`au_search_patents`

Pack: ip-australia · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/au_search_patents for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search Australian patents on the IP Australia register by keyword. Returns match counts first, then patent records (number, title, applicant, status where the register supplies them).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search text, e.g. “robot”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "robot",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ip-australia/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"au_search_patents","arguments":{"query":"robot","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('au_search_patents', {
  "query": "robot",
  "limit": 5
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`kind`	string
`query`	string
`total_matches`	number \| null
`returned`	number
`note`	string
`results`	array
`source`	string

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "total_matches": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "note": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the ip-australia pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ip-australia": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ip-australia/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

au_search_patents