generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/docs
status: published
server:
  name: patlytics
  title: Patlytics Patent Search
  description: >-
    Concept-level, AI-native patent intelligence inside an MCP client. Describe an invention
    in plain language and get semantically similar patents, look up a specific patent's
    claims, search academic literature, and browse your organization's private patent
    portfolios. All tools are read-only; deeper analyses (freedom-to-operate, infringement,
    invalidity, drafting) run in the Patlytics web app, linked from every result.
  transport: http
  transport_detail: Streamable HTTP
  url: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/mcp
  docs: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/docs
  audience: existing Patlytics users only; each member signs in individually and results are
    scoped to their organization
  read_only: true
install:
  claude_desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://mcp.patlytics.ai/mcp
  claude_code: claude mcp add --transport http patlytics https://mcp.patlytics.ai/mcp
authentication:
  type: oauth2
  spec: OAuth 2.1 / RFC 9728 protected resource
  authorization_server: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/
  resource: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/mcp
  scopes: [patent:search, patent:read]
  bearer_methods: [header]
  dynamic_client_registration: true
  pkce: [S256]
  profile: authentication/patlytics-authentication.yml
  scopes_artifact: scopes/patlytics-scopes.yml
introspection:
  tools_list: gated
  note: >-
    POST tools/list and initialize to https://mcp.patlytics.ai/mcp both return HTTP 401 with
    WWW-Authenticate Bearer error="invalid_token" and a resource_metadata pointer, so the live
    inputSchema set requires an authenticated Patlytics session. The tools below are recorded
    verbatim from the provider-published connector page at https://mcp.patlytics.ai/docs —
    names, descriptions and parameter documentation as Patlytics publishes them. Canonical
    tool ids are only published for list_portfolios and list_vault_patents; the other three
    are recorded by their published display title with name: null rather than guessed.
tools:
- name: null
  title: Find similar patents
  description: >-
    Find patents semantically similar to a described technical concept. Returns concept-level
    semantic matches over patent claims — useful for prior-art discovery or mapping the
    landscape around an idea or a reference patent.
  parameters:
  - name: concept_description
    required: true
    description: >-
      A detailed, prose description of the invention or technical concept. This search is
      semantic (not keyword-based), so a rich description of how the invention works, the
      problem it solves, and its key components yields the most relevant matches.
  - name: reference_patent_number
    required: false
    description: >-
      Optional. A publication number (e.g. US1234567B2) to anchor the search around a known
      reference patent.
- name: null
  title: Get patent details
  description: Fetch a specific patent's bibliographic data and claims by publication number.
  parameters:
  - name: publication_number
    required: true
    description: >-
      The patent publication number to look up, e.g. US1234567B2 or EP1234567A1. Include the
      country prefix and (if known) the kind code.
- name: null
  title: Search non-patent literature
  description: Search non-patent literature (papers, journals, books) for a topic or keywords.
  parameters:
  - name: query
    required: true
    description: >-
      A topic, concept, or set of keywords to search across non-patent literature — academic
      papers, journals, conference proceedings, and books (via OpenAlex). Rich, specific
      phrasing yields the most relevant results.
- name: list_portfolios
  title: List your Patlytics portfolios
  description: >-
    List the patent portfolios (workspaces) in your Patlytics organization. Returns your
    org-private portfolios, each with an id you can pass to list_vault_patents to see the
    patents inside it.
  parameters: []
- name: list_vault_patents
  title: List patents in your Patlytics vault
  description: >-
    List the org-private patents saved in your Patlytics vault. Covers patents your
    organization has saved or uploaded (including unpublished drafts), optionally scoped to a
    single portfolio.
  parameters:
  - name: portfolio_id
    required: false
    description: >-
      Optional. Restrict to the patents in one portfolio (workspace), by the id returned from
      list_portfolios. Omit to list the whole organization vault.
data_sources:
- name: Patlytics patent corpus
  used_by: [Find similar patents, Get patent details]
- name: OpenAlex
  used_by: [Search non-patent literature]
  note: published by Patlytics as the non-patent-literature source
- name: Patlytics organization vault / portfolios
  used_by: [list_portfolios, list_vault_patents]
  note: org-private; requires patents saved in Patlytics
support:
  email: support@patlytics.com
  privacy_policy: https://www.patlytics.ai/privacy-policy
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-02'
  probes:
  - url: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/docs
    http_status: 200
    content_type: text/html
  - url: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/mcp
    method: POST tools/list
    http_status: 401
    content_type: application/json
    note: WWW-Authenticate Bearer error="invalid_token"
  - url: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
    http_status: 200
    content_type: application/json
  - url: https://mcp.patlytics.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp
    http_status: 200
    content_type: application/json