Patent & IP Risk

Patent Claims MCP Tool

Retrieves patent claims data from Zhihuiya (PatSnap). Also

MCP tool name

nexscope_patent_claims

Equivalent REST API path

https://api.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/patent-claims/run

JSON-RPC method

tools/call

Authentication

Send the user API key as a bearer token on every MCP JSON-RPC request.

Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If authentication is missing or invalid, ask the user to open API Access and copy a valid key before calling this tool.

Call this MCP tool

Use tools/call with the MCP tool name below. The arguments object should match the table on this page.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "patent-claims-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_patent_claims",
    "arguments": {
      "patentNumber": "US11299876B2"
    }
  }
}

REST API equivalent

POST https://api.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/patent-claims/run

Canonical detail URL

https://www.nexscope.ai/mcp-map/patent-claims

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Meaning
`patentId`	`string`	optional	PatSnap internal patent ID. Only a single value is supported; multiple values separated by commas are not allowed. Max length 60000 characters Example: {}
`patentNumber`	`string`	optional	Publication/announcement number. Only a single value is supported; multiple values separated by commas are not allowed. Max length 60000 characters Example: US11299876B2
`replaceByRelated`	`string`	optional	Whether to substitute with a family patent's claims when the current patent's claims are unavailable: 1 yes, 0 no. Max length 1000 characters Example: {}

Response fields

Treat structuredContent as the programmatic API response payload.

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

Any of option 1

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data`	`object`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`data.total`	`integer`	optional	Record count Example: 1
`data.data`	`array`	optional	Patent list (see below) Example: []
`data.columns`	`array`	optional	Rendered column definitions Example: []
`data.costToken`	`integer`	optional	Tokens consumed Example: 1
`data.type`	`string`	optional	Rendered style Example: null
`data.data[].patentId`	`string`	optional	Patent ID Example: example-id
`data.data[].pn`	`string`	optional	Publication (announcement) number Example: null
`data.data[].pnRelated`	`string`	optional	Publication number of the substitute patent (only provided when a family patent substitute is used) Example: null
`data.data[].claims`	`array`	optional	Claims array, containing claim text and metadata Example: []
`data.data[].claimCount`	`integer`	optional	Number of claims Example: 1
`data.title`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific response title. Example: null
`data.sourceType`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source platform type. Example: null
`data.sourceTool`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source tool name. Example: null
`data.costTime`	`integer`	optional	Execution time reported by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.page`	`integer`	optional	Current page returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Page size returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.pageItemCount`	`integer`	optional	Item count on the current page returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.totalPage`	`integer`	optional	Total page count returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.dataSnapshotMonth`	`string`	optional	Data snapshot month returned by the upstream provider. Example: null

Any of option 2

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

Examples

Example arguments

{
  "patentNumber": "US11299876B2"
}

Example structuredContent

{
  "data": {
    "total": 1,
    "data": [
      {
        "patentId": "example-id",
        "claims": [],
        "claimCount": 1
      }
    ],
    "columns": [],
    "costToken": 1
  },
  "code": 0,
  "msg": null,
  "ts": "0",
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "cost": "-1",
  "traceId": null
}