Patent Downloader MCP Server

A Python SDK for downloading patents from Google Patents with MCP support.

Local serverstdio

What is the Patent Downloader MCP Server?

Patent Downloader is an MCP project maintained in the edison-a-n/patent_downloader repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Python SDK for downloading patents from Google Patents with MCP support”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uvx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares OUTPUT_DIR. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Patent Downloader MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patent-downloader": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--with",
        "mcp",
        "patent-downloader",
        "mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTPUT_DIR": "~/Downloads/patents"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OUTPUT_DIRDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation