@pipeworx/epo-ops

European Patent Office Open Patent Services MCP — published patents from the EPO worldwide patent register (DocDB).

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Tools

• search_patents(query, range?) — CQL search against published patents

• get_biblio(number, format?) — bibliographic data

• get_family(number) — INPADOC family (related applications worldwide)

• get_abstract(number) — abstract text

• get_claims(number) — claims text

Related MCP server: USPTO Patent MCP Server

Auth

• Platform key: gateway env PLATFORM_EPO_KEY (consumer_key:consumer_secret pair joined with colon)

• BYO: ?_apiKey=<consumer_key>:<consumer_secret> after registering at https://developers.epo.org/

The pack exchanges credentials for a bearer token (20-min TTL, cached).

Data source

https://ops.epo.org/3.2/rest-services/ — OAuth2 client_credentials, JSON via Accept: application/json.

Patent number formats: EPO docdb (EP.1234567.A1), epodoc (EP1234567), original (EP1234567B1).

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "epo-ops": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/epo-ops/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Epo Ops data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides

• pipeworx.io

License

MIT