agentutility(7)$ man patent-search
/patent-search
PRICE / CALL
$0.05
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
edgefinanceCATEGORY
data
STATUS
● live
NAME
patent-search — searches issued us patents and published applications through the uspto open data portal
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/patent-search
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Searches issued US patents and published applications through the USPTO Open Data Portal. Filter by free-text keywords, inventor last-name, assignee/owner, CPC class (e.g. 'G06N' for AI/ML), filing-date floor/ceiling, and limit. Returns each match's application number, title, abstract, inventors, assignees, filing/publication dates, and CPC classifications, plus an optional Venice plain-English summary of the top result. Use it as a USPTO patent search, US patent database, Google Patents alternative, prior-art finder, freedom-to-operate research tool, inventor and assignee patent lookup, CPC classification browser, patent-filing date-range query, or patent landscape feed.
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 | Echoes back the search query string used against the USPTO Open Data Portal. |
| total | number | Total count of matching issued patents and published applications found for the query. |
| returned | number | Number of patent records actually included in the patents array for this response. |
| patents | array | Array of matching patents with title, abstract, inventors, assignees, dates, and CPC classifications. |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/patent-search \
-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 tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- patentusptoipintellectual-propertyprior-artresearchrddue-diligencepatents
- env
- USPTO_ODP_API_KEY · VENICE_API_KEY
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- edgefinance
- price
- $0.05 USDC per call
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