agentutility(7)$ man patent-search-api
/patent-search-api
PRICE / CALL
$0.05
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
edgefinanceCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
patent-search-api — patent search api / uspto patent lookup / prior-art search endpoint
synonym alias of patent-search — reuses the canonical handler.
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/patent-search-api
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Patent search API / USPTO patent lookup / prior-art search endpoint. Same USPTO Open Data backend as patent-search, indexed for agents querying keywords, inventor, assignee, CPC class, filing date range, abstracts, inventors, assignees, and publication numbers.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | Free-text search keywords (e.g. 'quantum error correction', 'mRNA vaccine'). | required |
| inventor | string | Inventor last-name filter (case-insensitive, e.g. 'Hassabis'). | optional |
| assignee | string | Assignee/owner name filter (e.g. 'Google', 'IBM Corporation'). | optional |
| cpc | string | CPC classification code prefix (e.g. 'G06N' for AI/ML, 'A61K' for pharmaceuticals). | optional |
| date_from | string | Filing-date floor in YYYY-MM-DD format. Inclusive. | optional |
| date_to | string | Filing-date ceiling in YYYY-MM-DD format. Inclusive. | optional |
| limit | number | Max patents to return. 1-50. Default 10 (most-recent-first). | optional |
| summarize | boolean | If true, attaches a Venice plain-English summary to the top result. Adds latency. Default false. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| query | string | — |
| returned | string | — |
| patents | string | — |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/patent-search-api \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster> # Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... # Then call the patent-search-api tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- patentsearchapipatent-search-api
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- edgefinance
- price
- $0.05 USDC per call
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|---|---|---|
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| fec-political-contributions | FEC political donations / campaign contributions search / who-donated-to-whom / OpenSecrets-style finance feed / individual contributions… | $0.04 |
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