Patent MCP

Clone the patent MCP server repository to your local machine and enter the project directory.

git clone https://github.com/riemannzeta/patent_mcp_server
cd patent_mcp_server

Use uv sync to install all Python dependencies in an isolated virtual environment. This is the recommended approach for this project.

uv sync

Register for two separate keys at developer.uspto.gov: one for the Open Data Portal (ODP) which covers patent search and PTAB tools, and a separate key for TSDR trademark data. Note that the ODP key does not work for TSDR.

Export your API keys as environment variables. You can add these to your shell profile or set them directly in the MCP client config.

export USPTO_API_KEY="your-odp-api-key"
export TSDR_API_KEY="your-tsdr-api-key"

Run the server once manually to confirm it launches without errors before adding it to your MCP client config.

uv run patent-mcp-server

Add the server to your claude_desktop_config.json using the uv run approach with the correct path to your cloned repo.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patents": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/patent_mcp_server", "run", "patent-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "USPTO_API_KEY": "your-odp-api-key",
        "TSDR_API_KEY": "your-tsdr-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}