io.github.patentref/patentref-mcp
PatentsView-compatible US patent API: claim trees, patent briefs and search, grants 1976 to now.
Target client
run in your project directory
claude mcp add patentref-mcp -e PATENTREF_API_KEY=<PATENTREF_API_KEY> -e PATENTREF_BASE=<PATENTREF_BASE> -- uvx patentref-mcp
setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok LangChain
Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs
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