Patent Search MCP Server

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the AI Patent Search Generator - patent dossiers, prosecution history, Office Action AI analysis, citation/family/CPC lookups, plus a legal-intelligence layer (PTAB validity challenges, district-court litigation, company-litigation lookup, legal status, chain of title, term) and a one-shot AI risk profile. All from USPTO public data. Works in Claude Code, Claude Desktop…

People connecting this server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-06-08 · ★ 2 · #504 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Patent Search MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set PATENT_SEARCH_API_KEY before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add smythmyke-patent-search-mcp-server -- npx -y patent-search-mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smythmyke-patent-search-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "patent-search-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package patent-search-mcp-server - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.smythmyke is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Patent Search MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 1 documented tool, including oa_analyze.

The 1 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what patent-search-mcp-server lets an agent do.

oa_analyze: - AI analysis of a USPTO Office Action - rejection grounds, cited prior art, suggested response arguments. First 5 analyses per application are free; subsequent a

Latest releases

v0.1.0 · 2026-05-27

First public release of the patent-search MCP server. · Tools (11) · dossier - full patent intelligence: bibliographic, claims, citations, family, classifications, examiner stats. 3 credits; free on 24h cache hit.…

04 · Who maintains Patent Search MCP Server

patent-search-mcp-server is maintained by smythmyke. We track 4 MCP servers from smythmyke - 4 actively maintained, 6 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from smythmyke.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/smythmyke/patent-search-mcp-server
website: https://chromewebstore.google.com/
category: other - ranked #504 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.smythmyke/patent-search-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-05-26 · 5 versions)
packages: npm:patent-search-mcp-server

06 · Patent Search MCP Server FAQ

What is Patent Search MCP Server?

Is Patent Search MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-06-08. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Patent Search MCP Server?

Run `npx -y patent-search-mcp-server`. The README documents one environment variable (PATENT_SEARCH_API_KEY) to set first. Set PATENT_SEARCH_API_KEY before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Patent Search MCP Server run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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