# PatSnap (Patent Analytics)

> Use this tool when you need to analyze patent landscapes, track trends, and gather competitive intelligence to inform innovation research and technology scouting decisions. It provides access to patent analytics API, handling authentication and caching, and transforms complex data into structured responses. The tool offers specialized analyses, including trend analysis, keyword identification, and litigation tracking, making it ideal for competitive analysis and innovation workflows.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/kunihiros-patsnap  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kunihiros-patsnap

## Description

PatSnap MCP Server provides access to PatSnap's patent analytics API, enabling AI assistants to retrieve patent trends, keyword analyses, and competitive intelligence. Developed by Kunihiros, this TypeScript implementation handles authentication with the PatSnap API, caches access tokens for efficiency, and transforms complex patent data into structured responses. The server exposes nine specialized tools for analyzing patent landscapes, including trend analysis, word clouds, top inventors/assignees identification, and litigation tracking, making it particularly valuable for technology scouting, competitive analysis, and innovation research workflows.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** data-analytics
- **Updated:** 2026-04-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/kunihiros-patsnap)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kunihiros/patsnap-mcp>

## Use it

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": "kunihiros-patsnap"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kunihiros-patsnap` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kunihiros-patsnap/pull`

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