED-first, not issued patents.** USPTO publishes an application ~18 months after filing and typically takes 2+ years to grant it, so the newest rows in

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