New: Patents & Trademarks (IP) MCP Server — worldwide patent search for your AI agent

What it does

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives any AI agent instant access to worldwide patent intelligence across 130M+ patents. It exposes four tools — keyword/phrase search, lookup by publication number, a company's full IP portfolio, and an inventor's body of work — all sourced from Google Patents. Connect it once to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP client and your agent can run patent work on demand.

Who it's for

Patent attorneys and IP analysts, R&D; and competitive-intelligence teams scoping a technology area, and developers building AI agents that need freedom-to-operate, prior-art, or landscaping capabilities without wiring up a patent API by hand.

Sample fields / output

search_patents — keyword / phrase / inventor / assignee patent search
get_patent_details — full metadata for a specific publication number
find_patents_by_assignee — a company's entire patent portfolio in one call
search_inventor — an inventor's full body of work
per-result — patent_id, title, assignee, inventor, priority / filing / grant / publication dates, relevance snippet, source link

Example use cases

Patent landscaping — map the prior art in a technology area before committing R&D; budget.
Competitive IP intelligence — pull a rival's entire patent portfolio in a single call.
Freedom-to-operate scoping and prior-art / novelty checks before a product launch.

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FAQ

Which MCP clients does it work with?

Any MCP-compatible client — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and others. You add the server URL and an Apify token to your client config and the four patent tools become available to the agent.

Where does the patent data come from?

Google Patents, covering 130M+ publications worldwide. Each result returns the patent ID, title, assignee, inventor, the key dates (priority, filing, grant, publication), a relevance snippet, and a link back to the source.