# patents

> Use this tool when you need to access patent data and analytics to inform research and development, identify innovation trends, or track competitor activity. It solves problems related to patent searching, analysis, and visualization by providing a comprehensive interface to the PatentsView API. With inputs such as patent numbers, keywords, or categories, it outputs detailed patent information, citations, and rankings.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-patents  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-patents

## Description

Patents MCP — wraps PatentsView API (https://api.patentsview.org/)

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.pipeworx-io%2Fpatents)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-patents>

## Use it

MCP endpoint published by the skill: `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp`

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "io-github-pipeworx-io-patents"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-patents` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-patents/pull`

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