Patent & IP Risk

Patent References

Retrieve patent and non-patent references cited by one or more patents.

MCP tool name

nexscope_patent_references

MCP endpoint

https://api.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v2/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/api/skill-api/v2/mcp, then use tools/call.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "patent-references-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_patent_references",
    "arguments": {
      "patentNumber": "US10123456B2"
    }
  }
}

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
`patentId`	`string`	optional	One or up to 100 PatSnap patent IDs separated by English commas; maximum 60,000 characters. Takes precedence when both identifiers are provided. Example: patent-id
`patentNumber`	`string`	optional	One or up to 100 publication or grant numbers separated by English commas; maximum 60,000 characters. Example: US10123456B2

Response fields

Treat structuredContent as the programmatic API response payload.

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`	`array`	optional	Provider rendering columns. Example: []
`data.costTime`	`integer`	optional	Execution time reported by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.costToken`	`integer`	optional	Provider-reported token cost. Example: 6000
`data.data`	`array`	optional	Patent reference records. Example: []
`data.data[]`	`object`	required	Patent reference records.
`data.data[].citedOthers`	`array`	optional	Cited non-patent literature. Example: []
`data.data[].citedPatents`	`array`	optional	Cited patent references. Example: []
`data.data[].patentId`	`string`	optional	Queried patent ID. Example: patent-id
`data.data[].pn`	`string`	optional	Publication number. Example: US10123456B2
`data.dataSnapshotMonth`	`string`	optional	Data snapshot month returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.page`	`integer`	optional	Current page 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.pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Page size returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.sourceTool`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source tool name. Example: null
`data.sourceType`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source platform type. Example: null
`data.title`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific response title. Example: null
`data.total`	`integer`	optional	Number of returned records. Example: 1
`data.totalPage`	`integer`	optional	Total page count returned by the upstream provider. Example: null
`data.type`	`string`	optional	Provider rendering style. Example: null

Any of option 2

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

Examples

Example arguments

{
  "patentNumber": "US10123456B2"
}

Example structuredContent

{
  "code": 0,
  "cost": "-1",
  "data": {
    "columns": [],
    "costToken": 6000,
    "data": [
      {
        "citedOthers": [],
        "citedPatents": [],
        "patentId": "patent-id",
        "pn": "US10123456B2"
      }
    ],
    "total": 1
  },
  "msg": null,
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "traceId": null,
  "ts": "0"
}