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PatentRef for VS Code

io.github.patentref/patentref-mcp

PatentsView-compatible US patent API: claim trees, patent briefs and search, grants 1976 to now.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install PatentRef in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "patentref-api-key",
      "description": "PATENTREF_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "patentref-base",
      "description": "PATENTREF_BASE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "patentref-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "patentref-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PATENTREF_API_KEY": "${input:patentref-api-key}",
        "PATENTREF_BASE": "${input:patentref-base}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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