Patent PDF Download API

Get available patent PDF download links by patent ID or publication number through Nexscope. Results and credit cost depend on the live provider response.

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POST · https://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownloadMCP · nexscope_patent_pdf_download

What this API does

Get available patent PDF download links by patent ID or publication number through Nexscope. Results and credit cost depend on the live provider response. The request accepts patentId, patentNumber, replaceByRelated. Its documented result includes patentId, pdfPath, pn, pnRelated, dataSnapshotMonth, page, pageItemCount, pageSize.

Patent PDF Download API API use cases

Investigate a product IP question

To investigate a product ip question, a compliance analyst submits patentId and patentNumber to Patent PDF Download API. The returned patentId, pdfPath, pn help identify records relevant to the proposed product.

Collect records for an IP review

A compliance analyst uses Patent PDF Download API with patentId and patentNumber to collect records for an ip review. The returned patentId, pdfPath, pn help collect bibliographic evidence for a specialist review.

Document evidence for specialist assessment

For this workflow, a compliance analyst calls Patent PDF Download API with patentId and patentNumber to document evidence for specialist assessment. The result helps document the records supporting an IP research question.

Patent PDF Download API API FAQ

What does the Patent PDF Download API API return?

Get available patent PDF download links by patent ID or publication number through Nexscope. Results and credit cost depend on the live provider response. The documented output includes patentId, pdfPath, pn, pnRelated, dataSnapshotMonth, page, pageItemCount, pageSize. It corresponds to the supplied patentId, patentNumber, replaceByRelated. Optional fields can be absent; a missing value should not be interpreted as a measured zero. Example values illustrate the response shape, rather than live account results.

How many credits does the Patent PDF Download API API cost?

A reliable credit estimate is not available for the current example inputs. Check the estimate in Online test after entering your generation settings, and review the pricing page before calling the API. The final charge depends on the request; your API usage records show the actual charge after execution.

How do I call the Patent PDF Download API API from my app or an MCP client?

Send a POST request to https://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownload with your API key as a Bearer token and the JSON inputs shown in API integration. In a compatible MCP client such as Claude or Cursor, connect Nexscope and call nexscope_patent_pdf_download. Use the MCP arguments shown in the MCP guide, or switch Online test to MCP to review its request before adding it to your app.

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Endpoint

https://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownload

MCP method

nexscope_patent_pdf_download

Step 1 of 3 · Authenticate

Authentication

All run endpoints require a user API key. Send it as a bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Missing or invalid API keys return an authentication error. Manage keys from .

Step 2 of 3 · Send a request

POSThttps://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownload

Run an API

Provide patentId or patentNumber; patentId takes precedence when both are present. Maximum 100 values per field.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY, then run this command in your terminal.

curl -X POST 'https://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownload' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "patentNumber": "US20230012345A1",
  "replaceByRelated": "0"
}'

Code example

{
  "patentNumber": "US20230012345A1",
  "replaceByRelated": "0"
}

Step 3 of 3 · Inspect the result

Check the response

Read code for the request status and data for the result. Open the parameter and response reference for the full field definitions.

HTTP status codes

Code	Description
200	Default HTTP response for both success and many business errors. Only outer JSON code 0 indicates success or asynchronous acceptance; inspect data for the result.
429	Execution admission rate limit; honor Retry-After when present.
503	Execution admission is temporarily unavailable; honor Retry-After when present.
Opt-in	X-Nexscope-Http-Status: semantic maps controller-handled business errors to HTTP status on run and task routes. Pre-authentication failures, such as a missing or invalid API key (code 11209, including an incomplete or corrupted copy) or an expired website login session (code 12001), may still return HTTP 200 before this mapping. Always check the outer JSON code; malformed requests and infrastructure failures may also return non-200 HTTP responses.

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POSThttps://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownload

Run this API

Send a JSON request to execute this API and receive the documented response payload.

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Endpoint

Method	`POST`
Path	`https://api.nexscope.ai/ai/patentPdfDownload`
Auth	`Bearer API key`
Content-Type	`application/json`

Request parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`patentId`	`string`	conditional	Comma-separated patent IDs, up to 100; takes precedence over patentNumber.
`patentNumber`	`string`	conditional	Comma-separated publication numbers, up to 100. Example: US10123456B2
`replaceByRelated`	`string`	optional	Use a related family patent if the requested PDF is unavailable: string 1 for yes, 0 for no. Example: 0

Response example

Platform response envelope. code 0 indicates success or acceptance; data contains the business result.

{
  "code": 0,
  "cost": "-1",
  "data": {
    "columns": [],
    "data": [
      {
        "patentId": "patent-id",
        "pdfPath": "https://example.com/patent.pdf",
        "pn": "US20230012345A1"
      }
    ],
    "total": 1
  },
  "msg": null,
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "traceId": null,
  "ts": "0"
}

Response fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
`code`	`integer`	required	0 means accepted or successful; nonzero is a platform error.
`cost`	`string`	required	Elapsed milliseconds, never credits; -1 outside web requests.
`data`	`any`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`msg`	`string \| null`	required	Msg value used by this API operation.
`time`	`string`	required	Server local time: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.
`traceId`	`string \| null`	required	Trace id value used by this API operation.
`ts`	`string`	required	Epoch milliseconds.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data`	`object`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`data.columns`	`any`	optional	Columns value used by this API operation.
`data.costTime`	`any`	optional	Cost time value used by this API operation.
`data.costToken`	`any`	optional	Cost token value used by this API operation.
`data.data`	`any`	optional	Data value used by this API operation.
`data.dataSnapshotMonth`	`any`	optional	Data snapshot month value used by this API operation.
`data.page`	`any`	optional	Page value used by this API operation.
`data.pageItemCount`	`any`	optional	Page item count value used by this API operation.
`data.pageSize`	`any`	optional	Page size value used by this API operation.
`data.sourceTool`	`any`	optional	Source tool value used by this API operation.
`data.sourceType`	`any`	optional	Source type value used by this API operation.
`data.title`	`any`	optional	Title value used by this API operation.
`data.total`	`any`	optional	Total value used by this API operation.
`data.totalPage`	`any`	optional	Total page value used by this API operation.
`data.type`	`any`	optional	Type value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.columns`	`array`	optional	Source rendering columns. Example: []

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.columns`	`null`	optional	Columns value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.costTime`	`integer`	optional	Execution time reported by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.costTime`	`null`	optional	Cost time value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.costToken`	`integer`	optional	Provider-reported token cost; Nexscope billing follows its own price configuration. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.costToken`	`null`	optional	Cost token value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.data`	`array`	optional	Patent PDF records. Example: []
`data.data[]`	`object`	required	Item in data data.
`data.data[].patentId`	`string`	optional	Patent ID. Example: patent-id
`data.data[].pdfPath`	`string`	optional	Source PDF download link or path. Example: https://example.com/patent.pdf
`data.data[].pn`	`string`	optional	Publication number. Example: US10123456B2
`data.data[].pnRelated`	`string`	optional	Related publication used as a substitute, if any. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.data`	`null`	optional	Data value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.dataSnapshotMonth`	`string`	optional	Data snapshot month returned by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.dataSnapshotMonth`	`null`	optional	Data snapshot month value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.page`	`integer`	optional	Current page returned by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.page`	`null`	optional	Page value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.pageItemCount`	`integer`	optional	Item count on the current page returned by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.pageItemCount`	`null`	optional	Page item count value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Page size returned by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.pageSize`	`null`	optional	Page size value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.sourceTool`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source tool name. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.sourceTool`	`null`	optional	Source tool value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.sourceType`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source platform type. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.sourceType`	`null`	optional	Source type value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.title`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific response title. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.title`	`null`	optional	Title value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.total`	`integer`	optional	Number of returned records. Example: 1

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.total`	`null`	optional	Total value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.totalPage`	`integer`	optional	Total page count returned by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.totalPage`	`null`	optional	Total page value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.type`	`string`	optional	Source rendering style. Example: null

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data.type`	`null`	optional	Type value used by this API operation.

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data`	`null`	required	Data value used by this API operation.

Responses

Code	Description
200	Default HTTP response for both success and many business errors. Only outer JSON code 0 indicates success or asynchronous acceptance; inspect data for the result.
429	Execution admission rate limit; honor Retry-After when present.
503	Execution admission is temporarily unavailable; honor Retry-After when present.
Opt-in	X-Nexscope-Http-Status: semantic maps controller-handled business errors to HTTP status on run and task routes. Pre-authentication failures, such as a missing or invalid API key (code 11209, including an incomplete or corrupted copy) or an expired website login session (code 12001), may still return HTTP 200 before this mapping. Always check the outer JSON code; malformed requests and infrastructure failures may also return non-200 HTTP responses.

Data source, freshness, and limitations

Source, freshness, coverage, rate limits, and estimation notes are not specified in this API definition unless they appear in the request or response field documentation above. Do not assume official marketplace data or real-time freshness when it is not explicitly documented.

Step 1 of 2 · Connect your MCP client

MCP

V2 recommended

Connect remote agents through the standard MCP 2025-11-25 Streamable HTTP endpoint. Use OAuth 2.1 Authorization Code with PKCE, or an API key for compatibility.

POST https://api.nexscope.ai/mcp
MCP-Protocol-Version: 2025-11-25
Content-Type: application/json

Authentication

OAuth clients request the mcp:tools scope. The endpoint's 401 response advertises protected-resource metadata for authorization discovery.

Step 2 of 2 · Call the tool

Call a tool

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "tool-call-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_patent_pdf_download",
    "arguments": {
      "patentNumber": "US20230012345A1",
      "replaceByRelated": "0"
    }
  }
}

Legacy MCP v1

Existing API-key clients can continue using the compatibility endpoint. New integrations should use MCP v2.

GET / POST /mcp/legacy