Epo Publication Server

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EPO European Publication Server (EPS) MCP

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Tools

eps_publication_dates

List EPO European Publication Server publication dates (almost always Thursdays, weekly since 1978) with a real document count per date. Filter by "year" (e.g. "2026") or a "from"/"to" range (YYYYMMDD

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eps_list_publications

List every EP patent publication issued on one EPO publication date, with publication number, kind code, title and applicant(s). Returns the real total on that date before any filtering. "date" must b

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eps_get_document

Fetch one EP patent publication as published by the EPO — bibliographic data, or the full text of its abstract, claims or description. Give "number" as a full id from eps_list_publications (e.g. "EP48

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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/epo-publication-server/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/epo-publication-server/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"eps_publication_dates","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("eps_publication_dates", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("epo european publication server (eps) mcp");