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Patsnap Patent & Literature Search

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Overview

About

A professional tool enabling deep, integrated search across the Patsnap global patent and literature databases simultaneously. It supports natural language queries, semantic search, and keyword search, backed by precise pre-filtering capabilities for efficient and accurate retrieval of scientific and patent intelligence. This MCP also allows users to fetch basic bibliographic data for patents or literature in Markdown format.

Capabilities

patsnap_search

Professional patent and academic paper search tool supporting semantic queries, keyword search, and multi-dimensional filtering. Core capabilities include natural language query, precise keyword matching, BM25-based text search, and filtering by assignee, IPC classification, date, jurisdiction, etc.

Arguments
semantic_querystring

The technical problem or concept to be searched, described in natural language.

search_strategyarray

Search strategy combination. Available values: 'semantic', 'keyword', 'filter'.

keywordsarray

List of technical terms used for BM25 keyword matching.

offsetinteger

Pagination offset, number of leading results to skip. Must be >= 0. Constraint: offset + limit <= 1000.

limitinteger

Page size, number of results to return in this page. Range: 1-100. Constraint: offset + limit <= 1000.

sourcestring

Single data source to search. 'patent' means patents; 'paper' means papers. To cover both patents and papers, make two separate calls.

filtersobject

Structured filter conditions used to narrow down the search results.

sortstring

Result ordering. Default is relevance. Patent supports publication, application, granted, expired, priority, cited_count; paper supports publication and cited_count. Prefix '-' means descending.

patsnap_fetch

A professional data retrieval tool for patents and literatures. It fetches Markdown-formatted content via URLs or publication numbers (patents only). For patent data, it retrieves bibliographic details, claims, descriptions, and accompanying drawings. For literatures, it provides basic abstract metadata.

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What is Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server?

A professional tool enabling deep, integrated search across the Patsnap global patent and literature databases simultaneously. It supports natural language queries, semantic search, and keyword search, backed by precise pre-filtering capabilities for efficient and accurate retrieval of scientific and patent intelligence. This MCP also allows users to fetch basic bibliographic data for patents or literature in Markdown format.

Capabilities

  • Professional patent and academic paper search tool supporting semantic queries, keyword search, and multi-dimensional filtering. Core capabilities include natural language query, precise keyword matching, BM25-based text search, and filtering by assignee, IPC classification, date, jurisdiction, etc.
  • A professional data retrieval tool for patents and literatures. It fetches Markdown-formatted content via URLs or publication numbers (patents only). For patent data, it retrieves bibliographic details, claims, descriptions, and accompanying drawings. For literatures, it provides basic abstract metadata.

How to connect

Get a Patsnap Open Platform API key, copy the MCP connection URL from the Connect panel on this page, and add the server to Cursor, Claude Desktop, or another Model Context Protocol-compatible AI agent client.

Example MCP configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patsnap_patent_literature_search": {
      "url": "https://connect.patsnap.com/2b0355/logic-mcp?apikey={your_api_key}"
    }
  }
}

Use cases

  • Use Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server to let AI agents access Patsnap innovation intelligence inside agent conversations.

FAQ

What is Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server?
Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server is a Patsnap Open Platform Model Context Protocol server that exposes innovation intelligence tools for AI agents and LLM clients.
How does Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server work with AI agents?
An MCP-compatible client connects to the server URL with your Patsnap Open Platform API key, discovers available tools, and lets the model call Patsnap data and capabilities during conversations.
What tasks can Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server perform?
Patsnap Patent & Literature Search MCP Server exposes Patsnap tools through the Model Context Protocol so AI agents can retrieve patents, papers, and innovation intelligence during multi-step reasoning.
How do I connect this MCP server to an agent?
Get a Patsnap Open Platform API key, copy the MCP connection URL or JSON config from this page, and add it to your MCP-compatible client following the MCP Quick Start guide.