patsnap/patent-literature-search-mcp

Search global patents and scientific literature in natural language,
directly inside Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI tool. The MCP
supports semantic, keyword, BM25, and structured search, then retrieves
selected records as AI-readable Markdown.
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About Patsnap
Patsnap is a global innovation intelligence platform covering patents,
scientific literature, chemistry, life sciences, and other R&D data.
To explore Patsnap data interactively, try
Eureka, Patsnap's AI-native R&D
assistant. To access data programmatically, use the MCP servers or
REST API via Patsnap Open Platform.
What It Does
Patent & Literature Search MCP gives your AI agent direct access to
Patsnap's patent and academic-literature databases. A single natural-language
research request can cover both corpora and combine the results for AI
reasoning.
- **Patent search** — keyword, assignee, inventor, IPC class, legal
status, date range, and citation filters
- **Literature search** — semantic and keyword search across
peer-reviewed scientific papers
- **Cross-domain research** — orchestrate patent and paper searches using the
same tool and combine the structured results for AI reasoning
- **Natural language input** — describe your problem or topic in
plain English or Chinese; the MCP constructs the search strategy
- **Precision filtering** — filter by assignee, inventor, legal
status, jurisdiction, date range, and citation count simultaneously
Data Coverage
This MCP is backed by Patsnap's global patent and scientific-literature
coverage.
Patent coverage
| Data-source group | Representative sources | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| International and regional authorities | WIPO/PCT, EPO, ARIPO, EAPO, OAPI, GCC | Applications, grants, and regional records |
| Major national authorities | USPTO, CNIPA, JPO, KIPO, DPMA, INPI, UKIPO, CIPO, IP Australia | Applications, grants, designs, and utility models where applicable |
| Additional jurisdictions | Patent authorities across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa | Bibliographic records and authority-supported document types |
Patent data coverage includes:
| Data type | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Bibliography | Publication and application identifiers, titles, dates, applicants, assignees, inventors, and classifications |
| Full text | Abstracts, claims, descriptions, and other document text |
| PDF | Original patent-document coverage for supported authorities |
| Legal events | Status changes and patent lifecycle events |
| File wrapper | Available prosecution and examination records |
| License | Available patent licensing records |
| Litigation | Available patent litigation records |
Coverage is refreshed frequently, with patent data updated daily.
Scientific-literature coverage
| Source type | Representative data sources and publications |
|---|---|
| Biomedical and clinical literature | PubMed, The Lancet, BMJ, JAMA, Blood, Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gastroenterology |
| Multidisciplinary journals | Nature, Science, Scientific Reports, PLOS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Chemistry and materials science | Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical & Engineering News Archive |
| Physics and engineering | Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Journal of Applied Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings, SPIE Proceedings |
| Preprints and repositories | arXiv, HAL, SSRN, Zenodo, DOAJ |
| Research datasets and specialist sources | ENCODE Datasets, Worldwide Protein Data Bank, OSTI, RePEc, GBIF, PsycEXTRA |