USPTO PTAB

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USPTO PTAB MCP — Patent Trial and Appeal Board litigation: search IPR/PGR/appeal proceedings, decisions, and filings by patent, party, or type. Free USPTO Open Data Portal key.

3 tools
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Tools

ptab_search_proceedings

Search USPTO PTAB trial proceedings — patent litigation before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (inter partes review / IPR, post-grant review / PGR, covered-business-method / CBM, derivation). Return

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ptab_search_decisions

Search USPTO PTAB decision documents — institution decisions and final written decisions issued in IPR/PGR/CBM trials, plus appeal outcomes. Returns the trial number, decision type, issue date, trial/

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ptab_search_documents

Search USPTO PTAB filings and documents within trial proceedings — petitions, patent-owner responses, expert declarations, exhibits, motions, and briefs. Pass `proceeding_number` (the trial number, e.

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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/uspto-ptab/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/uspto-ptab/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ptab_search_proceedings","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("ptab_search_proceedings", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("uspto ptab mcp — patent trial and appeal board litigation: search ipr/pgr/appeal proceedings, decisions, and filings by patent, party, or type");