Patent & IP Risk

Patent Description Data MCP Tool

Retrieve patent description (specification) data from the Zhihuiya patent database by patent ID or publication number.

MCP tool name

nexscope_patent_description_data

Equivalent REST API path

https://api.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/patent-description-data/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-description-data-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_patent_description_data",
    "arguments": {
      "patentNumber": "US11299876B2"
    }
  }
}

REST API equivalent

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

Canonical detail URL

https://www.nexscope.ai/mcp-map/patent-description-data

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Meaning
`patentId`	`string`	optional	Patent ID (at least one of patentId and patentNumber must be provided; if both are present, patentId takes priority). Only a single value is supported; multiple values separated by commas are not allowed. Max length: 60000 characters. Example: {}
`patentNumber`	`string`	optional	Publication/grant number (at least one of patentId and patentNumber must be provided; if both are present, patentId takes priority). 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 description when the current patent's description is 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	Number of patent records returned Example: 1
`data.data`	`array`	optional	Patent list, each element contains description data Example: []
`data.data[].patentId`	`string`	optional	Patent ID Example: example-id
`data.data[].pn`	`string`	optional	Publication (grant) number Example: null
`data.data[].pnRelated`	`string`	optional	Publication number of the substitute patent (only provided when family patent substitution is used) Example: null
`data.data[].description`	`array`	optional	Description content sections Example: []
`data.columns`	`array`	optional	Column definitions for rendering Example: []
`data.costToken`	`integer`	optional	Tokens consumed Example: 1
`data.type`	`string`	optional	Render style Example: null
`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",
        "description": []
      }
    ],
    "columns": [],
    "costToken": 1
  },
  "code": 0,
  "msg": null,
  "ts": "0",
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "cost": "-1",
  "traceId": null
}