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CIPO MCP — Canadian Patents Database

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search_cipo_patents

Search the Canadian Patents Database (CIPO) by owner or applicant name and get back matching Canadian patents/applications — number, title, relevance. Covers every patent and application in CIPO's dat

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get_cipo_patent

Look up one Canadian patent or application by number in the Canadian Patents Database (CIPO) and get its full bibliographic record: title (English/French), current status, filing date, issue/grant dat

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cipo/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cipo/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_cipo_patents","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_cipo_patents", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("cipo mcp — canadian patents database");