Search patents and trademarks, including claims, legal status, and prosecution details.
This tool is described as searching patent and trademark data from EPO, USPTO, and DPMA, requires no API keys, and comes from an official registry with recent updates, suggesting an overall low-to-moderate risk profile. The main considerations are outbound network access and local process execution typical of MCP tools, with no clear signs of excessive privilege or malicious exfiltration in the provided materials.
The materials explicitly state that no keys or environment variables are required. There is no indication that users must provide API tokens, account credentials, or local sensitive authentication material, so credential exposure and abuse risk appears low.
The tool connects to mcp.patent.dev and patent.dev, and its function inherently requires remote patent/trademark lookups; this means user queries may be sent to its service. The endpoints are consistent with the stated purpose, but this is still an outbound data flow that warrants attention to what is transmitted and logged.
System checks indicate it executes code / runs as a local MCP process, which is a normal capability for this class of tools. The materials do not show requests for extra system-level privileges or clearly unrelated high-risk execution behavior.
The provided materials do not mention reading or writing local files, accessing local databases, the clipboard, or other sensitive resources; the stated capability is limited to remote patent/trademark retrieval. Based on the available information, there is no clear sign of excessive data access.
It comes from an official registry and has been updated within the past year, both of which are positive signals. However, there is no open-source repository and no declared license, so the implementation and dependencies cannot be audited, and visible community adoption is weak (0 stars). Overall this is a transparency concern that merits caution, not a clear high-risk red flag.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "Patent Connector" MCP server from askskill: Run: claude mcp add --transport http 'dev-patent-patent' 'https://mcp.patent.dev/mcp'
Search for patents published by a smartwatch brand in the USPTO and EPO. Focus on battery life, health monitoring, and strap design, and organize the results by title, assignee, publication date, and abstract.
A list of relevant patents with key technology themes and core patent details.
Check this patent’s legal status, prosecution history, and whether there are any reexamination or PTAB records in the EPO, USPTO, or DPMA, then summarize the key events in a timeline.
A timeline summary of legal status, prosecution progress, and major procedural events.
Search whether this brand name already has similar trademarks in the USPTO, relevant EPO databases, and the DPMA. List the owner, class, and status, and identify potential conflict risks.
Similar trademark results with registration status and potential filing conflicts highlighted.
Search US patents, extract claims, and map citations.
Search patents and analyze company IP portfolios and filing landscapes.
Search US patents, analyze assignee portfolios, and explore citation networks.
Search official USPTO records and organize reproducible patent and trademark research.
Search patents, analyze landscapes, and run prior-art comparisons with USPTO data.
Query EPO patent data for bibliographic info, families, abstracts, and claims.