Patent Search MCP — Prior Art & Inventor Tools for AI Agents

A Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents patent data — patents by assignee, inventor and keyword, with full detail — as callable tools (patents only; no trademark tools). For IP-research and competitive-intelligence agents.

📊 Sample Output

This actor runs as a standby MCP server: it starts, answers tool calls at its /mcp endpoint and writes no dataset rows, so there is no row table to show. See the tool list and the sample inputs below.

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
Tool call (tool-call)	$0.05	Charged per MCP tool call.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.05 = $5.00 plus the start fee.

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🛠 Tools (4)

• find_patents_by_assignee — Patents held by a given assignee or company.
• get_patent_details — Full detail for a specific patent.
• search_inventor — Patents by inventor name.
• search_patents — Keyword patent search.

🔌 Connect (Claude Desktop / Cursor / n8n / OpenAI Agents SDK)

Add this MCP server to your client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patents-trademarks-ip": {
      "url": "https://nexgendata--patents-trademarks-ip-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Sample agent prompt:

Find all patents assigned to a company and summarize its three most recent filings.

Pricing: $0.05 per tool call (Pay-Per-Event) — about 20 per $1. Actor start fee $0.005 per run. Live prices are in the Pricing table below.

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Related NexGenData Actors

Pair this patent-search MCP with the rest of the NexGenData IP suite:

• USPTO Patent Search — Claims & Prior Art — the batch dataset equivalent
• USPTO Trademark Search — Knockout & Clearance
• EUIPO Trademark Search — TMview & eSearch
• Legal & IP Intelligence MCP — Courts, Enforcement & TTAB — companion agent server

Pricing

Pay-per-event: a small fee per successful tool call, plus a one-time actor-start. No subscription. See the live pricing tab on the actor page for current rates.

Legal

This server queries publicly available patent metadata. Patent documents and bibliographic data are public records. Use responsibly and in accordance with the data source's terms. Nothing here is legal advice — consult a qualified patent attorney for FTO or validity opinions.

About NexGenData

NexGenData builds a fleet of production MCP servers and data actors for AI agents — finance, legal, regulatory, IP, government, aviation, and more. Explore the full catalog on Apify.

UK trademark search → uk-trademark-search (GB register via the official TMDN network).