`get_patent`

Pack: patents · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_patent for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

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 — when the application has been granted — patent_number, grant_date, publication_number, publication_date. 8-digit application numbers and 8-digit patent numbers can be the SAME digit string for a different record (application series codes 10-12 were used ~2003-2008, and granted patent numbers entered that same 10,000,000-12,999,999 range in 2018 and are still in it) — e.g. “11646472” is BOTH application 11/646,472 (a 2006 filing) AND patent 11,646,472 (a 2023 grant), two unrelated inventions. If you only pass number and it is an 8-digit value in that collision range, this tool checks BOTH interpretations; if both exist, it returns ambiguous: true with each record summarized rather than silently guessing — re-call with number for the application or patent_number for the patent. Passing patent_number explicitly always skips the ambiguity check. A status of “Patented Case” with patent_number: null means USPTO ODP omitted that field for this record (check patent_number_warning), not that the patent was never granted; a pending application correctly has patent_number: null, grant_date: null.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`number`	string	no	An application number, digits only or with slashes (e.g. “16123456”, “16/123,456”). If this happens to also be a valid 8-digit granted patent number (see the collision note above), the response may come back `ambiguous: true` — pass `patent_number` instead to mean the patent unambiguously.
`patent_number`	string	no	An already-granted US patent number, digits only (e.g. “11646472”, “10000000”). Use this instead of `number` whenever you specifically mean the patent, not the application — it is never ambiguous.
`_apiKey`	string	no	USPTO ODP API key. Get free at https://data.uspto.gov/myodp.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "number": "16123456"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/patents/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_patent","arguments":{"number":"16123456"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_patent', {
  "number": "16123456"
});

More examples

{
  "patent_number": "11646472"
}

Response shape

Always returns: patent_number, title, abstract, date, type, inventors, assignee_organization

Field	Type	Description
`patent_number`	string	Patent number
`title`	string	Patent title
`abstract`	string \| null	Patent abstract or null
`date`	string \| null	Patent filing date or null
`type`	string \| null	Patent type or null
`inventors`	array	List of inventors with details
`assignee_organization`	string \| null	Assignee organization name or null

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "patent_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Patent number"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Patent title"
    },
    "abstract": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Patent abstract or null"
    },
    "date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Patent filing date or null"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Patent type or null"
    },
    "inventors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of inventors with details",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "first_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Inventor first name or null"
          },
          "last_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Inventor last name or null"
          },
          "city": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Inventor city or null"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Inventor state or null"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "assignee_organization": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Assignee organization name or null"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "patent_number",
    "title",
    "abstract",
    "date",
    "type",
    "inventors",
    "assignee_organization"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the patents pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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