Patents MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 64 installs a week from npm.
Search US patents and patent applications from Google Patents. No key required.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add patents-mcp -- npx -y patents-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"patents-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.patents-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "patents-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"patents-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"patents-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"patents-mcp"
]
}
}
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