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USPTO patent search and prior art lookup. Not legal advice

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find_patent_citations Read-only

List documents cited by a US patent and documents that cite it, using USPTO grant references and USPTO office-action citations. The PatentsView citation graph is paused. Not legal advice.

patentNumberstring, required

Patent or publication number.

directionstring

citing: documents that cite this patent. cited_by: documents this patent cites. both is the default.

Tools (4)

find_patent_citations

List documents cited by a US patent and documents that cite it, using USPTO grant references and USPTO office-action citations. The PatentsView citation graph is paused. Not legal advice.

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Argument	Type	Description
direction	string	citing: documents that cite this patent. cited_by: documents this patent cites. both is the default.
patentNumber*	string	Patent or publication number.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "patentNumber"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "direction": {
      "enum": [
        "citing",
        "cited_by",
        "both"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "citing: documents that cite this patent. cited_by: documents this patent cites. both is the default."
    },
    "patentNumber": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 32,
      "minLength": 4,
      "description": "Patent or publication number."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_patent

Fetch one US patent's title, abstract, claims, status, family, and citations from USPTO. Missing text is omitted rather than filled in. Not legal advice.

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Argument	Type	Description
patentNumber*	string	US patent or publication number, such as US10000000 or 10000000.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "patentNumber"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "patentNumber": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 32,
      "minLength": 4,
      "description": "US patent or publication number, such as US10000000 or 10000000."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

search_patents

Search public US patent records by keywords, claim language, CPC class, assignee, inventor, or grant date. Every number in the result was returned by USPTO. Not legal advice.

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Argument	Type	Description
cpc	string	CPC symbol, such as H04L or C07H19/207.
limit	integer	Maximum hits, 1 to 25.
claims	string	Claim language. USPTO matches these words across the file wrapper.
dateTo	string	Grant or publication date to, YYYY-MM-DD.
assignee	string	Applicant or assignee name.
dateFrom	string	Grant or publication date from, YYYY-MM-DD.
inventor	string	Inventor name.
keywords	string	Words to find in the application or title and abstract.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "cpc": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 30,
      "description": "CPC symbol, such as H04L or C07H19/207."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum hits, 1 to 25."
    },
    "claims": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "description": "Claim language. USPTO matches these words across the file wrapper."
    },
    "dateTo": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 10,
      "description": "Grant or publication date to, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "assignee": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Applicant or assignee name."
    },
    "dateFrom": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 10,
      "description": "Grant or publication date from, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "inventor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Inventor name."
    },
    "keywords": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "Words to find in the application or title and abstract."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

search_prior_art

Turn an idea description into a public-patent search and return the closest records the offices actually returned, with Google Patents links. Ranking counts overlapping words. It is not a patentability opinion. Not legal advice.

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Argument	Type	Description
idea*	string	What the invention is, in plain language.
limit	integer	Maximum patents to return.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "idea"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "idea": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 4000,
      "minLength": 20,
      "description": "What the invention is, in plain language."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum patents to return."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}