get_office_action_citations

Pack: uspto-office-actions · 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/get_office_action_citations for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

References cited in office actions for one application — who cited each one (examiner vs applicant), the legal basis (102/103 etc.) it was cited under, and the AI/ML-extracted “enriched citation” fields (category code, claim/paragraph passage mapping) when USPTO has them for that citation. Returns citations (basic citation records) and enriched_citations (richer subset) separately rather than force-merged, since the two datasets are not joined by a shared key.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
application_numberstringyesUS patent application number, digits only or formatted.
limitnumbernoMax rows per array to return (default 25, max 100).
_apiKeystringnoUSPTO ODP API key. Get free at https://data.uspto.gov/myodp.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "application_number": "16123456",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uspto-office-actions/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_office_action_citations","arguments":{"application_number":"16123456","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_office_action_citations', {
  "application_number": "16123456",
  "limit": 5
});

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 uspto-office-actions pack
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uspto-office-actions": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uspto-office-actions/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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