Patent Intelligence ZY

Patent Intelligence ZY: patent Image Search API

Patent Intelligence ZY: patent Image Search API.

MCP tool name

nexscope_data_zy_patent_image_search

MCP endpoint

https://api.nexscope.ai/mcp

JSON-RPC method

tools/call

Authentication

Use OAuth 2.1 Authorization Code with PKCE and the mcp:tools scope. API keys remain supported as a compatibility option.

Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If authentication fails, ask the user to open API Access and copy a valid key.

Call this MCP tool

Initialize an MCP 2025-11-25 Streamable HTTP session at https://api.nexscope.ai/mcp, then use tools/call.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "data-zy-patent-image-search-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_data_zy_patent_image_search",
    "arguments": {
      "country": "CN,US",
      "lang": "cn",
      "limit": 20,
      "model": 1,
      "patentType": "D",
      "url": "https://example.com/product-image.jpg"
    }
  }
}

MCP 2025-11-25 · Streamable HTTP

Progress is delivered on the original POST SSE response. GET SSE carries notifications; reconnecting must query existing asynchronous work rather than submit again.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	`string`	required	Image URL, maximum 1,000 characters. Example: {}
`patentType`	`string`	required	Patent type: `D` (appearance patent) or `U` (utility model patent); the utility model skill uses `U` permanently. Example: {}
`model`	`integer`	required	Appearance patents: `1` (intelligent Lenovo, recommended), `2` (search this picture); utility models: `3` (matching shape), `4` (matching shape/pattern/color, recommended). Example: {}
`country`	`string`	optional	The country/organization/region code of the patent acceptance office. Multiple ones are separated by English commas; if not passed, it means all the acceptance offices. Example: {}
`loc`	`string`	optional	LOC classification, multiple classification numbers can be connected using `AND`/`OR`/`NOT`. Example: {}
`legalStatus`	`string`	optional	Detailed legal status codes, multiple separated by English commas: `1` public, `2` substantive review, `3` authorized, `8` avoid repeated authorization, `11` withdrawn, `12` withdrawn-unspecified type, `17` Withdrawal - deemed withdrawal, `18` withdrawal - active withdrawal, `13` rejection, `14` all withdrawal, `15` expiration of term, `16` unpaid annual fee, `21` rights restoration, `22` rights termination, `23` Partially invalid, `24` application terminated, `30` abandoned, `19` abandoned - deemed abandoned, `20` abandoned - voluntary abandoned, `25` abandoned - unspecified type, `222` PCT did not enter the designated country - within the designated period, `223` PCT Entering the designated country - within the designation period, `224` PCT entering the designated country - the designation period expires, `225` PCT not entering the designated country - the designation period expires. Example: {}
`simpleLegalStatus`	`string`	optional	Simple legal status: `0` expired, `1` valid, `2` under review, `220` PCT designated expiration, `221` PCT designated period, `999` unconfirmed. Example: {}
`assignees`	`string`	optional	Applicant (patent rights), maximum 1,000 characters. Example: {}
`applyStartTime`	`string`	optional	Application start date, format `yyyyMMdd`. Example: {}
`applyEndTime`	`string`	optional	Application deadline, format `yyyyMMdd`. Example: {}
`publicStartTime`	`string`	optional	Publication start date, format `yyyyMMdd`. Example: {}
`publicEndTime`	`string`	optional	Public deadline, format `yyyyMMdd`. Example: {}
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Returns the number of patents, 1–100. Example: 10
`offset`	`integer`	optional	Offset, 0–1000. Example: 0
`field`	`string`	optional	Sorting fields: `SCORE` (relevance), `APD` (application date), `PBD` (publication date), `ISD` (authorization date). Example: SCORE
`order`	`string`	optional	Valid when `field` is a date field: `desc` or `asc`. Example: desc
`lang`	`string`	optional	Title language: `original` (original text), `cn` (Chinese translation), `en` (English translation). Example: original
`preFilter`	`integer`	optional	Whether to enable prefix country/LOC filtering: `1` is on, `0` is off. Example: 1
`stemming`	`integer`	optional	Whether to turn on truncation: `1` is on, `0` is off. Example: 0
`mainField`	`string`	optional	Main patent fields, including title, abstract, claims, specification, publication number, application number, applicant, inventor, and IPC/UPC/LOC classification number, maximum 1,000 characters. Example: {}
`includeMachineTranslation`	`boolean`	optional	Whether the search includes machine translation data. Example: {}
`scoreExpansion`	`boolean`	optional	Whether to perform score expansion. Example: {}
`isHttps`	`integer`	optional	Image domain name protocol: `1` returns HTTPS, `0` returns HTTP. Example: 0
`returnImgId`	`boolean`	optional	Whether to return `imgId`. Example: false

Response fields

Treat structuredContent as the programmatic API response payload.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`total`	`integer`	optional	The number of records returned this time. Example: {}
`allRecordsCount`	`integer`	optional	The total number of matching records in the database. Example: {}
`data`	`array`	optional	List of matching patent records. Example: {}
`columns`	`array`	optional	Rendered column definitions. Example: {}
`type`	`string`	optional	Rendering style. Example: {}
`costToken`	`integer`	optional	Consume token. Example: {}
`patentId`	`string`	optional	Similar patent ID. Example: {}
`patentPn`	`string`	optional	Similar patent numbers. Example: {}
`apno`	`string`	optional	Application number. Example: {}
`title`	`string`	optional	Patent name. Example: {}
`inventor`	`string`	optional	Inventor. Example: {}
`originalAssignee`	`string`	optional	original applicant. Example: {}
`currentAssignee`	`string`	optional	Current applicants. Example: {}
`authority`	`string`	optional	Receiving Office country code. Example: {}
`url`	`string`	optional	Similar patent drawing URL. Example: {}
`score`	`number`	optional	Similarity score; the higher the score, the more similar it is, only valid when `field=SCORE`. Example: {}
`loc`	`array`	optional	LOC classification. Example: {}
`locMatch`	`integer`	optional	Whether to hit high weight LOC: `1` hits, `0` misses; only valid when `model=1` and `field=SCORE`. Example: {}
`apdt`	`integer`	optional	Application date (timestamp). Example: {}
`pbdt`	`integer`	optional	Publication date (timestamp). Example: {}
`imgId`	`string`	optional	Patent drawing `img_id`; returned only if `returnImgId=true`. Example: {}

Examples

Example arguments

{
  "country": "CN,US",
  "lang": "cn",
  "limit": 20,
  "model": 1,
  "patentType": "D",
  "url": "https://example.com/product-image.jpg"
}

Example structuredContent

{
  "code": 0,
  "cost": "-1",
  "data": {},
  "msg": null,
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "traceId": null,
  "ts": "0"
}